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Hey Hypers,

Get ready to hop into a legend with Perseus! Perseus is a legendary hero from mythical times here to save the universe. He is a very mobile, aggressive, frontline Specialist with a kit to get work done wherever he goes. Perseus will be added to the game as part of Official Launch on Wednesday the 17th.

Skill Overview:

Passive - Immortal Hero
When Perseus' Health gets low enough, he momentarily becomes invisible and reduces damage taken to 1 from all sources. During this time, Perseus cannot use any skills or regular attacks.

Valor (A)
Swings the weapon to do damage. Can be used up to 2 times. Consumes valor to cast the skill.



Controlled (Q)
Pulls the enemies in front, damaging and controlling them. Then Perseus pierces the controlled target with his sword, turning and striking it down to do damage and launch them. Other enemies within the range of the strike also take damage.



Heroic Leap / Heroic Strike (W)
Uses the power of Hermes in the magic sandals to leap into the air. You can freely turn while leaping, and using a regular attack before landing connects to Heroic Strike. Heroic Leap can be used while jumping. Ignores all restricting effects and lets you move faster and farther when used while jumping, but cannot be connected to Heroic Strike. It also increases the cooldown and causes landing paralysis upon landing.



Dauntless Resolve (E)
Hardens resolve to decrease the duration of some effects applied to Perseus and steal the attacker's Attack and Defense.



Gorgon's Gaze (R)
Releases the power of the Gorgon in the shield, inflicting Petrified on all enemies facing Perseus and increasing their Defense. If the enemies weren't facing Perseus they are afflicted with Stunned instead of Petrified.



Using Perseus’ Skills Effectively:

Perseus is an amazing engager and in-your-face brawler. He has a great mix of agility and brutality mixed in his kit that will keep the opponents on their toes. You can close the gap between you and your opponent with your Controlled ability. It will lunge Perseus forward and grab them and smash them into the ground opening them up for attack. If they are a bit further away, you can use Heroic Leap / Heroic Strike together to launch the enemy after leaping through the sky towards them. This skill can also be used after a jump to quickly fly in one direction. Although this will trigger a longer cooldown it allows you to quickly cover a lot of ground to either get away from or close distance on your foes. His Dauntless Resolve will ensure that he can get in and out of situations easier than most. If you are feeling extremely aggressive you can close the gap with Heroic Leap / Heroic Strike and immediately combo that into Controlled for another second of CC and as they are falling back down after Controlled you can combo in his ultimate Gorgon’s Gaze which will hit before the enemy lands. This is a very aggressive, high damage combo that will surely leave your enemy afraid. Good luck out there Hypers.

Recommended Build:
Breath of Fire, Immortal Kynee, Swift Talaria, Dragon’s Bane, Shrieking Blade, Sanguine Scythe

Perseus IS a front line attacker but he is also EXTREMELY fast and agile. You will want to use equipment that leverages this. You are going to want to focus on attack damage and speed whenever possible. The idea is to get in quickly, hit the enemy as hard and as fast as possible and then run away. Stragglers that got away from you earlier? Not when Perseus has entered the battlefield. His swift movement speed and leaps will make short work of any and all attackers. Team losing in a fight? Need to run away? His Heroic Leap coupled with Swift Talaria will ensure that no one catches you unaware.

Not sure what to build? As always, you can hop into our Discord to discuss itemization with other players.

You can blast into the battlefield with Perseus for a mere 15,000 GP or use a Hyper Coupon, which you can earn by leveling up and playing games.

Remember: Legends are made, not born!

~Hyper Universe Team
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Hey Hypers,

Get ready to whip the competition soon with Camilla! She is a saucy succubus determined to feast on the dreams of her opponents. Her support kit allows her to pacify large groups of enemies at her will and will prove a devastating enemy if left unchecked. Camilla will be added to the game as part of patch 4.0 on Wednesday the 17th.

Skill Overview:
Passive - Night Terror

Spread dream's essence nearby and steal enemy hyper's Mana continuously.

Lash of Discipline (A)

Lashes whip, dealing damage. When an allied hyper is hit, increases Attack Speed and  Movement Speed instead of damaging the enemy hyper.

 



Lash of Pleasure (Q)

Lashes whip, dealing damage. When an allied hyper is hit, increases Attack and Defense instead of damaging the enemy hyper.

 



Lucid Dream (W)

Closes her eyes to summon a damage absorption bubble that shields a hyper of her choice within 1,600 units. The hyper ignores all interference and restricting effects while the shield is active.

 



Sweet Kiss (E)

Pull in all enemies in front and absorb their spirit, dealing damage and decreasing Mana.

 



Charmed (R)

Camilla creates a field of desire that seduces enemy Hypers around her. Seduced Hypers become charmed by Camilla and follow her, ignoring all interference effects except Grappled during the Duration. Seduced Hypers cannot be charmed again for a certain amount of time.



 
Using Camilla’s Skills Effectively:
Camilla is a support through and through. She excels at keeping the enemy team CC’d and unable to do anything. However, she isn’t ONLY an enemy team menace, she can also whip her team into buffed states by using Lash of Pleasure and Lash of Pain. Using these skills against your OWN team will give them powerful buffs for short durations of time, specifically meant to be used right before team fights. If you need to single out an enemy or a group of enemies you can use her Sweet Kiss which will pull in enemy Hypers and drain their mana, leaving them temporarily vulnerable to a team attack. Once the team fight starts you’ll want give your Lucid Dream shield to a friendly teammate to shield them and then use Charmed to seduce the enemy team. Once they are charmed they will run towards Camilla, losing control of their character for a short duration and opening them up to your team for huge amounts of damage.

Recommended Build:
Nanostim Band,  Dread Mantle, Devil’s Perfume, Soul Lash, Titan Suit, Dragonhide Shoes

Camilla is an extremely powerful support unit. She won’t ever be on the frontline doing damage though, so keep that in mind. You want to build her with cooldown reduction and defense so she stays alive. You will be the one who can start an engagement and the one who can end one. Make sure to be ready to hop into the frontline and the center of combat having your Charmed ultimate ready to go, but also make sure you are building enough defense to stay alive once you do. Cooldown reduction will help make sure that you can fire your skills off over and over. Victory comes at the cost of whipping your teammates, don't forget!

Not sure what to build? As always, you can hop into our Discord to discuss itemization with other players.

You can blast into the battlefield with Camilla for a mere 15,000 GP or use a Hyper Coupon, which you can earn by leveling up and playing games. 

Remember: Your desires are mine!

~Hyper Universe Team
PC Gamer

Hyper Universe is a 2D action game with MOBA-inspired systems like lanes, minions and towers. I had fun with it when I played it last September, and later this month it's officially leaving Early Access and ditching its price tag. As of Wednesday, January 17, Hyper Universe will be free-to-play. 

To celebrate the game's Early Access graduation, developer Cwavesoft is throwing in some launch week login bonuses. Six new heroes—Camilla, Perseus, Sonya, Gulunba, Han and Tae-guk—are also on their way, boosting the roster to 41 heroes.

In the shadow of 2017's loot box backlash, many players want to know how Hyper Universe will be monetized once it's free-to-play (the Early Access version costs $8). So, producer Hyun K took to Steam to explain the game's model, capping it with the mantra, "pay for bling." 

"There will be packages that bundle Hypers, skins, slots, and emotes to give you some savings for wanting it all," the update reads. "And that’s really it for paying with cash—no random loot box exclusive items, no cash equips, no advantages, period. Everything else, you can buy with either NX cash or with Game Points (GP) earned by playing the game."

Hyun K said "we will never sell anything that gives a player an edge over another," and clarified that hyper cubes, Hyper Universe's loot boxes, cannot be purchased with real money. He also confirmed hero skins will cost between $6 and $13, with most settling around $10. 

Finally, he outlined how free players can unlock new heroes. You'll unlock four heroes from levels one to five, receive enough money to buy two of your choice at level six, and earn vouchers for heroes of your choosing at levels eight and 10. These boosts come alongside "in-game and community events we run to give away free Hypers," Hyun K said. 

If you're hungry for more free-to-play MOBA-esque action games, have a gander at Battlerite, which officially launched last November

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Hello Hypers,

Happy New Year!

A new year has begun and so has our countdown to January 17, our official launch date!

With the official launch we finally go Free-to-Play, open the Cash Shop (
read about our monetization model ), and release six new Hypers.

And yes, the highly anticipated Camilla is one of the six. Camilla joins Perseus, Sonya, Gulunba, Han, and Tae’guk in the lineup for combined total of 41 available hypers for you to choose from at launch.

Apart from the exciting news of the launch date, I’m going to cover a little more dry/technical topic of service regions today. There was some confusion about where Hyper Universe is available during Early Access. Although we are a global service, there were some countries we were not able to reach right off the bat due to a mix of territorial, technical, and contractual issues.

But we have expanded steadily throughout the Early Access period and you will be able to play almost everywhere on January 17. A comprehensive country list can be found at the end of this page, but we will basically service all regions except Russian Federation, Cuba, and of course Korea (since there’s already a Korean service). We are working on opening China--we attempted to open this region with our last Free Weekend in December, but we ran into some unforeseen technical issues. So we have closed it for now and will try again once we’ve sorted out the issues.

We will keep our regional server structure broken down as North America, Europe, South America, and South East Asia. As we did during Early Access, we will be monitoring ping as well as server population to see if servers need to be relocated or added for better service.

Chinese and Brazilian Portuguese were added in-game as of the last patch, but they are still both a work-in-progress with untranslated text showing. On January 17, we will remove the Beta tags on those languages and our official game languages will be English, French, German, Portuguese, and both simplified and traditional Chinese.

In our march towards official launch, we are doing everything we can to get the word out on Hyper Universe. As one of our Early Access founders, you can help by participating in the
Share event or sharing any and all updates on our Facebook and Twitter .

We will be unveiling new videos, developer AMA, Refer a Friend system, new art, and important dates and times daily so keep checking our pages.

Here’s to Hyper Happy New Year.

Until next week,

Hyun K, Producer



Hyper Universe Service Country List

Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bonaire, Saint Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Bulgaria, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kosovo, Latvia, Latvia, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Martinique, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Oman, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Maarten, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint-Barthélemy, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Kingdom, United States Virgin Islands, Uruguay, USA, Vatican City, Venezuela
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Hey Hypers,

Hot off the press! Hyper Universe is going Free to Play in January 17th! We’ve already promised some sweet rewards on the week of launch but let’s sweeten the pot even more! SHARE this video to spread the word and unlock even MORE fantastic rewards to claim on launch week!!

Here is the video you’ll want to share with all of your friends in these languages:

English: https://www.facebook.com/playhyper/videos/1076026132538545/

Brazilian Portuguese: https://www.facebook.com/playhyper/videos/1076385882502570/

*If your Facebook does not support these languages you will not be able to view the links.

DETAILS:

150 SHARES - Unlock 1 Hyper Ticket
250 SHARES - Unlock 3 Hyper Tickets
400 SHARES - Unlock the awesome SKIN COUPON!

Reaching 400 SHARES will unlock additional 4 Hyper Tickets and a sweet sweet skin for everyone who joins the battlefield on January 17th! Don’t forget to tag friends you want to play with!

* Rewards unlocked during our last share event will be provided together with rewards from this event. All rewards can be claimed when you log in to Hyper Universe during the first week of official launch (Jan 17th ~24th)

See you all on the battlefield, Hypers!

-Hyper Universe Team
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Hello Hypers,

Are you enjoying the holidays and looking forward to 2018? I know I am! I’m especially looking forward to mid-January because that’s when Hyper Universe is going Free-to-Play. As with any online game heading into launch, the burning question for Hyper Universe right now is our monetization model. So today, I hope to discuss our plans with you and make it clear that we are very much Free-to-Play.

It’s important to us that Hyper Universe be a true Free-to-Play game. This model exists to remove barriers to entry for players. But for a PVP game like ours, it’s not enough that you simply come in for free since you’re matching your wits and skills against other players--money should never give you an edge over your wits or skills. If you can just buy your wins, why even bother playing?

So Hyper Universe’s monetization model is pretty simple: pay for bling. You pay to outfit your favorite Hypers and your account. As a result, the bulk of our Cash Shop consists of Hyper skins. Prices of these skins vary based on how much development was put in (if a skin has new voiceover it will cost more, for instance), but all skin prices range between $6 and $13, with most landing at $10.

There will be packages that bundle Hypers, skins, slots, and emotes to give you some savings for wanting it all. And that’s really it for paying with cash--no random loot box exclusive items, no cash equips, no advantages, period. Everything else, you can buy with either NX cash or with Game Points (GP) earned by playing the game.

Some of you have wondered if you will need to pay for Hypers. Hypers can be unlocked with 15k GP, earned through our crafting system, or purchased for $5, but we want our non-paying players to be on equal footing with paying players when they start. We have therefore made it so that you are equipped with a good set of Hypers from the beginning. From level 1 to 5, you receive 4 free Hypers (Allen, Athena, Celine, and Sun Wukong). At level 6, you receive 30k GP, which means you can choose to buy 2 more Hypers. At level 8 and then again at 10, you get a Hyper Coupon that allows you to unlock a Hyper of your choice. By this time, you should have amassed enough GP to buy another Hyper or so, not to mention all the in-game and community events we run to give away free Hypers.

All equipment is sold only for GP in our service, Hyper cubes are not purchasable, and everything we sell in the Shop--including the skins--will be in the cubes.

Players who have previously played other Nexon games and have felt the sting of separated NX Credit and Prepaid will be happy to know that NX is consolidated for Hyper Universe. So no matter how you charge NX, it will all sum up to one balance.

Hyper Universe is a small but passionate team. We all play our game and share many of the concerns you have. Keeping the game Free-to-Play is one of our top priorities. This is only the first iteration of the Shop so of course we are working on expanding our inventory of goods (I personally would love to have voiceover packs), but I can guarantee you that we will never sell anything that gives a player an edge over another.

I hope I’ve been able to address your biggest questions about our monetization model today.

Happy Holidays and New Year!

Until next week,

Hyun K, Producer
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Hello Hypers,

I hope you were pleasantly surprised by our announcement of Hyper Universe graduating Early Access going Free to Play in January, 2018.

On behalf of everyone at Nexon and Cwavesoft, I’d like to thank each and every one of you Founders for being with us throughout our Early Access rollercoaster ride full of ups and downs.  As you know, we did not have as many players join us as we would have liked, but there nevertheless were a lot of learnings we now take to our official service.

We entered Early Access with hopes of polishing and shaping the game with you.

Some of you contributed actively by directly telling us what you like and don’t like.

But all of you contributed by simply doing what you do best: playing the game. I can tell you some of our days were made (sometimes ruined) by the game telemetry data.

Through various social channels you told us that you don’t want to be restricted to AI when you first start; that you don’t appreciate NA version “censoring” original version; that monetization of the game should not take away from a true free to play experience. You told us where the servers should be located, which hypers need balancing, and how maps should be reconfigured.

None of this data has been lost to us. You already saw some changes, but we promise that you will see even more as we launch into our official service, and we are excited to keep shaping the game with even more feedback from you.

We are now on the last leg of Hyper Universe Early Access. Keep an eye on us as we reveal more news leading up to the launch day.

Until next week,

Hyun K, Producer
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Hey Hypers,

Hyper Universe is going Free to Play in 2018! To help spread the word we are having a family and friends share event. The more you share the more fantastic rewards you can claim on launch day!

Here is the video you’ll want to share with all of your friends in these languages:

English: https://www.facebook.com/playhyper/videos/1068697903271368/

Brazilian Portuguese: https://www.facebook.com/playhyper/videos/1068684269939398/

German: https://www.facebook.com/playhyper/videos/1068678089940016/

French: https://www.facebook.com/playhyper/videos/1068675273273631/

*If your Facebook does not support these languages you will not be able to view the links.

DETAILS:

20 SHARES - Unlock 5 Hyper Cubes
50 SHARES - Unlock 10 additional Hyper Cubes
100 SHARES - Unlock 15 additional Hyper Cubes!

Reaching 100 SHARES unlocks a whopping 30 Hyper Cubes for everyone who joins the battlefield when Hyper Universe goes FREE! Don’t forget to tag friends you’d like to fight alongside with you! (or personal arch enemies you’d like to obliterate)

See you all on the battlefield, Hypers!

-Hyper Universe Team
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Hey Hypers,

Did you miss your opportunity to pick up the game at a discounted price earlier this month? In need of a last-minute holiday gift for a loved one (or you)? Rejoice! The Hyper Universe Founder’s Pack will be on sale one last time at 50% off to celebrate the Holidays!

This is your LAST CHANCE to pick up a Founder's Pack EVER. The Founder's Pack will no longer be sold once the game launches in 2018!

WHEN:

Pacific: Dec 20 10:00AM PST to Jan 4 10:00AM PST
Eastern: Dec 20 1:00PM EST to Jan 4 1:00PM EST
Brazil: Dec 20 4:00PM BRST to Jan 4 4:00PM BRST
London: Dec 20 18:00 GMT to Jan 4 18:00 GMT

Picking up a Founder’s Pack grants you immediate access to 24 of the game’s starting Hypers as well as all of their unique equipment!

You’ll also earn a unique Founders-only emblem.

 

Remember: This will be the last time that you can purchase a Founder’s Pack before we officially launch.

See you on the battlefield, Hypers!

-Hyper Universe Team
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Greetings Hypers!

Our previous issue with the Chinese language selection has now been resolved.

Players previously affected by this issue will need to restart the game in order to get the latest Steam Client build with this fix.

If you have any continued issues with languages please let us know on the forums or in a ticket.

Thank you!
-Hyper Universe Team
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