Hey Hypers,

Hyper Universe will be undergoing a scheduled maintenance for a security update on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 5:00AM PST (8:00 AM EST / 11:00AM BRST / 13:00 GMT).

We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 5 hours, concluding around 10:00AM PST (1:00PM EST / 4:00PM BRST / 18:00 GMT).

Please note that the estimated length of time for each maintenance is subject to change without notification.

When:

• Los Angeles (PST): 5:00AM - 10:00AM
• New York (EST): 8:00AM - 1:00PM
• Sao Paulo (BRST) 11:00AM - 4:00PM
• London (GMT) 13:00 - 18:00

What:

The following will be unavailable:

• All Hyper Universe Game Servers

The following will be added:

• Lunar New Year Events http://hyperuniverse.nexon.net/en/news/article/28267/lunar-new-year-events

Patch version: 4.1.00006

-Hyper Universe Team

Hey Hypers,

The Lunar New Year is almost upon us and it’s time we celebrate it with new in-game missions and skin sales. It’s a great way to start the new year!

Get in and play matches to win. That’s all you have to do to win in our Lunar New Year event.

When:

Pacific: Feb. 15 after maintenance - Mar. 15 1:00AM PDT
Eastern: Feb. 15 after maintenance - Mar. 15 4:00AM EDT
Brazil: Feb. 15 after maintenance - Mar. 15 5:00AM BRT
London: Feb. 15 after maintenance - Mar. 15 8:00 GMT

What:

New limited time event missions will be added to the game with patch 4.2. Once the game is live on Feb. 15 you’ll be able to hop in and complete Lunar New Year missions and get GP as well as the Celine skin “Fair Maiden”.

Missions:

• Lunar New Year: Feeling Lucky - Win 1 Match - 100GP
  
• Lunar Near Year: On a Roll! - Win 5 Matches - 1,000GP
  
• Lunar New Year: Special Red Envelope - Play 15 Regular Matches - Celine "Fair Maiden" skin

Celine "Fair Maiden" skin



Missions not your thing? In addition to the new missions for the Lunar New Year we are adding a new limited time skin to the shop for all those Shasha fans.

When:

Pacific: Feb. 15 after maintenance - Mar. 7 12:00AM PST
Eastern: Feb. 15 after maintenance - Mar. 7 3:00AM EST
Brazil: Feb. 15 after maintenance - Mar. 7 5:00AM BRT
London: Feb. 15 after maintenance - Mar. 7 8:00 GMT

What:

Shasha is getting a facelift with her new skin, “Kid Fairy”. You’ll be able to pick this up in the Premium Shop for 12,900NX. This is a limited time skin so get it while you can!

Shasha "Kid Fairy" skin



This Lunar New Year has a little something for everyone. Get out there and get those missions done, Hypers!

-Hyper Universe Team

Hey Hypers,

We just deployed a hotfix build! You will need to restart your client in order to update.

The following issues were fixed:

• Fixed an issue with game pad key not registering correctly.
  
• Fixed an issue with PS4 Controller displaying debug text.
  
• Fixed an issue with Steam Controller not being recognized.
  
• Fixed an issue with XBOX 360 Start and Back Icons being displayed properly.

Patch version: 4.1.00006

Thanks!

- The Hyper Universe Team

Hey Hypers!

Welcome to patch 4.1. You can read all about the changes coming to Hyper Universe below:

New Hyper

• Captain Red has joined the fight for Hyper Universe.

Ranked Mode

• Ranked Mode has been added.

Qualifications to unlock Ranked Mode have now been adjusted. You must:

• Be account level 15
• Have at least 12 Hypers available (Includes Free Rotation)

All ranks are now set to 'Unranked'

Rank Story Reward

• Win 30 ranked matches to unlock Forgotten Hero Allen skin through Story mode.
• Wins during Early Access and Pre-Season will count towards earning the skin.

Prologue Changes

• The “Select a Controller Method” menu has been removed in the Prologue.
• The prologue is now more intuitive where it will automatically detect if you're playing on a supported controller or keyboard and switch your keybindings.

Missions and UI Update

• A new weekly mission called “That’s Hardcore” has been added that reward players a Hyper Core after playing 5 matches. This mission will reset every Monday at 8AM UTC.
• The Missions menu will now expand when you log into Hyper Universe.

• Siege Tank Health -15%.
• Siege Damage -10%.
• Difficulty level against enemy AI has been lowered for players under account level 5.

Migenhardt

[Skill] Dark Slumber

• Duration decreased from 2 sec to 1.7 sec

[Skill] Dark Slumber (Enhanced)

• Duration decreased from 1.5 sec to 1.3 sec

[Skill] Feast of Blood

• Decreased health restored from enemies in the zone from 5% to 3.5%

Blue Rose

[Regular Attack] Regular Attack

• Range decreased by 100

[Skill] Deadly Barrage

• Duration decreased from 4 sec to 3 sec
• Range lowered by 100

Signal

Regular Attack

• Damage factor raised from 0.6 to 0.65

Valter

[Skill] Shield of Light

• Increased time this skill can occur from 7 sec to 8 sec

Turner

[Skill] Bird of Prey

• Skill Change: Increase your Attack by 8% within 1300 units

Vile Chalice [Unique to Migenhardt]

Exclusive Effect (Stage 4)

• Life Steal decreased from 15% to 10%
• Life Steal Cap decreased from 20% to 15%

Mantle of Blood [Unique to Migenhardt]

Exclusive Effect (Stage 4)

• Decreased additional health restored from enemies in the Blood Void from 5% to 3.5%

Breastplate of Aquinas [Unique to Valter]

Exclusive Effect (Stage 4)

• Decreased Shield of Light's reapply time from 2 sec to 1.5 sec

Forbidden Spell (Unique to Cain)

Stats

• Attack increased from 25 to 40
• Defense decreased from 25 to 10

Dragon's Bane [Shared Equipment]

Price

• Price increased from 6,286 to 6,335

Stats

• Attack increased from 40 to 45

Whitesteel [Shared Equipment]

Stats

• Attack increased from 30 to 40
• Defense decreased from 30 to 20

Knight's Halberd [Shared Equipment]

Price

• Increased from 6,064 to 6,190

Stats

• Attack increased from 30 to 40
• Cooldown decreased from 15% to 10%

Lightning Cross [Shared Equipment]

Price

• Increased from 5,993 to 6,246

Stats

• Attack increased from 25 to 30

Foul Totem [Shared Equipment]

Price

• Increased from 5,800 to 6,220

Stats

• Health Regen increased from 75% to 100%

Exclusive Effect (Stage 1)

• Raised max health increase when you kill or assist in killing a hyper from 30 to 50
• Decreased max number of stacks from 20 to 15

Kevlar Helmet [Shared Equipment]

Price

• Increased from 6,139 to 6,271

Stats

• Defense increased from 30 to 35

Shock Knuckles [Shared Equipment]

Exclusive Effect (Stage 3)

• Decreased Attack and Defense bonus from .5% of Max HP to 0.25% of Max HP

Demonic Spellbook [Shared Equipment]

Price

• Decreased from 5,965 to 5,758

Stats

• Attack decreased from 44 to 35
• Defense decreased from 44 to 35

Exclusive Effect (Stage 4)

• Decreased Max Health bonus from Devil's Contract 6th token from 444 to 300

Soul Sphere (Shared Equipment)

Price

• Decreased from 6,029 to 5,891

Stats

• Attack decreased from 20 to 15
• Defense decreased from 20 to 15

Exclusive Effect (Stage 4)

• Decreased Max Health restored every second from 10% to 8%
• Increased stat loss time from 30 sec to 75 sec

Executioner's Scythe [Shared Equipment]

Exclusive Effect (Stage 4)

• Increased Health gain upon critical hit to enemies from 55 to 60
• Decreased cooldown from 1.5 sec to 1 sec

Verdant Crescent [All Hypers]

Price

• Decreased from 6,140 to 5,965

Stats

• Defense decreased from 20 to 15

War Horn [Shared Equipment]

Price

• Increased from 5,935 to 6,068

Defiler's Flail [All Hypers]

Price

• Decreased from 6,243 to 6,064

Stats

• Decreased Health from 350 to 300

Star Stalker's Dagger [Shared Equipment]

Exclusive Effect (Stage 1)

• Decreased max extra experience upon killing a monster from 15 to 10, depending on time

Exclusive Effect (Stage 3)

• Increased fixed damage when attacking monsters from 22 to 32
• Cooldown decreased from 3.5 sec to 2.5 sec
• Increased max damage from 40 based on level 10 to 50 based on lv.10

Dread Mantle [Shared Equipment]

Exclusive Effect (Stage 3)

• Decreased Defense stat stolen per hit from 3 to 2
• Decreased Movement Speed percent stolen per hit from 3% to 2%

Hellfire Lance [Shared Equipment]

Exclusive Effect (Stage 3)

• Decreased Defense gained from attack from 10% to 6%

• New players will now be able to select whether they want to start as a Beginner or Expert
  
• Selecting as a Beginner will automatically start an AI Beginner match.
• Selecting "Expert" will automatically start a regular match.
• Players who are account level 5 and under might automatically be matched into an AI beginner match if there are no players present in a Regular Match within a period of time.

• Fixed an issue with Celine's Superstar skin sometimes breaking in skin preview
• Fixed an issue with Perseus' skill, Controlled (Q), not launching every Hyper when flipping backwards
• Fixed an issue with Aisha's skills causing performance issues in the Training Room
• Fixed the issue where you were unable to modify your pad keys via your game pad
• Added the mouse scroll function via "right analogue stick" in Lobby
• Increased the speed of the digital directional keys in Lobby
• Fixed an issue with using a controller for the first time Hyper Universe is launched via Steam

Text Fixes

• Fixed a text issue on Traitor’s Greatsword death affect that applies when the player revives
• Gold Win of the Day has been changed to Daily Gold
• Fixed a formatting issue on Louis’ Dempsey Roll (R) skill

• Captain Red Hyper Samples incorrectly show up as “Red” Hyper Samples
• Weekend Cubes are incorrectly labeled as Weekly Cube
• Liu’s provoke animation does not match the voice over
• Some text is cut off on Captain Red’s Escuthcheon’s in-depth skill description
• Steam controller is not auto detected when plugged in
• PS4 controller displays the incorrect button on teleporting
• Incorrect Xbox 360 button icons for Start and Back buttons
• Remapping function does not stop recording button input properly
• Keymapping with DualShock 4 displays debug Xbox text

Hey Hypers,

Hyper Universe will be undergoing a scheduled maintenance for a game update on Thursday, February 8, 2018 at 7:00AM PST (10:00 AM EST / 1:00PM BRST / 15:00 GMT).

We anticipate the maintenance to last approximately 3 hours, concluding around 10:00AM PST (1:00PM EST / 4:00PM BRST / 18:00 GMT).

Please note that the estimated length of time for each maintenance is subject to change without notification.

When:

• Los Angeles (PST): 7:00AM - 10:00AM
  
• New York (EST): 10:00AM - 1:00PM
  
• Sao Paulo (BRST) 1:00PM - 4:00PM
  
• London (GMT) 15:00 - 18:00

What:
The following will be unavailable:

• All Hyper Universe Game Servers

The following will be added:

• A new Hyper, Captain Red, will be introduced.
  
• Ranked Mode Preseason
  
• New Missions
  
• Patch Notes coming soon

Patch version: 4.1.00005

- Hyper Universe Team

Hey Hypers,

Get ready to crash the party with Captain Red! Captain Red is a motorcycle-riding Specialist who uses his team to help him beat down his enemies. Captain Red will be added to the game as part of our 4.1 patch on February 8th.

Passive - Special Force

Periodically generates Courage Charges, which are used by his other skills to summon squadmates for additional effects. Regular attacks speed up charge generation..

Captain’s Blade (A)

Swings the captain’s blade, inflicting damage to enemies. [Special Force Reinforcements] A squadmate delivers a quick stab, inflicting additional damage.



Captain’s Pistol (Q)

Fires the captain’s pistol, inflicting damage. [Special Force Reinforcements] A squadmate blasts the enemy for damage, reducing the enemy’s Move Speed.



Captain’s Escutcheon (W)

Bashes the enemy forward with the captain’s escutcheon, inflicting damage and stunning the enemy. Then strikes again, inflicting the same damage and stunning the enemy. [Special Force Reinforcements] After the charge, a squadmate crashes down, inflicting damage and downing the enemy.



Heart of Courage (E)

Captain Red calls upon his team’s Courage Power, doing more damage to enemies and taking less damage. [Special Force Reinforcements] A squadmate cheers Captain Red on, granting him the power to ignore restricting and interference effects except Grappled..



Special Force Vulcan (R)

Special Force assembles to fire their Special Force Vulcan, continuously inflicting damage and reducing Move Speed. Mash the indicated keys to determine how powerful the Special Force Vulcan is.



Captain Red is going to require some fairly strong resource balancing. Most of his skills have a regular version and a powered up version with “Special Force Reinforcements” text in them. His basic skills without the Courage Charges will work but not receive enhanced effects. An easy setup for yourself is to dash in, use Captain’s Escutcheon with a Courage Charge ready and then combo it directly into Special Force Vulcan when the enemy is downed on the ground. If someone is running away and you need to catch them use Heart of Courage to gain CC immunity and follow it up with Captain’s Pistol to slow them down as they run. You’ll be able to run through anything the throw at you and catch them before they can get away. Just be careful you don’t find yourself away from teammates with no Courage Charges available!

Slaughterer’s Gaiters, Mozer K47, Special Force Uniform, Breath of Fire, GAU-1 Avenger, Dragon’s Bane

Captain Red is a Specialist and therefore performs extremely well with a glass cannon type of build. The Special Force Uniform will grant you extra Courage Charges while the GAU-1 Avenger will supercharge his Ultimate. Both of these items will grant you higher attack and stopping power against enemies. Building both Mozer K47 and GAU-1 Avenger will grant you a large amount of Defense Bypass and Defense Penetration. There should be no one that can stand up to you for any length of time provided you can close the gap and fire a strong ultimate when they are stunned. Breath of Fire and Dragon’s Bane provide some additional large attack boosts for finishing enemies quickly. Just make sure to not get caught like a fish out of water and you’ll be at the top of the scoreboard in no time!

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 Captain Red for a mere 15,000 GP or use a Hyper Coupon, which you can earn by leveling up and playing games.

Remember: Bad guys better watch out for Captain Red!

~Hyper Universe Team

Hey Hypers,

Our Double XP event is now LIVE!

To better prepare our players for Ranked Preseason which starts on the 8th of February we have a bonus EXP event going live this weekend.

Remember, to qualify for Ranked, you must be Level 15 and own at least 12 Hypers (including the 6 free Hypers on rotation). So this is your chance to get in there and level up so that you're ready when Preseason hits.

REQUIREMENTS FOR RANKED MODE

• Must be level 15
  
• Must own at least 12 Hypers (including the 6 free Hypers on rotation)

More details below!

WHEN

• Los Angeles (PST): Feb. 2 11:00 AM - Feb. 5 12:00 AM
  
• New York (EST): Feb. 2 2:00 PM - Feb. 5 3:00 AM
  
• Sao Paulo (BRST): Feb. 2 5:00 PM - Feb. 5 6:00 AM
  
• London (GMT): Feb. 2 19:00 - Feb. 5 08:00

DETAILS

• 100% EXP increase when playing the following modes:
• Regular Matches
• AI Matches

See you on the Battlefield, Hypers!

- Hyper Universe Team

We aren’t done yet! To better prepare our players for Ranked Preseason which starts on the 8th of February we have a bonus EXP event going live this weekend. Get ready to get those matches in while you can because this event won’t last forever.

WHEN

Los Angeles (PST): Feb. 2 11:00 AM - Feb. 5 12:00 AM

New York (EST): Feb. 2 2:00 PM - Feb. 5 3:00 AM

Sao Paulo (BRST): Feb. 2 5:00 PM - Feb. 5 6:00 AM

London (GMT): Feb. 2 19:00 - Feb. 5 08:00

DETAILS

• 100% EXP increase when playing the following modes:
• Regular Matches
• AI Matches

That's it! Get out there this weekend and knock out those matches and get those levels. It's so simple!

REQUIREMENTS FOR RANKED MODE

• Must be level 15
  
• Must own at least 12 Hypers (including the 6 free Hypers on rotation)

See you on the Battlefield, Hypers.

-Hyper Universe Team

Hey Hypers!

Login now and enjoy Double GP gains all weekend!

WHEN

• Los Angeles (PST): Jan. 26 11:00 AM - Jan. 29 12:00 AM
  
• New York (EST): Jan. 26 2:00 PM - Jan. 29 3:00 AM
  
• Sao Paulo (BRST): Jan. 26 5:00 PM - Jan. 29 6:00 AM
  
• London (GMT): Jan. 26 19:00 - Jan. 29 08:00

DETAILS
100% GP increase when playing the following modes:

• Regular Matches
  
• AI Matches

See you on the battlefield!

-Hyper Universe Team

Hey Hypers,

Have you heard of the Refer-a-Friend program? There has been a lot happening behind the scenes since Official Launch and some of you may have missed this. We wanted to make sure everyone knows what the Refer-a-Friend program is and how you can claim rewards just for playing the game and inviting your friends!

Here’s the short of it: Have new friends use your referral link to sign up for the game and play. If they reach level 7 then you’ll be rewarded with unique referral gifts depending on how many referrals you can get. You can claim things like the Curse Eye Mecha skin or the Camilla Rock Devil skin which aren’t available in game regularly.





So what are you waiting for? Click the link below to head over to the Nexon Refer-a-friend page and start getting those referrals!

Refer now!