On May 31, the independent video game Hypercharge: Unboxed arrived on Xbox, after four years present on PC and Nintendo Switch, and despite the years it has been on the market, The multiplayer shooter set in a toy store managed to be a success on the Microsoft console, selling more than 50,000 copies in less than a week.
Hypercharge: Unboxed arrived in a pandemic with a striking theme, being a multiplayer shooting game set in a toy store where players embody action figures, something that caught the attention of many users since its release in the pandemic for Steam, Epic Games and Nintendo Switch. However, the formula was repeated for Xbox, after selling 25 thousand copies during the first 24 hours and doubling this figure in the first week.
The development of Hypercharge: Unboxed was created by an independent team of six developer friends, who have been quite grateful for the success of the video game on Xbox: after exceeding 50 thousand sales, one of the members of Digital Cybercherries, Joe Henson , https://twitter.com/HyperchargeGame/status/1798405098156261440?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Etweet%7Ctwtr%5Etrue having achieved this high figure in less than six days, more than 600 reviews with a 4.6 out of 5 star rating and reaching number 7 in the top sales chart in the United States.
Competition for Helldivers 2
This success in sales for the independent Shooter has made media such as FandomWire ensure that Hypercharge: Unboxed will be the successor to Helldivers 2 as a shooting game in the year. Helldivers 2 had a successful launch reaching more than 400 thousand simultaneous players on PC and maintaining its stability for a few months, however, the rate of players has been declining, especially after the incident with PSN, which has left the game with just over 40 thousand daily players and declining. If it keeps up this pace, Action Figure Shooter could take the lead in the genre for the rest of the year.
The success of Hypercharge: Unboxed has also been celebrated by the gaming community, who have shown joy at seeing the support that currently exists for video games in the indie industry, which has had eye-catching releases with unique formulas, as is the case from Hypercharge, which has a multiplayer campaign mode and online and local PVP experience with split screen, a classic formula that, together with the action figure theme, was a success for Xbox.
