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A New Era Begins With ‘Hunt: Showdown 1896’ Out Now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S

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A New Era Begins With ‘Hunt: Showdown 1896’ Out Now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S
Today, Crytek is thrilled to launch the new era of Hunt with ‘Hunt: Showdown 1896’ out now on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S! Fight for survival and profit in a world where supernatural horror and the thrill of the bounty reigns supreme with an all-new Colorado biome, Scorched Earth Event, Wild Target, weapons, Hunters, and more. Leaping forward chronologically and heading west of the bayou, Hunt: Showdown 1896 brings with it the power of CRYENGINE 5.11, which brings a highly anticipated overhaul of visuals, audio design, rendering performance, and more. Players will also be welcomed back to the bayou post-launch with the original maps overhauled and restored in stunning detail. Hunters are invited to jump into the action for free on PC with a Steam Free Weekend running from August 15th – 19th. Mammon’s Gulch In Mammon’s Gulch, visit 16 unique compounds spread across the peaks and ravines of the new Hunt biome. Pass ...

“Hunt: Showdown” Reveals Upgrade Coming 15th August 2024

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“Hunt: Showdown” Reveals Upgrade Coming 15th August 2024
Crytek is pleased to announce the long-awaited upgrade for “Hunt: Showdown” will be launching on 15th August, 2024. The update will bring with it a new map, CRYENGINE version 5.11, and performance improvements for PC & console versions of the game, as well as new UI/UX design and much more.   new UI/UX design and much more. With so much exciting news on the horizon, the development team behind “Hunt: Showdown” has released a short video outlining what players can expect in the upcoming weeks. The Developer Update video confirms: Release date of the upgrade and new map Hunt’s upgrade to CRYENGINE 5.11 Ending support for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One consoles with a free upgrade available for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S players A mountain of new content will be coming throughout summer 2024 for the Hunt: ...

New Live Event ‘Traitor’s Moon: The Dark Is Rising’ Launches For Hunt: Showdown

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New Live Event ‘Traitor’s Moon: The Dark Is Rising’ Launches For Hunt: Showdown
A new darkness rises in the bayou as Hunt: Showdown players are invited to join the game’s latest live event, launching today. For 21 days until 14 April, the “Traitor’s Moon: The Dark Is Rising” live event offers players rewards for completing challenges, solving clues, looting corpses, and smashing effigies. A range of new stackable boosters are available for players to accelerate their progress, and new stories about a sinister plan for the manipulation of the corruption in the bayou will be revealed. A new DLC pack, “The Meridian Turncoat,” offers players a new Legendary Hunter and Legendary Weapons to help them lead the charge for rewards during the event. Players can unlock early access to four new weapons – the Scottfield Brawler, Berthier Riposte, Caldwell Model 92, and Winfield Model 93 – and further rewards include new Legendary Skins for weapons and equipment. The four weapons in Early Access won’t be made available ...

The Winter Solstice Beckons As Hunt: Showdown’s Next Event Launches

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The Winter Solstice Beckons As Hunt: Showdown’s Next Event Launches
Hunters that spend their dark, cold winter in the bayou can claim a sack full of rewards as part of the new Winter Solstice live event launching this Thursday, 16 December 2021. Hunt: Showdown maps will feature Solstice Tributes until Wednesday, 5 January 2022; players should destroy these to gather event points. As with previous events, investigating clues, rifts and looting hunter corpses will also add to the points haul. Event boosters – called Chary’s Contracts – will be available to aid event point collection and Dark Sight range. The event’s ultimate prize, which was revealed in a dev stream overnight, will be available to those who earn 10,000 points, while Legendary Weapons: The Winfield 1873 Swift ‘Mountain King’, cavalry sabre ‘Corvus’ and quad Derringer ‘Evergreen’, along with the legendary consumable fire bomb ‘Spirit of Yule’, are also up for grabs. To help Hunt: Showdown players get even more into the holiday spirit, ...

Halloween Live Event ‘The Harvest’ Launches For Hunt: Showdown

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Halloween Live Event ‘The Harvest’ Launches For Hunt: Showdown
Hunt: Showdown players can once again mark Halloween with a brand new live event – The Harvest – available now. After last year’s popular pumpkin-smashing fiesta, players can once again obtain legendary items and other rewards by earning event points from now until Tuesday, 9 November 2021. Legendary Hunter “The Headsman” is up for grabs for those who earn 1,000 event points, while Legendary Weapons “The Executioner”, “The Marwood” and “Closed Casket” can also be won. Those who missed out on last year’s Halloween event can pick up those previous legendary items in the store for Blood Bonds. What’s more, Hunt: Showdown’s new DLC, Cold Blooded, is being added to the game today, including Legendary Hunter “The Reptilian”, a Legendary Bomb Lance “Tooth to Tail” and a Legendary Romero 77 Talon “Avarice”. “We wanted to give players of the spookiest game around a chance to celebrate the spooky season again, so what better way than ...

New Light The Shadow Event Launches For Hunt: Showdown

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New Light The Shadow Event Launches For Hunt: Showdown
Hunt: Showdown players are invited to join the game’s latest live event, available now. The Light the Shadow Event offers players the chance to earn Legendary weapons, Blood Bonds, Hunt Dollars, and the opportunity to add two Legendary Native American Hunters, “The Exile” and “The Third Son,” to their ranks. The event offers two distinct routes to earn rewards, Path One: Pierce the Shadow or The Path Two: Cleave the Shadow, with different rewards and weapons on offer for each. Players who complete one path can also complete the remaining path to earn all the rewards on offer during the event. A brand new event themed DLC will be added to the game “Bayou Wraith” which includes a Legendary Hunter (Techie Wraith) and two Legendary weapons. By completing both paths, players can earn two Legendary Hunters, “The Exile” and “The Third Son”. Players can choose which path they wish to follow or complete both ...

Crytek Announces That Hunt: Showdown’s New Map, DeSalle, Is Available On Live PC Servers Today & On Xbox & PlayStation Platforms Early August

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Crytek Announces That Hunt: Showdown’s New Map, DeSalle, Is Available On Live PC Servers Today & On Xbox & PlayStation Platforms Early August
Hunt: Showdown’s brand-new map, DeSalle, is officially available on PC, as of today; and on Xbox and PlayStation networks in early August, following a soft launch on the test servers. The map brings a fresh new setting to the game, giving players 16 new compounds to explore. DeSalle joins the other maps of Stillwater Bayou and Lawson Delta. The main difference in the map compared to the others is the way gameplay is focused vertically, along with more routes to the compounds and gameplay approaches. Upper DeSalle and Lower DeSalle – the map’s two main compounds — intertwine with one another to give the map a Wild West feel – players can even charge through the swinging doors of a saloon and much more. There are not only cities to battle it out in but also a mansion, a quarry, and a prison along with many other settings. The map so far ...

Hunt: Showdown Out Now On PlayStation 4 & Microsoft Xbox

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Hunt: Showdown Out Now On PlayStation 4 & Microsoft Xbox
Crytek and Koch Media happily announce that the highly acclaimed online multi-player bounty hunting game Hunt: Showdown is now available physically and digitally for PlayStation®4 and physically for Microsoft Xbox®. Hunt: Showdown is a competitive first-person bounty hunting game that packs the thrill of survival games into a match-based format. Set in Louisiana in 1895, the game boasts a mixture of PvP and PvE elements that creates a uniquely tense experience. It’s not just the creatures who are a threat—it’s every Hunter on the map. In the classic game mode, a match of Hunt pits ten players—playing solo or in teams of two—against each other as they race to take out gruesome beasts for a bounty they must collect and get off of the map, while Hunt’s quickplay mode offers a shorter match for solo players to scavenge for weapons as they compete for a diminishing pool of bounty. The ...

Crytek Name Koch Media As Publisher For Hunt: Showdown On Xbox One & PS4

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Crytek Name Koch Media As Publisher For Hunt: Showdown On Xbox One & PS4
Hunt: Showdown is getting a new publisher! Today Crytek announced that Koch Media will act as Hunt: Showdown’s publisher on PlayStation® 4 and Xbox One moving forward. Koch Media is responsible for both the global retail and digital releases of the game on these platforms. The extended partnership follows Koch Media’s successful retail release of Hunt: Showdown for PC in 2019. Crytek will continue to develop Hunt: Showdown, and act as publisher for the PC version on Steam. The two companies will be working together closely to deliver the best possible gaming experience across all platforms. Alongside this news, Crytek and Koch Media revealed that Hunt: Showdown will be available on PlayStation®4 on February 18 2020. “With Koch handling the publishing side of things, our development team can put all of their focus on continuing to develop and optimize Hunt across platforms, together with our community,” said Crytek CEO Avni Yerli. “While ...

Hunt: Showdown Is Out Now On PC

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Hunt: Showdown Is Out Now On PC
Crytek’s online multi player bounty hunting game is out now on PC, and it’s got brand-new DLC riding shotgun alongside it. Players can get Hunt: Showdown on PC for $59.00 AUD or bundled with the new Legends of the Bayou DLC for $66.51 AUD. Players who already own the game can purchase just the DLC for $14.90 AUD. Prior to release, Hunt: Showdown spent time in Steam Early Access, a program that allows developers to work closely with their game community as they develop and refine the game, in Hunt’s case, over the course of over 20 updates and multiple patches. That community, says Hunt Producer Fatih Özbayram, was integral to the game’s development process. “Hunt: Showdown’s development has been completely community-driven, and that has been such a rewarding experience for the entire team. Together with the community, we were able to create the fun, tense, memorable gaming experience we set out ...

Crytek Announces Release Dates for Hunt: Showdown and Partners With Koch Media for Physical Distribution

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Crytek Announces Release Dates for Hunt: Showdown and Partners With Koch Media for Physical Distribution
Today Crytek announced that their multiplayer bounty hunting game, Hunt: Showdown, will be seeing a full release on three major platforms this year. Hunt: Showdown for PC and Xbox will launch on August 27th, 2019 for $59.95 RRP. Meanwhile, PlayStation players will be seeing their own full release of the online game this Spring. In addition to this digital release, Crytek is partnering with Koch Media to bring the retail version of Hunt to stores worldwide. Hunt: Showdown launched in Early Access on Steam in February 2018 and on Xbox Game Preview in May 2019. Both platforms allowed the Hunt team the unique opportunity to front a community-driven development process, by taking player feedback onboard and integrating it into the game’s development roadmap. Since that first release in February 2018, Hunt has seen nearly 20 updates and patches, including a new boss, a new map, two new times of day, additional ...

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