Hunt: Showdown, the popular first-person bounty hunter multiplayer shooter from the developers best known for the Crysis franchise, will be getting a new update on August 15, 2024 that not only updates the PC and console versions of the years-old game to a newer version of CRYENGINE (5.11), but also includes a new map, performance improvements, and more, Crytek has announced. Support for the PS4 and Xbox One versions are ending, but Crytek has clarified that a free upgrade will be available for PS5 and Xbox Series X|S owners.
Crytek’s new 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
Check out the video here:
The community can also expect the updates throughout summer 2024:
- Community surveys, lessons learned, and how this data will affect future events
- A sneak peek into the new UX/UI design
- Technological upgrades and performance improvements coming to Hunt via CRYENGINE 5.11 and what that means for players
- An update on the Fair Play Task Force and the steps being taken to address cheating, exploitive play, and toxic interactions
- The evolution of Hunter recruitment/ Prestige systems, as well as changes being made to the progression system
- Overall design vision for game mechanics and the decisions being made around Hunter revival, Health Chunks, restorations, burning downed Hunters, and more.
Crytek on its FPS:
Hunt: Showdown is a competitive first-person bounty hunting game that packs the thrill of survival horror into a match-based format. Set in Louisiana in 1895, the game boasts a mixture of PvP and PvE elements that create a uniquely tense experience. It’s not just the monsters who are a threat—it’s every Hunter on the map. In the classic Bounty Hunt game mode, a match pits 12 players—playing solo or in teams of two or three—against each other as they race to take out gruesome creatures for a Bounty they must collect and extract from the map. Hunt’s Soul Survivor mode offers a shorter match for solo players to scavenge for weapons as they compete for a diminishing pool of Bounty. The higher the risk, the higher the reward–but a single mistake could cost you everything. Hunt is available now on Steam, Xbox and PlayStation platforms.