Hunt: Showdown Shows Up with New Engine Upgrade

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"It is gonna be a long technical road, so people shouldn't expect it soon but it is a thing that's underway.”

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Hunt: Showdown recently celebrated its five-year anniversary, which was accompanied by the news that the studio plans to update Hunt from the 5.6 legacy version of CryEngine to the latest 5.11 build. The transition to a new build will improve Hunt’s graphics, and CryTek has promised that gameplay enhancements will follow. The team is also working on a slew of updates, which include improvements to the onboarding tools for new players. David Fifield (General Manager, Crytek) said: "It is gonna be a long technical road, so people shouldn't expect it soon but it is a thing that's underway."

The announcement has sparked hope among fans that Crytek’s game-side support for the title will continue for years to come. The game has been an underdog against the odds of Apex Legends and other popular shooters, but it has maintained a constant audience and consistent updates.

There’s been a lot of recent buzz around extraction shooters (such as Hunt: Showdown), with some industry experts predicting a rise in their prevalence and popularity as it overtakes other FPS subgenres. (What are the community’s thoughts on that?)

Anyway, if you’re interested in Hunt already or want to read an in-depth article on the game, I recommend this recent piece from PC Gamer overviewing the game 5 years in. If you do play Hunt: Showdown, would you recommend it to newcomers? Let me know in the comments below!

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ZalManTM

Tov Shtok

I'v been playing since 2019 when there was only few servers and unplayable game with 20fps with tons of crashes.

It is so good to see how this game came from great potential to one of the most iconic and best FPS PVP games out there in the market.

I Just wish they will stop pushing skins and dlcs and make better servers than what we have now because i still get 80+ ping in eu servers.

RaPtUrA

Inception

I hope they have a free weekend on Steam so I can finally give it a try to see if I would like it....but it's great that they upgrade the engine, I wish games like Apex would do that but I suppose they will have to when they want to keep the game updated for a long time as they are planning to.

Breaker_CZ

Live long and prosper

Game is hard to start, becouse of overwhelm of info and items, i got a luck in start, becouse i got friend who have 1400 hours in it, so i jump-over phase to try every item in game, to see if its good and how to use it effectively, where are good spots on maps, and so much info to progress.

Still im bad in this game, but i like it, it's challenge, not just another "run and gun" ...