Not eager to be shoved apart by a number of newcomers which have arrived on the extraction shooter scene, Hunt Showdown has simply undergone a makeover. A giant one, at that. The overhauled and improved Hunt Showdown 1896 is now lastly right here, and to rejoice the FPS will probably be free to play for everybody on Steam – however just for a really quick time.
I write about numerous completely different genres right here on PCGamesN, however in the mean time it appears no less than half of my tales are about extraction shooters. Consequently, I’m now coining the phrase ‘Extraction Shooter Summer time’. I’d even trademark it… Anyway, all over the place you look, there are new extraction video games launching, trailers and betas dropping for these which can be nonetheless within the oven, and completely new initiatives being introduced. Hunt Showdown 1896, nonetheless, is a rarity in that it is among the forefathers of the style that’s getting a significant overhaul.
Whereas 1896 is technically an enormous replace to the FPS recreation in a similar way to how Overwatch remodeled into Overwatch 2, it’ll really feel like a brand new recreation. Not solely is it on a brand new engine and transferring to a recent map, however there are such a lot of adjustments and options that the patch notes should span three separate Steam weblog posts. It’s wild.
With higher visuals and efficiency, Hunt: Showdown is guaranteeing that it’s not going to fall behind within the extraction rat race. The brand new map, which is ready in Colorado and known as Mammon’s Gulch, “combines the perfect components from earlier maps with recent content material to create a singular setting.” New wildlife roams the atmosphere. There’s a recent lineup of weapons and kit, current weapons have been given an enormous balancing sweep, and gunplay total has acquired an enormous improve. A ridiculous quantity of labor has gone into this replace, and it ought to make this already gratifying FPS leagues higher.
Hunt Showdown 1896 is out now on PC through Steam and current-gen consoles too. A free weekend for the sport can also be reside proper now, and can conclude on Monday August 19.
The mixture of this transformational replace and the free weekend is having a direct impact on participant numbers. Whereas Hunt Showdown has been comfortably hovering between 20,000 and 40,000 concurrent gamers during the last couple of years, it’s at present sitting at an all-time excessive peak participant rely of 57,000 on the time of writing, and that quantity continues to be climbing.
You must positively give it a attempt over the approaching days whereas it gained’t price you something, but when it doesn’t hook you, there are numerous different free PC video games and superb multiplayer video games you may flip to.
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