Hunt: Showdown 1896 News

Developer Update: User Interface & Experience

Hunters, we hear your concerns.

In our new Developer Update, we discuss changes and improvements coming to our new User Interface & Experience:
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Hunt: Showdown enjoys highest-ever player count after 1896 update, but player complaints about UI are pushing down its Steam review score: 'I've never seen such a bizarre reaction to so much amazing content'

Update 5 PM EST, August 16th: Crytek has commented on the community response to the game's updated menu UI. Read more on this at the bottom of the page...
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Hunt Showdown's 1896 relaunch is live and facing player derision over the new UI, bugs and performance

Crytek's sweaty and superlative survival boss-rush shooter Hunt: Showdown has been relaunched as Hunt: Showdown 1896, introducing a comprehensive technological update alongside a chronological leap forward to a new map in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. As is tradition for big 2.0-style updates, some players absolutely loathe it, with recent Steam user reviews dragging the consensus underwater.

Hunt: Showdown is about to get its most significant update since its release five years ago. The crown jewel is Mammon's Gulch, a sprawling Colorado-based map and showcase for some of its incoming engine tech. The update is so big that Crytek took the game offline for 48 hours to properly implement it, and when it comes back online, it'll have a new name...
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Steam Free Weekend!

We're opening the doors to any and all to join on us a hunt over the weekend. Strap on a six-shooter, invite your friends and snatch some bounties through blood, sweat and bullets!

Play free now on Steam until 19th August!