Hunt: Showdown 1896 News

To celebrate, not only the launch of 1896, but to also thank our amazing community for all the patience and support during this transition period, we're giving away another round of goods, starting August 16th over on Twitch.

Join us, and your favorite Hunt content creators, while we journey into the mountains and see if you can't strike gold!

few weeks back on PC Gamer, Crytek debuted Hunt: Showdown's first new map in three years, Mammon's Gulch. We all had a good time taking in the sights of Hunt's vision of Colorado, a sun-baked mountain range with oil fields and an extensive mining operation, but Crytek was holding something back: There's a new wild target on the loose in Mammon's Gulch, and it's arriving alongside a new event called Scorched Earth...
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Fire, the world's greatest cleanser...but the flames went too far. The land here is scarred, not pure. Where nature once provided so bountifully, now only ember and ash remain.

We're proud to announce the first Event of Hunt: Showdown 1896. Scorched Earth begins August 15th.

There's no better way to start off an entire new era of Hunt: Showdown than to do it with a bang!

We've got another dose of Twitch Drops for you all, as a reward to our amazing community.

More details to come!

Reports of burned crops and scorched cattle were starting to cause unrest in the northern mountains. Coupled with the sickness that had started to spread, people's homes became fortresses. Lucky, really, considering the heated battle that was about to unfold...

Our latest event, Scorched Earth, arrives August 15th. Take a look at our brand-new reveal trailer.

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