In a few weeks you can go hunting in the mountains of Colorado. Hunt: Showdown will then get a new map.
Attention, happy hunting companions: The August update for Hunt: Showdown is just around the corner. And unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past few months, you already know what that means.
With the update, Crytek is ushering in a new era for its Extraction shooter and giving the game a comprehensive overhaul!
The program includes:
- A comprehensive engine upgrade
- A new user interface
- Beue Ballistik (Bullet Drop)
You can read about the changes you should know in advance in our outlook:
The filthy lucre
Now the Crytek team has finally revealed the name of the new map: Mammon’s Gulch, in Europe Gorge of Mammon
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The new map takes you in to the rugged mountains of Colorado for the first time.
Between the rugged peaks of the Rocky Mountains, numerous abandoned mine shafts are waiting to be explored and plundered by you.
The newly released trailer gives a first look at the map:
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Hunt: Showdown 1896: New name, new map – The August update will be huge
What can the new map do?
Since Mammon’s Gulch is located in a completely different region of the USA than the swamps of Louisiana that we are used to, we can expect a completely different environment: Instead of miles of flat grassland, we can expect steep cliffs and stark differences in altitude between the different areas of the map.
According to the developers, the Verticality something that players have always wanted in Hunt: Showdown. The vegetation is also new: instead of the deciduous trees we are used to, we roam among dense coniferous trees in Colorado for the first time.
In addition to verticality, the developers have another gameplay trick up their sleeve: The mine shafts connect the compounds on the map. So you can not only attack above ground – but also from below.
But the mines also come with new sound traps. For example, you can startle a swarm of sleeping bats.
New boss
On the new map, you will find not only the familiar boss enemies, but also a completely new monster: As the trailer for the Scorched Earth event (which starts at the same time as the new map) reveals, a fiery new opponent awaits us:
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Hunt: Showdown 1896 hides a new type of monster in the dark trailer for the next event
By the way: With the August update, Hunt also gets a new name. The next-gen version of the game will be known as Hunt: Showdown 1896
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The release of the extensive update is scheduled for August 15, 2024 Then Hunt will only be available for PC, Xbox Series X/S and PlayStation 5. Support for last-gen consoles ends on this day.
Now we are interested in your opinion on Mammon’s Gulch: Please write us your impressions of the new map in the comments!
