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Hunt: Showdown celebrates eight years with a slate of 2025 updates: a new map Mammon's Gulch, CRYENGINE upgrade, Tarot Cards, and the return of the Corrupted Circus, plus the Flame Rifle and new social features. The year will also bring major in-game events, a weapon skin design contest, a community wrap-up video series, and ongoing giveaways as the team teases more content to come.
Hunt: Showdown's Update 2.6 adds a Lunar New Year Premium Story Challenge titled 'Game of Skill' releasing Feb 10 and running until Apr 7, 2026, priced at 1250 Blood Bonds with rewards including an avatar, Mosin-Nagant skin, Centering Breath First Aid Kit, Cavalry Saber, badge/frame, and a player title; the bundle provides better overall value than buying items separately. The team emphasizes balanced, non-grindy challenges and ongoing updates; Year of the Snake items Zhuge Liu, Spring Rain, and Snake Bell return in the discounted Coiled Serpent Bundle (Feb 10–Mar 17, 2026) with a free Gift of Peace charm. Pledge Marks will carry over into the core game post-event, and new map Supply Points (Postal, Clockmaker's, Sealed Hoard) will offer loot; a Battle Pass is planned for March. Free Story Challenges will continue to be added with major Updates, with more details to come.
Hunt: Showdown is launching a live-server test to run matches with up to 15 players in the Bounty Hunt and Soul Survivor modes from February 4–11, with occasional 12-player caps during experimentation. The change aims to study gameplay flow, win rates, and the in-game economy; players can see the exact participant count in team details, and Bounty Clash remains unaffected. Feedback will be gathered via a post-test survey to decide if the change should be kept or refined.
Hunt: Showdown's 2026 roadmap focuses on enhancing strategic gameplay, fairness, and community engagement, with plans for new content, reintroductions of classic features, technical improvements, and seasonal events, all driven by player feedback and ongoing development efforts.
Hunt: Showdown's Update 2.4 introduces significant audio enhancements, including improved sound clarity, vertical and underground audio adjustments, better sound obstruction filtering, and refined gunshot and ambient sounds, all aimed at boosting gameplay readability and immersion.
Hunt: Showdown 1896 announces Update 2.4 featuring the return of the DeSalle map with visual upgrades, a new event called Judgement of the Fool introducing new characters and gameplay twists, and the addition of a new enemy called the Brute, along with various gameplay and UI improvements. The update promises a more intense and polished experience, with the release date to be announced soon.
The survey results for Hunt: Showdown's Garden of the Witch event reveal mixed feedback, with satisfaction levels lower than previous events due to a focus on bug fixes over new content. Players appreciated some aspects like weekly challenges and rewards but expressed concerns about event content, equipment, and balance changes. The developers plan to improve survey accessibility, adjust challenges, and address community concerns in future updates, aiming for a better player experience.
Hunt: Showdown will receive a native PS5 version and an engine upgrade in April 2024, with support for the PS4 version ending. The upgrade will offer 4K visuals, enhanced controller support, and input upgrades. PS4 players will have a free upgrade path to the PS5 version, but support for the game on the previous platform will cease by April 2024.
Hunt: Showdown, a PvPvE first-person shooter set in the 19th-century Louisiana bayou, introduces its first female boss, Rotjaw, as part of the Tide of Shadows Live Event. Rotjaw, a mutant alligator, adds to the oppressive and terrifying atmosphere of the game, embodying the dark bayou setting. The developers aimed to integrate Rotjaw seamlessly into the core gameplay loop, making her a challenging but not impossible boss to defeat. With her unique character design and abilities, Rotjaw presents a formidable opponent for players to face in their quest for bounties.
The "Tide of Shadows" live event for Hunt: Showdown has begun, featuring new challenges, gameplay, weapons, story, and a new boss called Rotjaw. The event introduces a new Boss category with Rotjaw lurking in the waters of the Bayou, forcing players to improvise in wide open spaces. Players can pledge towards different factions, unlock new weapons and equipment, and earn Event Points by completing challenges and interacting with Ship Altars. The event is currently available on PC and will come to consoles at a later date.
Hunt: Showdown introduces Rotjaw, a massive alligator boss encountered in the open water during specific times of day. This "wild" target takes half the time to banish compared to other bosses and rewards players with a single bounty token. The update also includes the Tide of Shadows live event, offering new hunter pacts, legendary weapon unlocks, and burn traits. The event runs until August 23rd and brings a new battle pass, along with various additions, changes, and fixes in patch 1.13.
Hunt: Showdown's new live event, Tide of Shadows, introduces a formidable new boss target named Rotjaw, a female alligator with unique abilities. Players can choose to pledge their allegiance to one of three new pacts, each offering unique traits and rewards. Pledge marks can be earned by reaching event point thresholds, looting hunters, or banishing targets. The event also introduces burn traits, which can be acquired by sacrificing pledge marks at pledge posts. Event points can be earned through various activities, such as interacting with clues or rifts, banishing targets, or extracting bounty tokens. Ship altars, new event objects, provide event points when interacted with or can be destroyed for fewer points. The event runs until August 23rd.
According to Hunt: Showdown general manager David Fifield, 40% of players who have played the game have never killed another player, highlighting the difficulty of player retention in the competitive shooter landscape. The game has an achievement for killing one player, which 62.9% of players have on Steam. The number likely varies from month to month, and the game has had free weekend events that increase its playerbase.