Hunt: Showdown alpha access can now be applied for. Simply head here and enter your email address. Once the closed alpha launches this winter, you could be contacted with instructions on how to play.
If you’ve managed to avoid the buzz surrounding Crytek’s new project, there’s already plenty of information available on the monster-hunting adventure title, which features both PvE and PvP modes.
Take a look at the trailer below:
https://youtu.be/I4GHDnLSmmc
And here’s the official rundown of what Hunt: Showdown offers in terms of gameplay and fun:
Savage, nightmarish monsters roam the Louisiana swamps, and you are part of a group of rugged bounty hunters bound to rid the world of their ghastly presence. Banish these creatures from our world, and you will be paid generously—and given the chance to buy more gruesome and powerful weapons. Fail, and death will strip you of both character and gear. Your experience, however, remains in your pool of hunters—called your Bloodline—always.
HIGH RISK, HIGH REWARD, HIGH TENSION
Hunt’s competitive, match-based gameplay mixes PvP and PvE elements to create a uniquely tense experience where your life, your character, and your gear are always on the line. At the beginning of each match, up to five teams of two set out to track their monstrous targets. Once they’ve found and defeated one of these they will receive a bounty—and instantly become a target for every other Hunter left on the map. If you don’t watch your back, you’ll find a knife in it, and your last memory will be of another team of Hunters walking away with your prize. The higher the risk, the higher the reward–but a single mistake could cost you everything.
PROGRESSION
Even in death, you will be able to progress among the ranks of Hunters via your Bloodline. Though one character may die, their experience will be transferred to your Bloodline, where it can be applied your other Hunters. If you make it off of the map alive, you will be able to use the money and experience you earn to kit out new Hunters and prepare for the next match. If you die, you lose everything but your experience.
DARK SIGHT
Dark Sight allows Hunters to see into the veil between worlds, making that which cannot be seen by mortal eyes visible to those who have been initiated. Use Dark Sight when you are tracking monsters, and a ghostly light will guide you toward your next target. Dark Sight also marks players carrying a bounty, making them more vulnerable to ambush while trying to escape.
Have you signed up to the alpha? Looking forward to testing out Hunt: Showdown? Let us know.
In other news, there’s a free LawBreakers weekend happening this weekend along with a big discount, Blizzard has claimed Overwatch doesn’t belong in the loot box controversy, and Ubisoft believe that PS5 and the next Xbox are a minimum of two years away.
Source: Hunt: Showdown (Official)
