More than six months after it was announced, Crytek revealed today that Hunt: Showdown's move to the current version of CryEngine will happen on August 15. The big update will also bring with it a new map and biome, performance improvements, a new UI design, and—in less good news—the official end of support on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles.
Hunt: Showdown general manager David Fifield was clear in November 2023 when he said that we won't see a sequel to the game anytime soon, although he added that players are free to think of the engine upgrade as Hunt 2 if they want to. And while moving to a new version of a game engine doesn't sound like the most seismic shift imaginable, it's clearly a big deal: In today's developer video, Fifield called the update "a significant relaunch of Hunt: Showdown at a whole new level."
