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Rick Lane

'We want to increase the cost of silence': Hunt: Showdown 1896's latest update brings a new event, a massive list of bugfixes and a tougher challenge for stealthy players

A female druidic figure clutches a heart riven with thorns in Hunt: Showdown.

Here's a double-barreled blast of news for Hunt: Showdown fans. Crytek just launched a massive patch for its grungy Victorian extraction shooter, which scatters an array of adjustments across most of the game and provides a long list of bug-fixes to boot. This coincides with the launch of a brand new in-game event that brings event-exclusive character traits and a whole new type of supply point.

We'll explore the neatly trimmed verges of the event first. Titled Garden of the Witch, it's themed around a clash between nature and industry with the introduction of new Hunters—the druidic Bruja duo and the metallically-minded Welders. "Each fights the Corruption with their own strengths," the update's Steam page explains. "The Brujas with organic mysticism, the Welders with industrial occult practices and fire."

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