[2023] Developer Update | What's Next in 2023 | Hunt: Showdown | Hunt: Showdown Dev Tracker

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0s	what's up everybody and welcome to
2s	today's video
4s	um this is going to be the very first
6s	developer update of the year
9s	um we hope you're all having a fantastic
10s	year so far uh purpose of this video is
13s	to go through a little bit of a rundown
14s	of the roadmap for the year ahead
16s	um we've had a great start to the year
18s	so far with our fifth anniversary just
20s	coming to the end of it now
22s	um and it's been really really awesome
23s	having you all around supporting us
25s	through our twitch drops and and
27s	everything that's been going on so
29s	um but uh yeah for this video like I
31s	said we want to talk about uh the a bit
34s	of the roadmap for 2023 before we get
37s	into that I'd like to introduce my guest
39s	for this evening
41s	um this will be his first time joining
42s	us for one of the developer live videos
44s	uh he has joined us on the gameplay
46s	stream so maybe you have had a chance to
48s	check him out and ask him some questions
50s	when he's been on with the guys
52s	um if not allow me to introduce the hunt
55s	General Manager David Fifield how are
56s	you doing today hey I'm doing great Rick
58s	thanks for having me no problem at all
60s	it's great to have you with us and
62s	hopefully this won't be the first or LA
64s	or this won't be the last video uh that
66s	uh we have you on of course it will be
67s	the first you're relatively new with us
69s	um like I said you've been on a couple
71s	of the gameplay streams and uh you've
73s	answered some questions and you've
74s	appeared recently in the anniversary
76s	video
77s	um but why don't you just so our
78s	community can kind of get to know you a
79s	bit why don't you tell us a little bit
80s	about yourself uh yeah sure I've been uh
83s	making computer games and video games
86s	for about 25 years started on PC games
89s	back in the late 90s with MechWarrior 4
92s	and did a bunch in that series went to
95s	Mecca salt on the consoles and then the
98s	book of my work since then it's kind of
99s	stayed in that competitive PVP Shooters
101s	I've worked on a bunch of the Call of
103s	Duty titles ranging from like Black Ops
105s	up through advanced Warfare uh did a
108s	Call of Duty online product in China
109s	then went over to Halo did a lot of
112s	stuff with them around Halo 5 and what
115s	they were doing for their multiplayer
116s	live services and the online engagement
118s	and have then made my way over here to
121s	be working on the hunt franchise wow
124s	it's a pretty pretty extensive
125s	background that you've got there and uh
127s	I can I for one can say that we're very
129s	glad to have you on board as a team it's
131s	great to be able to tell our audience
133s	exactly what is it you do and what is
134s	your role here at crytek at the moment
136s	yeah sure so as the general manager for
139s	the hunt franchise I have direct
141s	management of all our department
142s	directors and the leaders kind of across
144s	the board so all those different
146s	departments that make the game happen
148s	make what the game is and then get it
150s	out to all of you to play
152s	um you know all those folks have some
153s	form of leader director and then that
155s	table of folks reports up to me to make
157s	sure we're all kind of pulling in the
159s	same direction and following a goal and
161s	a road map like we're going to talk
162s	about today for where we want the
164s	franchise to go over the years to come
166s	awesome okay and I think I think the
169s	most important question out of all of
170s	this is what is it about hunt and crytek
173s	that made you want to join the team
174s	first I was curious about this game and
176s	kind of notably growing what looked like
178s	a small audience on Steam been year over
181s	year it was putting out cool trailers
183s	with these horror monsters and cowboys
185s	shooting them up with guns and then when
188s	I started digging into the data I was
189s	like wow no it's a real steady climb
191s	with more and more players engaging it
193s	every year and so having done service
195s	games and done a lot of Shooters I was
197s	really curious why was that what was
199s	going on there so it started out as kind
201s	of a professional research project but
204s	then I very quickly fell in love with
205s	the game and where I used to have those
207s	three to four shooters that I would play
209s	on rotation each week just to get
211s	through all the different battle passes
212s	or all the different seasons that were
214s	going on I quickly became obsessed with
216s	hunt and kind of pushed all those other
217s	ones to the side wow okay that kind of
220s	led to yeah like this conversation of
222s	like okay so you know I make these games
224s	for a living I love this one and I want
227s	to see it go on and on and I want to see
229s	it get bigger and I want to smooth out
231s	some of the rough edges but I also want
233s	to preserve this you know Beating Heart
235s	that makes it so amazing and awesome
237s	so that started the conversation with
239s	crytek
240s	um about everything I loved about the
241s	product and a road map for where we
243s	could take it um as we go forward with
244s	it and yeah then that became the
247s	position of general manager for the
249s	franchise
250s	um I've crossed about 1500 hours playing
252s	the game so yeah I'm pretty deep into it
254s	well okay I 100 did all the steam
258s	achievements and did that I only have
260s	like a 0.89 KDA I bounced between three
263s	and four stars on the MMR so I'm a very
265s	dedicated but also a very average
267s	skilled player
269s	um but yeah just enjoy the heck out of
270s	it that's really cool thanks very much
272s	for uh talking us through that and I've
274s	got to say with like in in terms of the
276s	the amount of hours I mean you're kind
277s	of up there with uh with myself with the
279s	1500 hours or so and I mean I know you
281s	did a lot of that before you even joined
283s	the team
284s	um which is really great so knowing that
285s	you have that kind of knowledge already
286s	coming into it um which is it's really
289s	cool it's it's I always think it's
290s	really really awesome to see
292s	um and I don't you know hot take here
294s	you know you're saying you're hovering
295s	around three to four stars three star
297s	games five star games so just
300s	just totally putting it out there but
302s	hang on that's what I read online so
304s	okay so before we move on anyway to talk
306s	about 2023 I think it's really important
308s	that we kind of do a quick recap over
310s	2022 and some of the important things uh
313s	I mean we always have to kind of look at
315s	what we've done in the past to make sure
316s	that we can learn from them going
317s	forward so one of the the kind of the
319s	main things throughout the year
321s	um was the trilogy of moon events um
323s	that we had so ending there most
325s	recently with the devil's Moon which
327s	also brought with it the introduction of
329s	the battle pass system
331s	um do you want to take us through that
332s	um those events that the battle pass and
334s	how the impact they ended up having and
336s	how well are they are they went for us
338s	this year
339s	yeah sure so we're very happy with the
342s	sentiment that we've been reading about
343s	around the evolution of the events and
345s	the battle passes that came through
347s	Traders Moon and Serpent's Moon and
349s	Devil's Moon uh was a great trilogy
351s	there and the data shows us a lot of
354s	players engaging with it a lot of folks
356s	going further with each one we learned
358s	lessons on each one about what was
360s	popular and what was not popular so
362s	we're continuing to make adjustments and
364s	we learned uh quite a bit in the devil's
366s	Moon uh experience there too so that'll
368s	be applied to Future things as we go
371s	um also the challenge system that was
373s	driving that and the underlying piece
375s	was there the dark tribute system that
377s	gives you the daily rewards just for
378s	engaging on any given day and doing some
381s	of the activities that it puts in front
383s	of you like all of that's had a positive
384s	impact on player engagement retention
387s	and uh just the sentiment with the
388s	product
389s	so it's interesting you mentioned look
391s	at the dark tribute and the challenges
392s	and everything like that so because we
394s	have made some significant changes with
396s	challenges and also the introduction of
397s	questlines uh within the year one of the
400s	main focuses of these as we mentioned in
401s	one of the videos last year was we
403s	wanted to put a big focus on retention
405s	um it was one thing that we found was
407s	people were not staying around they were
409s	playing for a while but they just kind
410s	of would drop it for a bit and we wanted
412s	to put a bit of a focus on that and
414s	that's where the challenges and quest
415s	lines came in so um talk to us about how
417s	that's been going um for us since since
419s	their their introduction
421s	yeah so we have seen that solid
423s	engagement and the excitement for both
425s	systems and we see it not only with you
427s	know posts and sentiment but in the data
429s	so we can see the players play longer
431s	sessions uh than they do when those
433s	things are not available so that's good
434s	engagement that way and we can see that
436s	month over month more players are coming
438s	back to play we call that retention and
440s	that also improves when there's these
442s	extra mechanics like this to give people
444s	things to Chase and rewards to go after
446s	and just more ways to play the game so
449s	the return of Billy story and those
450s	Halloween quests that we had released
452s	there had a lot of good options and
454s	rewards for the players and it was a
456s	nice thing to have between the major
457s	beats of Serpent's Moon and Devil's moon
459s	to have those quest lines as another
461s	smaller Chase line for people to go
463s	after we do also because we can get a
466s	little bit ahead uh have some more of
468s	these quest lines that will be coming up
469s	in March and we can talk about that
470s	later on as we go through awesome and
473s	when we talk about like the events and
474s	the quest lines and everything this year
475s	one of the points that actually did come
477s	up was we actually broke our Peak player
479s	numbers yet again
481s	um which was something we've been able
482s	to do year on year which has been been
484s	really great and an awesome motivation
486s	for the team and showing that what we're
487s	doing and the work we're putting in has
489s	been really awesome so
490s	um like how have you been feeling about
492s	the numbers I know you mentioned the
493s	data has been showing that it's been
494s	good so like how overall have you been
496s	feeling about the numbers from
497s	everything that's been going on
500s	um yeah the numbers are good in that
501s	regard like you said the concurrent
503s	numbers of players anytime concurrency
504s	is up it always helps with the
506s	matchmaking and finding matches having
507s	good lobbies having good options to get
510s	those filled quickly uh the monthly new
512s	users keeps going up showing there's
513s	more and more people discovering hunt
515s	for the first time and those engagement
517s	sessions like they're playing for longer
519s	and more of them are coming back for the
521s	second month and not walking away in the
522s	first month uh those are all the metrics
525s	that we look at just to say okay is the
527s	game healthy is it growing or is it Off
529s	Track and going downhill and so with all
531s	of those going up with each of those
533s	events to break the records of the event
534s	before uh we're very encouraged that
537s	we're on the right track we have a great
539s	community of players we have so many
541s	online influencers who are engaging the
543s	game daily we have these twitch
544s	streamers and YouTube creators they
546s	engage their communities they give them
548s	tips and tricks and advice for
549s	overcoming the challenges and it is a
552s	very challenging game we recognize that
553s	so we appreciate all the people who are
556s	curious enough to to keep going even if
558s	it feels rough at first first and then
560s	look to some of these Heroes that are
562s	out there online showing people how to
563s	play and showing them how good it can
565s	get when you do master all the things
567s	that we have out there or even if you
569s	don't Master it at least you get a
570s	little bit better at making things
571s	happen while you're out there hunting
573s	yeah I mean it's been really really
574s	amazing kind of seeing all of the
576s	content that's out there at the moment
577s	with our own hunt especially with the
579s	anniversary just being finishing up the
580s	twitch drop Center that have been going
582s	on through the anniversary
584s	um it's just like you said it's just
585s	been amazing to see so many people
587s	sticking with it and um it's you know as
590s	I said at the start like we really want
591s	to thank everyone for sticking with us
593s	for um throughout the last five years
595s	the next thing would probably be just to
596s	kind of finish up our recap of the years
598s	like what would you kind of call the
601s	biggest wins for us this year or at
604s	least 2022. yeah for 23 I think the
607s	things that stand out to me or as I talk
608s	to the other leadership is uh you know
611s	culminating that Moon Trilogy with
612s	Devil's Moon and having the 50 stages of
614s	rewards uh the Hunter packs and the new
617s	experimental traits that went into
618s	Devil's moon were seen as a big success
621s	they weren't all balanced the same and
623s	to the same level but just that ability
625s	to put some wild cards out there the
627s	Wild Card conditions uh being a thing to
630s	just mix up some of those core elements
631s	of the game and see what it's like when
633s	when you add that kind of power or those
635s	kind of options uh we managed to release
638s	the stalker Beetle without breaking the
639s	game so yeah I was very happy with that
641s	because there was a lot of folks who
643s	thought that might not be the case uh we
645s	were a bit conservative in its tuning
647s	with its first launch so you can expect
648s	that there's going to be some tuning
649s	changes coming uh very soon to the
652s	Beetle and possibly some variants that
653s	will emerge in 2023 of the stalker
655s	Beetle the questline's Halloween like I
658s	had already mentioned you know it's a
659s	nice beat to have between the the major
661s	Moon Trilogy ones
662s	um we're gonna have some of those quest
663s	lines that'll be coming back again uh
666s	like I said that'll be teasing the
668s	events that are coming you'll get a
669s	little narrative foreshadowing of what
671s	to expect this summer awesome and The
674s	Inferno wildcard it's a major feature it
676s	was a big kind of push on technology uh
679s	it definitely changed up the Bayou
680s	definitely changed people's experiences
682s	and their perceptions and those you know
685s	a lot of people work really hard to pull
686s	that together and deploy it last year so
689s	those those are the big standout moments
691s	of 22 for me yeah I mean The Inferno is
693s	definitely one of the the big ones for
695s	me as well I mean obviously it's very
697s	fresh in our minds and everything
698s	because it only happened so recently but
700s	uh just a huge accomplishment from the
702s	team and it was amazing to experience
704s	just it it really like you said
706s	completely changed up the game and I
707s	know the community felt the same way
708s	about it that's really awesome David
710s	thanks for for going through that stuff
711s	with us but I think probably now the
713s	most important thing and what everyone
714s	is waiting for is we make a start
716s	talking about what's going to be
717s	happening in 2023. so I think one of the
720s	first things we should probably touch on
722s	and it's something that does get asked a
723s	lot is what does the future hold old for
726s	hunt and I mean obviously with this
729s	video we're going to be talking about
730s	the immediate future but in general
732s	speaking what does the future hold for
734s	hunt sure so I think there's two major
736s	components there like the first we could
738s	talk about is the technology that hunt
739s	is made with and the tech that it runs
741s	on and then the second is you know
743s	people are probably more interested in
744s	the content and experiences that we're
746s	going to be putting out there and we'll
748s	touch a little bit on the content in a
750s	small bit but I think the technology
752s	side of things is probably going to
753s	interest quite a lot of people out there
755s	um and uh it's in particular something
758s	that you brought up on a gameplay stream
760s	you were asked um what was going to be
761s	the primary focus of 2023 and I believe
764s	your response was servers
767s	um so yeah number one number one problem
769s	to address our number one priority I
771s	think it was yeah so that that's right
773s	yeah so we have a major investment going
775s	on it's been underway for a little bit
777s	now into our net Ops and back-end
779s	systems and you know that what that can
781s	mean for hunting the long term we're
783s	investing in some Dynamic server Tech
785s	that will let us put more servers more
787s	locations as needed uh to have better
790s	connections for the people trying to get
791s	to them and we're also investigating
794s	additional hosting Solutions
796s	um where that can be a problem for some
798s	folks in some markets depending on how
800s	that goes and sometimes that's out of
801s	our control because it's just about the
803s	internet or who the hosting providers
805s	are but there are things that we can do
807s	to help mitigate some of those
809s	circumstances so that's all a very high
810s	priority which also has us basically
813s	creating the Strike Team around a lot of
815s	that stuff and so like the infamous
817s	reload bug we can talk about like that
819s	has its roots in both game code and
822s	latency issues so we went deeper into
824s	those systems and at the end of the last
826s	year it's just started opening the door
828s	that we can tackle that one and some
830s	other latency rooted issues so that
833s	strike teams engaging on the reload bug
835s	we have trade Windows is a thing we're
837s	always investigating to and trying to
839s	get those dialed uh into a right space
841s	we know that it's a common frustration
843s	Point uh that comes up for some of the
845s	high-end Gamers with sometimes when the
847s	Ping isn't good so we want to look at
850s	what we can do to mitigate that rubber
852s	banding and zero ping issues also all
854s	come from this so that team is looking
856s	at all of those issues uh with more
859s	resources and more folks who've been
860s	recruited in with a specialty and
862s	solving some of those things to make it
864s	better as we go forward so we'll come
867s	back when we have some you know specific
869s	updates and tangible fixes are
870s	implemented uh we will have another
873s	version of the reload system in the ammo
875s	system that's been refactored that'll be
876s	out in the spring update shortly and we
879s	will continue to bang on it with
881s	everyone else and see how it performs in
883s	some of the worst internet conditions
884s	because in good internet conditions we
886s	think is fairly completely solved there
889s	are those moments that can happen in the
890s	high latency High ping moments where
892s	then can reassert itself so makes sense
895s	yeah and I'm sure you've touched on a
897s	lot of points there I think that many
899s	are going to be very happy to hear that
900s	it's that we're actively working on it
902s	in particular the trade Windows the
903s	reload bug and the zero ping issues
905s	which have been something that we've
906s	been seeing you know come up quite a bit
908s	lately so that's really really awesome
910s	but I think things that we've touched on
912s	the technology side and probably the
914s	most most important aspect of the
916s	technology side let's get on to what
918s	people want to hear about and what they
919s	want to hear about is the content
921s	um I think the first thing we should
923s	probably lay out for people is is how
925s	are the updates going to be working for
927s	us going forward uh what's going to be
929s	the frequency how often are they going
931s	to be out and everything are like that
933s	yeah so when we're laying out the road
936s	map we try to build the framework around
938s	having these uh quarterly updates so you
941s	want for a year
942s	um being a Target that we do and that's
944s	when we kind of give it a big number
945s	increment of the build and so it roughly
947s	equates to what are we doing for the
949s	spring update the summer update the fall
951s	update and the winter update as we use
953s	the language internally here and then uh
956s	in addition to those updates
958s	um we do hot fixes we do do some content
960s	additions and so those will come out
962s	more frequently so it's not to say
964s	you're only going to get four downloads
965s	a year but there'll be four major ones
967s	where we substantially change what's
969s	going on in the game or if we kick off
971s	and run a new event like each one of
973s	those takes what we consider you know a
974s	full update in that quarterly Cadence so
977s	you can look for four big ones of those
979s	as they come out and some will have more
981s	some will have less
983s	um but that's the Cadence we'll talk
985s	about it that's great I'm sure everyone
986s	will be very very happy to hear the the
988s	kind of that that we're going to be
990s	having for the remainder of this year um
992s	I know that's always something that
993s	people are wondering out so thank you
994s	very much for sharing that information
995s	with us David
997s	um but I think I suppose the next thing
998s	we should get on to is going to be the
1000s	spring update that you mentioned as
1001s	we're going to be having the the
1002s	quarterly ones we clearly haven't had
1004s	our one yet so take us through the the
1007s	the first parts of the the spring update
1009s	there
1011s	yeah I'd be happy to so the things we're
1014s	looking for in the spring update are
1017s	going to start with some of the traits
1018s	that we're going to carry forward uh
1020s	that were there in the devil's moon
1024s	event so self res and the solo Buffs um
1026s	are going to be part of that spring
1027s	update we're going to have it available
1030s	to any solar solo player with the
1032s	Necromancer trait uh we'll have some
1034s	tuning details on this one as it comes
1036s	closer to launch but yeah self rest is
1038s	coming back uh we're gonna be focusing
1041s	on new players we have a lot of folks
1043s	who like I was talking about earlier on
1045s	like hunt can be hard to learn and even
1047s	knowing what you're supposed to do and
1049s	what is a clue and what is uh you know a
1050s	layer and what is a target or a boss or
1053s	whatever you call that so we have an
1055s	improved scripted tutorial that we're
1057s	trying to put out that will give a
1059s	little more color to the world of the
1061s	hunters it'll have some of our first vo
1063s	work that's happening out there we're
1065s	very proud of that so you'll start
1067s	hearing a little bit more of the the
1068s	characterization of what it's like to be
1070s	getting indoctrinated into the hunt
1073s	culture as a hunter and look forward to
1076s	seeing what the impact that has on more
1078s	of those new users adopting the game and
1080s	sticking with it uh player choice is
1083s	another thing we'll be experimenting in
1085s	the spring update with day and night
1086s	contracts uh these experiments are going
1089s	to allow the player some Choice uh it's
1092s	going to be a limited run so it might
1093s	only be on weekends we have to be
1095s	sensitive to those matchmaking pools and
1097s	how many players there are at any given
1099s	time
1100s	so we'll have these windows where we're
1102s	going to put up two contracts and we're
1103s	gonna allow the players the choice of
1105s	saying do you want to go to a standard
1106s	contract that has a rotation of the day
1108s	times or we're classifying the Knight as
1110s	the wild cards where it's just going to
1112s	be rotations of knights and so as you go
1115s	into those you know we'll be looking for
1117s	your engagement we'll be looking for
1118s	your feedback we will run more of the
1120s	surveys like we did with The Inferno to
1122s	see what players like and don't like and
1124s	then we'll watch the data closely to see
1126s	what's healthiest there so going to be
1128s	some interesting things when you can go
1130s	in knowing what your Loadout is going to
1132s	do and knowing what the environment is
1133s	going to be they'll still be fog maps
1135s	that kind of mix up the day so it's not
1137s	always high visibility right uh but yeah
1140s	that's a big experiment coming so we're
1142s	looking forward to see how that goes
1143s	some other experiments we're going to
1145s	work on matchmaking improvements
1148s	um and so that's where we're going to
1151s	try emphasizing the full lobbies a
1153s	little bit and lately releasing some of
1156s	the skilled clamping so there might be a
1158s	broader range of MMR Stars that would
1160s	show up in any given Lobby to emphasize
1162s	full lobbies over having that be a
1164s	narrow band and we're going to evaluate
1167s	the relationship between quick play and
1169s	bounty hunt for adjustments you know
1170s	it's another popular topic that comes up
1172s	in the community about how people are
1174s	gaming one system to try and get an
1176s	advantage in the other and it's not as
1179s	big a problem statistically or data wise
1181s	but I think it's one in sentiment uh
1183s	that bear is looking into so we want to
1185s	understand just what is going on with
1187s	the people who are engaging in both
1189s	quick play and bounty hunt and what that
1190s	effect looks like on the the fun being
1192s	had or the engagement of all the players
1194s	and so yeah sentiment like I've been
1196s	touching on it's a key part of the
1198s	results we definitely look to that for
1200s	the feedback and what we hear through
1201s	socials or on the discords or all the
1204s	different channels but then also the
1205s	data on that retention and the
1207s	engagement and seeing what's really
1209s	happening under the hood for the
1210s	hundreds of thousands of players and
1212s	what they do or don't do uh has to
1214s	factor into the decisions we make there
1216s	so we'll talk more about it as we go
1217s	through the year sometimes those can be
1219s	pretty boring during discussions but I
1221s	know there are also ones that are
1222s	important to the community and like I
1224s	said earlier there's going to be a
1226s	couple quest lines coming with a spring
1227s	update and they're going to be teasing
1229s	and foreshadowing The Narrative of The
1230s	Summer Event so that's what you can
1232s	expect out of the spring that sounds
1235s	like a jam-packed a bit of an update I
1237s	have to say I mean I think it's really
1239s	great that like last year we know we put
1241s	a focus on the retention side of things
1242s	and this year now with the with the
1244s	scripture tutorial we're looking at
1245s	trying to kind of focus on some new
1246s	players and kind of keeping that growth
1248s	going I know many people are going to be
1250s	really really happy for the solo Buffs
1252s	um they enjoyed them a hell of a lot
1253s	during the uh the devil's moon event
1256s	um so that's going to be cool and I mean
1257s	we know that people have wanted a bit
1259s	more Choice when it comes to them the um
1261s	the maps and everything like that so
1262s	yeah it's all really cool and some
1264s	really great stuff um so I think with
1266s	that then we should moving on from the
1268s	spring update obviously the next one is
1270s	going to be the summer update we've got
1272s	a couple of different things to talk
1273s	about here I think there's one burning
1276s	question though David and I'm something
1278s	the community has been asking for I
1280s	don't know how long at this point and
1282s	I'm gonna ask it in the way I feel the
1284s	community will feel appropriate okay so
1286s	David new boss when
1289s	yeah so you know interesting thing in
1292s	our glossary the things you actually
1293s	hunt down and get bounties from are
1295s	called targets and so we struggle with
1299s	what do we call them and how do we refer
1300s	to them and we also started referring to
1303s	them as bosses and those things so uh
1305s	we're going to talk about the concept of
1307s	Boss targets being uh the big
1310s	monstrosities that stomp around in
1312s	compounds and drop bounties and we're
1314s	introducing a new category of wild
1316s	Target and the wild targets are going to
1318s	live outside of the compounds so you'll
1321s	have boss Targets in the compound and
1322s	wild targets outside the compounds and
1325s	so as we go into The Summer Event wild
1327s	targets outside the compound dropping
1329s	bounties not inside the compounds is one
1333s	of the big changes that we'll be
1334s	experimenting with this summer
1336s	interesting I'm sure a lot of people are
1338s	very happy to hear about that it's
1340s	something that's been since I think the
1342s	beginning of hunt has requested extra
1343s	Bounty bosses outside so that's really
1346s	really cool to hear I know obviously we
1348s	don't give too much away you know we we
1350s	don't like spoiling things early but we
1352s	want to make sure that you guys know
1354s	that we are working on stuff like this
1356s	and um yeah I'm really really excited
1358s	for the for the summer I'm sure you guys
1360s	are going to be um delighted uh when you
1362s	see what we come up with
1363s	um but uh We've we've kind of touched
1365s	back and forth on a bunch of different
1367s	things um throughout it one thing I want
1369s	to kind of touch on right now and I know
1371s	that this is something we're going to be
1372s	looking after during the summer event is
1374s	going to be the the blood boundary
1375s	Factor so we mentioned this last year in
1378s	our monetization video with Hans
1380s	um that we were going to be changing the
1381s	bloodline stuff over to uh hunt dollars
1384s	so for example the Respec of the health
1386s	the respect of traits and uh things like
1390s	that where it was tied within smaller uh
1392s	elements so
1394s	um what's what's going to be happening
1395s	with that I mean we've been talking
1397s	about it happening for almost a year now
1399s	so I'm sure the community would love to
1401s	know what what's the next step for it
1404s	yep that's a great topic and you know
1406s	this summer is when that'll be happening
1408s	as well so we're gonna follow through on
1409s	that subject uh redefining kind of the
1412s	player use of blood bonds uh and most
1414s	notably we'll be removing them from the
1416s	respecting of health bars and traits
1419s	um those elements that are kind of tied
1420s	to RNG and the re-roll mechanics will be
1422s	moved away from blood bonds as well uh
1425s	so it might be hunt dollars it might be
1427s	a couple other mechanical tricks that we
1429s	can play in there but we see blood bonds
1431s	as being like a currency that people
1432s	should be using for Cosmetics uh because
1434s	you can be acquiring it for real money
1436s	and we don't want it tied up into the
1439s	RNG of gameplay affecting things like
1441s	health bars and traits and so that
1444s	change will also be getting uh
1445s	implemented this summer as part of that
1447s	event and you know look forward to the
1449s	feedback and uh sentiment and thoughts
1451s	on that and we'll look for the
1453s	engagement and you know all the other
1454s	parts that come with it cool and you
1457s	keep touching on a specific word during
1460s	the last two topics we've talked about
1461s	with the event so I think this is
1464s	probably a good point in time to talk
1465s	about when our first event is going to
1469s	be coming up
1470s	um and uh if I understand correctly it's
1473s	not just one event again we're going
1475s	down the trilogy route again so have you
1478s	got some information on on that for us
1479s	yeah so we talked about that with the
1482s	wild targets are going to be coming and
1483s	dropping bounties uh here it's going to
1485s	be kicking off a new Trilogy of events
1487s	that we start this summer we'll
1489s	definitely roll out more details in on
1491s	the theme and what to expect as we get
1493s	closer to release there uh both for the
1495s	wild Target and for the trilogy that
1498s	we're kicking off in the narrative
1499s	around that as we're continuing on the
1502s	story of you know a bunch of hunters in
1504s	distress a bunch of factions uh the AHA
1507s	kind of tearing itself apart and just
1510s	you know what's become of that and then
1512s	what's become of all the letters that
1514s	were sent out uh calling out to
1516s	International Hunters to come join the
1518s	struggle and lend Aid and so a lot of
1521s	that will will continue to go on as we
1523s	carry that story forward into the next
1526s	Trilogy so we learned and grown a
1528s	significant amounts in concluding that
1530s	Moon Trilogy uh and the stuff that
1532s	really worked in there like the new
1534s	Hunters very popular the narratives and
1535s	the monstrosities that are emerging from
1537s	the corruption so all those things will
1540s	be part of this event Trilogy kicking
1541s	off I'm excited I mean if if the last
1544s	Trilogy events are anything to go by
1546s	with how they've just each time got
1548s	better I'm sure these ones are going to
1550s	be awesome and you know a little bit of
1551s	spoilers on the AHA and and the factions
1554s	and stuff there as well we talked about
1555s	The Inferno a while ago what's the
1557s	situation going to be with new wild card
1560s	um conditions are we going to be having
1562s	any more of them this year
1564s	yeah so we considered the infernal Wild
1566s	Card uh overall a great success we
1568s	learned a lot and felt to add it quite a
1570s	bit to the game we'll be experimenting
1572s	with the contracts like I said in the
1573s	spring update Running the limited time
1575s	options for the players to play a kind
1577s	of standard or Wild Card uh in the
1579s	summer we'll expand that with some new
1580s	weather-based Wild Card conditions that
1582s	we'll talk about more as we go uh
1585s	there's you know always speculation on
1586s	this uh and what it'll be so look
1588s	forward to coming back with more but
1590s	it's definitely a system that we're uh
1592s	we're enjoying and we think adds to the
1594s	game well and uh putting it in that wild
1596s	card classification uh gives us some
1598s	control about the frequency of how it
1600s	comes up and giving players some choice
1602s	about do you enjoy it or not because we
1604s	would also recognize that some folks
1606s	found The Inferno to be draining or
1608s	tiring if they played it for eight hours
1610s	a lot of people don't play for eight
1612s	hours but some of us do some of us some
1614s	of us do and uh you know especially all
1616s	those great partners that we have out
1618s	there on stream so uh we want to be
1621s	sensitive to that and also you know give
1622s	some choices about when you want to
1623s	engage age with some of those you know
1625s	non-standard elements of the game and
1627s	when you want to just go back to like
1629s	hey I just want to play hunt the way it
1630s	was yeah so those are elements that we
1633s	want to work into giving some of those
1634s	choices back to the players during
1636s	events yeah I suppose that ties in quite
1638s	well with what we were saying about the
1639s	day Nikon uh contracts are Iran as well
1641s	but again going back to player choice
1644s	it's something that we've always kind of
1645s	strived to do as much as we possibly can
1647s	within hunt you know so it's great to
1649s	see that we're you know experimenting
1650s	with things like this again and I mean
1651s	like you said the Wild Card condition
1653s	itself was awesome and a great
1654s	introduction
1656s	um but obviously wasn't for everybody
1657s	and we have to understand that as well
1659s	so um but I mean if we talk about like
1661s	with wildcard condition you know the new
1663s	events
1664s	um all of these things that we're you
1666s	know we're doing again I think probably
1667s	the next thing we talked about you
1669s	mentioned it was going to be like the
1670s	new pacts and some new experimental
1672s	traits so um can you tell us a bit more
1673s	about that
1674s	yeah as we go forward while we're really
1677s	liking this concept of having the Hunter
1679s	packs and each of those packs having
1681s	some new traits and new ways that
1683s	they're using you know the dark site and
1684s	the the energy that they pull out of the
1686s	Bayou so we will have some new packs uh
1689s	we might bring back one or two of the
1691s	old packs and each of those will have
1693s	new experimental traits and might have
1695s	some tweaks on the old traits and so uh
1698s	we're going to redo the pledge Mark
1699s	system there was some confusion around
1701s	that system about what it meant to have
1703s	the pledge active or have the pledge not
1704s	active
1705s	um so we're going to do things to make
1707s	it more clear-cut about what it means to
1709s	have or remove those traits when they
1711s	get used or expired and they will be
1714s	more of that experimental gameplay the
1716s	thing we like with it is having the
1717s	three different systems it's like it's a
1719s	little kind of prototype skill tree
1721s	where you have to make a choice you
1722s	can't just stack all of these on top of
1724s	each other and so we keep them in
1727s	temporary in nature and we make some of
1729s	the powerful ones you know in a way that
1731s	they can't be stacked on top of each
1732s	other and that lets us push a little
1734s	further in the experimentation
1736s	so you know that was our hope is that
1738s	the Pacs and the traits would keep the
1740s	event a little bit more meaningful and a
1741s	little more vital even if you power
1743s	pushed all your way through the battle
1745s	pass early
1746s	um there were still reasons to be
1748s	checking in and playing this event
1750s	um other than just trying to move down a
1751s	reward track it was actually a different
1753s	experience that was going on so I felt
1756s	there was good success with that in
1757s	Devil's Moon and you can expect more of
1759s	that in our events as we go forward
1760s	that's really awesome um and I mean yeah
1763s	we've seen from the feedback that you
1765s	know the traits and the the experiments
1767s	the the packs and everything were were
1769s	really well received I mean some a lot
1771s	more well received than others but you
1773s	know this is this is the nature of
1775s	experimentation you know um yeah and
1777s	that's the thing like again like
1780s	um we didn't think that you know all of
1782s	the different packs would be taken in an
1784s	even one-third one-third split yeah um
1786s	obviously we had one that became more
1788s	powerful with grounded or more common
1790s	and popular and so you know that was
1792s	pushed right up to the edge of what we
1794s	wanted to do and we had considered doing
1796s	a tuning update in the middle of the
1798s	event to adjust some of those pieces but
1800s	we also wanted to stay the course and
1802s	keep people focused on all the fixes
1805s	they were doing for the upcoming updates
1807s	and on the other bug fixes as opposed to
1809s	just doing a tuning patch so it was a
1811s	hard decision we did wrestle through for
1813s	people who thought we should have
1814s	changed at Mid event uh we considered it
1817s	um but when we did the math we felt like
1818s	we really wanted to have it run the
1820s	course and just keep the team focused on
1822s	the next stuff that's coming to you soon
1825s	rather than derail that in order to go
1827s	make a tuning adjustment so yeah we
1830s	don't consider it perfect but we
1831s	consider it a successful experiment uh
1833s	and we learned from it and we asked that
1836s	you continue to make your voices heard
1838s	uh as we put out new and experimental
1840s	things and will look to be even more
1842s	responsive with how we can tune and
1844s	adjust it as we go that's yeah that
1846s	sounds great um I mean it's again like I
1848s	said it was really awesome to have this
1850s	thing to experiment with and and it did
1852s	give the event a little bit more to it
1854s	even if you finished it it was there was
1856s	something to still work for um so yeah
1857s	I'm looking forward to seeing what we
1859s	come up with um next time around I'm
1860s	sure the community will be excited too
1862s	um so with that I guess we'll kind of
1864s	look on to like the the last couple of
1865s	things um I mean kind of it's something
1867s	that's going to be kind of happening
1868s	continuously between now and the end of
1871s	the summer and that's as we kind of look
1873s	at the the new hunters and the new
1874s	weapons and cosmetics that we're uh
1876s	we're bringing out so um I think one
1878s	kind of good topic to talk about is
1880s	probably the the most recent
1881s	um uh hunter that came out the uh the
1884s	the guy with the three faces
1885s	um and the one that's actually coming
1887s	out quite soon
1888s	um and basically what what kind of
1890s	direction we're taking with a lot of the
1891s	the hunters going forward
1894s	yeah so we're having fun with uh finding
1896s	out what our Hunters like from you know
1898s	other cultures and other nationalities
1900s	who've heard about the trouble that's
1902s	going on here and how it seems to be
1903s	kind of spinning out of control so
1905s	International Hunters is a big part of
1907s	that you should expect more of those to
1908s	be coming across this whole year we're
1910s	going to look at revisiting some of our
1912s	themes about uh some of the First
1913s	Nations Heroes that we've had and
1915s	Hunters that have emerged to uh help the
1917s	folks in the bayou deal with things that
1919s	they have some extra knowledge on
1921s	um so excited to see how those roll out
1923s	as we go across this year and yeah it's
1926s	uh I'll leave it to the narrative team
1928s	in some of the events as we lead up that
1929s	you know we'll start talking more and
1931s	more about how we choose our Hunters how
1933s	we look for uh the cultures and the
1935s	folks that we want to represent and yeah
1937s	we're just looking for anyone to kind of
1939s	take a look at Hunt and say oh yeah I
1941s	could be part of that I could uh I could
1943s	get in there and then of course just
1944s	things that you just wouldn't see in
1946s	other games like that's another part
1948s	when we get into that hunt identity we
1950s	feel like all the hunters that we bring
1951s	in are a big part of what sets the core
1953s	identity of what Hunt is and who the
1955s	hunters are and then yeah in addition
1957s	we'll have the new weapon lines and
1959s	variants and the charms that can hang
1961s	off the guns we've had some fun uh
1964s	putting those all together and you know
1965s	Dennis will come on and we'll we'll talk
1967s	on each of these updates about what
1968s	those new weapon lines are what he's
1970s	trying to do with the the whole meta
1972s	progression and what we see for you know
1974s	usage and weapon usage and Effectiveness
1976s	out there so we don't want it to become
1978s	stale and obviously we don't want to
1981s	break it so there's a lot of delicate
1982s	things that we do when we consider which
1984s	weapons and weapon lines to bring on but
1986s	of course there'll be more of those and
1987s	more ammo types as we go through the
1989s	year and I'm sure Dennis is really
1991s	really excited to start talking about
1992s	this stuff pretty soon so
1994s	um
1995s	indeed he does say indeed he does uh
1998s	understandably so because they they are
2001s	amazing so
2002s	um but yeah so make sure you guys keep
2004s	an eye out for like uh upcoming live
2006s	streams
2007s	um videos uh anything that might give
2010s	you some a bit of a hint as to what's
2012s	coming up with those new weapons and new
2013s	lines so um with that I think that kind
2016s	of covers the majority of like this the
2018s	summer update itself I mean obviously
2019s	there will be extra little bit little
2021s	bits and pieces that will be dotted in
2023s	there we're just mainly kind of covering
2024s	some of the the bigger topics the bigger
2026s	things that uh we know everyone wants to
2028s	to hear about with that I think why
2030s	we've covered the first half of the year
2032s	um we want to we don't want to go too
2034s	heavy on what's going to be coming up in
2035s	the second half of the year
2037s	um because we're gonna have another
2038s	video uh you know around the end of the
2040s	summer for you again so we can kind of
2042s	go into a lot more detail
2044s	um as obviously we're still working out
2045s	on plans and while we do have something
2047s	in place already
2049s	it's game development Anything Can
2051s	Happen things can change it's the nature
2054s	of the business so
2056s	um we don't want to we we know exactly
2058s	what's happening with spring and summer
2060s	um with fall and winter we want to just
2061s	kind of give you a bit of an idea first
2063s	uh before we start going into the the
2066s	heavy nitty-gritty details of it we
2068s	mentioned earlier that we have the
2069s	scripted tutorial
2071s	um as one of the things coming with the
2072s	spring update is there anything else
2075s	that we've got coming up towards say in
2076s	the second half of the year that's going
2078s	to be aimed at kind of you know helping
2079s	some new players get their feet wet get
2081s	into things you know become that
2083s	legendary Hunter they've always wanted
2084s	to be
2085s	um you know uh have we got any other
2087s	plans
2088s	yeah so another mode that kind of goes
2091s	into there is a shooting range mode
2093s	um we're looking at building out a space
2095s	where the players can go in and have an
2097s	assortment of weapons you can bring the
2098s	loadout you have or you can pick up some
2100s	weapons that are in there to get a feel
2102s	for all the different guns and how they
2103s	perform at different ranges having some
2105s	Target dummies out there that can give
2107s	you the feedback of what you're seeing
2109s	for damage and what you're doing at
2110s	different ranges and also having that
2113s	set up so that you can go and Lobby of
2115s	friends if you've matched made
2116s	deliberately to invite your friends
2118s	together you can all go in the shooting
2120s	range there and if that all goes well
2121s	we're also going to be enabling a PVP
2124s	toggle so then once you're in there you
2126s	can start shooting each other and solve
2127s	your 1v1 gun fight aspirations for who
2131s	is better on the draw when you get into
2134s	that situation one-on-one so that could
2137s	be fun uh we're definitely looking at it
2139s	we'll have more updates on the shooting
2140s	range as it makes progress but that's
2143s	another initiative both for giving
2145s	players that that you know PVE just like
2147s	one of these weapons do with the ranges
2149s	and how they feel and also that you know
2151s	straight up PVP of like if it's just the
2153s	two of us with guns who's winning yeah
2155s	that sounds really awesome I'm sure
2156s	there's a lot of people are going to be
2157s	really really happy about that I know
2159s	it's something that people have asked
2160s	for quite a long time and we have the 3D
2162s	viewer which is an amazing feature and
2164s	you know there isn't really anything
2166s	else out there like it at the moment and
2168s	and to be able to then add on to that
2170s	again with the shooting range it's going
2171s	to be a really kind of big help to a lot
2173s	of especially for beginners but I'm
2174s	almost certain the content creators in
2176s	particular are going to love this like
2177s	you said the 1v1 aspects are just
2179s	astronomical so um but yeah I know it
2182s	sounds like a really really cool feature
2184s	um and I think you know as as we're at
2186s	the the kind of the latter half of the
2187s	year and we're kind of looking more to
2189s	the Future and we were talking about
2190s	numbers and the game growing and
2192s	everything like that
2193s	um what does that kind of mean for um in
2195s	terms of like reporting systems and
2197s	stuff like that I mean we know that as
2198s	games get larger people generally tend
2200s	to have more and more concerns about you
2202s	know bad behavior and everything that
2203s	goes on uh in game so are we going to be
2206s	looking to kind of enhance our systems
2208s	in any way to kind of you know counter
2210s	this increase in the population recently
2213s	um yeah we're gonna definitely look at
2215s	the reporting system uh it's definitely
2217s	something that's important to us that
2218s	you use I know some people feel like
2220s	it's kind of a black box
2222s	um I've heard people say yeah I don't
2223s	bother reporting but we do look at them
2225s	it does matter we have all the data
2227s	going back for years so your reports do
2229s	matter if you encounter uh that bad
2232s	behavior the toxicity uh the things that
2235s	just make hunt not a great experience
2236s	online we love our proximity chat we
2239s	would hate to have a culture that
2240s	developed where we ever had to turn that
2242s	off or just players just were always
2244s	disabling it for that so we want to keep
2246s	the prox chat alive we want to keep you
2248s	know a civil and fun place for people to
2251s	play so please do use the reporting
2253s	system uh if you encounter anything in
2256s	there that you think is worth reporting
2257s	and we'll chat more about it later in
2260s	the year about how we can be more
2261s	transparent about the results uh and
2263s	what we're doing to to make it more
2265s	meaningful and more effective so we
2267s	appreciate all of your help in uh
2269s	policing the Bayou when it comes to Bad
2271s	actors who are out there in it so please
2273s	use it and we'll come back and talk more
2275s	about it later in the year sure and like
2277s	not only do you have the report system
2279s	currently in game you can also report uh
2281s	report people for anything you need to
2284s	through huntshowdown.com as well um
2286s	through your support site so just to
2288s	kind of keep that in mind you know we
2289s	talked earlier on about technology
2291s	improvements and you know the first half
2293s	of the year is going to be focusing on
2294s	the server side of things the net Ops
2296s	and and everything like that and that
2298s	task force what can we see in terms of
2300s	say the engine side of things and how
2303s	that will play into hunt and its
2306s	performance and everything in future
2308s	yeah so so hunt last integrated to you
2312s	know kind of the main line of cryengine
2314s	back at version 5.6 and that's four
2316s	years ago so Hunt's running on a
2318s	four-year-old version of cryengine and
2321s	this year we're going to start that
2322s	integration to take it up to the latest
2323s	5.11 version of cryengine so that's
2327s	going to bring with it a bunch of things
2328s	the big thing is it paves the way for
2330s	the proper gen 9 version um where we can
2332s	have the PS5 and Xbox series consoles
2335s	where we have the dx12 running natively
2337s	we'll be pushing graphic Fidelity on the
2340s	PC as well as those consoles uh after we
2342s	get to that latest uh greatest version
2345s	of cryengine here at 5.11. uh when the
2348s	work is done the consoles and PCs should
2350s	benefit from HDR FSR 2.1 and direct
2354s	storage at release so we know that will
2356s	be an enhanced experience uh visually
2358s	and just uh in the terms of loading and
2360s	where the assets are and how you get
2362s	into matches and it's another Long View
2365s	initiative so we'll come back with more
2367s	details later in the year as we make
2368s	progress address on it but it's
2370s	definitely a big part of where we're
2371s	putting our resources this year as we
2373s	prepare hunt to go on for years and
2375s	years and years so you know we have this
2377s	road map we're talking about for this
2379s	year but you know we have we have a plan
2381s	for the franchise that extends well
2383s	beyond 2023. for sure and I I'm sure our
2386s	console Community very very happy to
2387s	hear that we are you know progressing
2390s	and working on at least the the current
2391s	Generation update for the PS5 and the
2393s	Xbox series you know
2395s	um so it's really great to hear thanks
2397s	for sharing that you say again you know
2398s	hunt for years to come and I think this
2401s	is it's it's something that's going to
2402s	hopefully inspire a lot of hope within
2404s	the community that um you know hunt does
2407s	have a lot more in it it has a long way
2409s	to go and you know five years in we
2412s	still haven't started yet you know we've
2413s	scratched the surface we have lots more
2415s	um that we want to do so let's while we
2419s	kind of um finish off there on the kind
2421s	of the end of 2023 and like I said we'll
2423s	come back with another video
2425s	um around July ish or July August to
2428s	kind of go through through a bit more
2430s	detail of the second half of the Year
2431s	let's take a little bit look further
2433s	Beyond uh that and maybe kind of into
2435s	2024 and some of the things that we
2438s	might potentially have coming up ahead
2440s	one thing that people are probably going
2441s	to notice from this video is one one
2443s	particular topic that we have not talked
2446s	about so I would like to mention it
2449s	um we haven't talked about a new map yet
2451s	I mean the soul came out last year maybe
2455s	a bit longer forgive me for not
2457s	remembering the exact date but uh yeah
2459s	we haven't had a new map in a while so
2461s	what's the story there
2464s	yep so we do have a new map and a new
2466s	biome underway so it's not just a new
2469s	map made up of these assets that we have
2471s	but an entirely new biome as well it
2473s	won't be out in 2023 so we're deep into
2476s	it and we want to release it as close to
2478s	Flawless as we can uh we don't want it
2480s	going out all buggy uh broken or uh
2483s	having the issues it could if we didn't
2485s	give it that time that it needs
2487s	um it also ties into some of the tech
2489s	that we're building and the things that
2490s	we're doing here in 23. so right now the
2492s	new map uh with the new biome is
2494s	tracking for early 2024 so I know
2497s	that'll be disappointing for some of the
2498s	people clamoring for the new map but we
2501s	want to make sure we have it right and
2502s	we want to make sure that it's a
2503s	meaningful different and just wonderful
2505s	experience when it goes out uh some
2508s	other things a lot of people ask about
2510s	other little small modes or prototype
2512s	modes we will be looking at Proto modes
2515s	um I have a lot of experience across all
2517s	the shooters I've made over the years
2518s	making many many game modes it's easy to
2521s	start them and it's really hard to
2522s	finish one that's actually worth
2523s	shipping and so you can go in with the
2527s	best of intentions you can talk all
2528s	about it uh and then you just wind up
2531s	never delivering it and you know we've
2533s	had some in the history of hunt that
2535s	we've talked about like a nightmare mode
2537s	um I'll tell you right now it's not in
2538s	development anymore it was a thing being
2540s	considered uh we don't want to get it
2542s	caught up in those traps but we will say
2544s	that we have some prototype modes um
2547s	that we're not sure if they would land
2548s	in the end of 23 it might be safer to
2550s	consider that they'll come in 24 but the
2553s	big mode efforts this year are that
2554s	scripted tutorial in the shooting range
2556s	uh there will be more that come in 2024
2558s	because as we grow the game and all the
2560s	things you hear us doing we'll look for
2563s	new modes and new ways for players to
2564s	engage on there and then custom lobbies
2567s	another one very near and dear to my
2569s	heart I want them pretty badly uh we
2571s	have to do the engine integration and we
2574s	have to refactor the back end and finish
2576s	a bunch of those stuff none of which uh
2578s	looks like it would line up to have the
2580s	custom lobbies this year
2581s	um so those custom lobbies would be a
2583s	fast follow in early 24 but really
2586s	important for us for people and
2588s	communities to be able to get together
2589s	load into hunt uh play it the way they
2591s	want to earn it you know to have some
2593s	competitions
2595s	um or even just to help friends get
2597s	acquainted to the game and play it you
2599s	know the way they like to so those will
2601s	be some of the far-reaching things as we
2603s	get closer to the end of this year
2605s	hopefully they come into better focus
2606s	and we can talk about what we see for
2608s	2024 at the end that's awesome and I
2611s	know there's a you've touched on a lot
2613s	of different things that I'm sure the
2614s	community are glad that we're actually
2616s	discussing I mean we haven't spoken
2618s	about custom lobbies in a while or
2619s	prototype modes or anything like that so
2622s	um it's good that you know they're still
2623s	on the radar um and they haven't just
2625s	been kind of pushed off to the side and
2627s	and you know bear Gathering dust so um
2629s	that's really really great to hear so
2630s	look I think uh for that we should
2633s	definitely we should leave it at that I
2634s	am that is everything that we have on
2636s	our list to talk about today so um David
2638s	first off let me say thank you very very
2640s	much for taking the time out of your
2642s	schedule to join us for this video today
2644s	I am I very much appreciate it and I'm
2646s	sure the community will very very much
2648s	appreciate having some insight from the
2650s	general manager of hunt so once again
2652s	thank you very very much for joining us
2654s	today yeah thanks for having me again I
2656s	love the franchise I'm loving the
2658s	community so uh this is just a great
2661s	ride I am very happy to be on with all
2663s	of you that's awesome thanks very much
2665s	so with that that is the end of our
2667s	developer roadmap video thank you very
2669s	much for joining us today
2671s	um if you like this make sure to like
2673s	And subscribe on the YouTube channel and
2676s	make sure to follow us all over the
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2680s	all channels Twitter Facebook Instagram
2682s	uh Tick Tock and twitch as well also
2685s	keep in mind that David does join on
2687s	some of our gameplay live streams as
2689s	well with some of the community managers
2690s	and other team members so be sure to
2692s	check them out you never know we might
2694s	actually end up getting um some extra
2696s	information in them so with that we just
2698s	want to do one last shout out to you the
2700s	community as a big thank you for all of
2702s	your support in 2022
2704s	um it's been really amazing uh being
2706s	able to develop hunt for you guys and
2708s	you know create something amazing but
2710s	it's even been more uh special to see
2712s	what you guys have been doing with it so
2715s	um thank you very much from all of us
2716s	here
2717s	um and uh that's it we'll see you again
2719s	next time
2722s	foreign

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