Hunt: Showdown Dev Tracker

Along with the many other fixes and new features coming to Hunt with Update 2.2, we are also introducing improvements to our Hunter Evolution System. Designed to deepen the identity and progression of your Hunters, the new system has been revamped with enhanced progression tracking and more. Here’s an in-depth look at the evolution of this system, why changes were made, and what you can expect to see in the future.

The Original Recruitment System
Previously, the recruitment system offered players two primary methods of acquiring new Hunters. You could directly purchase empty-handed Legendary Hunters with random Traits using Hunt Dollars or select from a random roster of rotating regular Hunters, all of whom varied in their gear, Traits, appearances, and names. These Hunters were organized into tiers, with early recruits appearing simple and inexperienc... Read more

Coming in our next big content update, we’re introducing a new mechanic: ammo scarcity.
This change will allow us to cycle specific custom ammo types and items in and out of
availability, helping us fine-tune the game's balance, shift the meta, and encourage an even
wider range of unique player strategies.

What Is Ammo Scarcity? In Update 2.2, certain custom ammo types will gain the status of "Scarce", similar to our
Scarce Traits system. When an ammo type is marked as Scarce:

• It will no longer be available for purchase in the store
  
• Players can still pick it up during missions
  
• Existing inventory of the affected ammo types can still be used

What Ammo Has Been Marked Scarce? For Update 2.2, the following custom ammo types will receive scarcity status:

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The Steam Awards Have Returned!

You have the chance to nominate the best and brightest games of the year.

We want to thank you all for your support and hope you will nominate us for the “Labor of Love” award.

You can find out more information here: https://store.steampowered.com/steamawards/nominations

Roll up, roll up! Post Malone's Murder Circus is coming to town!

Join the Deposed King and his corrupted sideshow in our biggest ever event, coming soon to Hunt: Showdown 1896.

Watch now!

Matchmaking is a crucial element of the Hunt experience, and is something we are always working to improve. The MMR system is key to creating fair and competitive matches, so today we’re providing some insight into how it works, the challenges we sometimes face, and why your matchmaking experiences might sometimes feel uneven.

MMR Calculations
MMR is determined by your performance in-game — not by your playtime, rank, or prestige. The system uses a modified version of the OpenSkill algorithm, which includes a certainty variable that adjusts over time. This means that when you’re new to the game, your rank will fluctuate more often than when you have hundreds of hours racked up.

As the system learns about your skill level, it can more accurately determine your rank and as such your MMR stabilizes, leading to less radical changes after each matc... Read more

Hunters,

Update 2.1.1 is live! With it, we are adding the contents from Harvest of Ghosts to regular progression and rolling out a number of fixes. Check out the full list of changes below!


Harvest of Ghosts Ends Harvest of Ghosts content added to regular progression

Weekly Challenges Updated Weekly Challenge Sets



Meta
The new Weapons, their variants, and their Custom Ammo have been added to the regular progression.

• Rifles:
  
  • Maynard Sniper – Bloodline Rank 1
    
  • Maynard Sniper Dumdum Ammo – Bloodline Rank 1
    
  • ...

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Hunters, 
 
The Live Servers will be taken offline Tomorrow, 25 November at 08:00 CET to deploy Update 2.1.1. With it, we are adding the contents from Harvest of Ghosts to regular progression and rolling out a number of fixes. Check out the full list of changes below!

Est. Downtime ~3 hours.


Harvest of Ghosts Ends Harvest of Ghosts content added to regular progression

Weekly Challenges Updated Weekly Challenge Sets



Meta
The new Weapons, their variants, and their Custom Ammo have been added to the regular progression.

• Rifles:
  
  • Maynard ...

Read more

Hunters, in today’s Developer Insight we are bringing an update from our Fair Play Task Force and providing some data regarding recent bans and actions we have taken against popular exploits.

NPI Exploit & Tracking
We recently implemented new detection measures that we are employing to catch several kinds of offenders - one of which is the well-known Nvidia Profile Inspector abuse.

Nvidia Profile Inspector (NPI) is a tool that helps users customize their graphics card performance in ways that aren’t possible in regular settings. It allows players to fine-tune how their machine runs games, making it possible to improve performance or change specific visual effects.

This tool was being misused to force Hunt to render the game at such low graphical quality that the abuser would be able to see through vegetation across maps and remove visibi... Read more

They say he came out of the Georgia hills, way up north near the Tennessee state line. Walked out of them woods with a guitar on his back and a dream, back in those wilder days. He'd wander from town to town, singing songs with power in them, songs that called to the lonely and the desperate and the strange. Every town he went through, one or two or five of these misfits would just pick up and follow him when he left. He never asked, and he never offered. They just came, and put their faith in him. Pretty soon what had been one man with song on his lips turned into a traveling carnival, a circus where folks slotted themselves into roles they discovered they had all been born to play. They got big enough so that real circus acts heard tell of them and joined up too. Made things respectable, at least on the outside.

The circus followed the roads, going wherever ... Read more

We sat down with Hunt veteran Post Malone for an exclusive Q&A!
From dream Traits to the perfect loadout and tons more, check out the full interview now.