<s>
Hunt	B-Application
:	I-Application
Showdown	I-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Crytek	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
launched	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
in	O
early	O
access	O
on	O
22	O
February	O
2018	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
Game	O
Preview	O
on	O
29	O
May	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
full	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
launched	O
on	O
27	O
August	O
2019	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
it	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
on	O
19	O
September	O
2019	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
on	O
18	O
February	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hunt	B-Application
:	I-Application
Showdown	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
in	O
development	O
at	O
Crytek	O
USA	O
,	O
who	O
wished	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Darksiders	B-Application
—	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
series	O
developed	O
by	O
their	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Vigil	B-Application
Games	I-Application
—	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
Hunt	B-Application
:	I-Application
Horrors	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Gilded	I-Application
Age	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
new	O
title	O
Hunt	B-Application
:	I-Application
Showdown	I-Application
,	O
was	O
re-announced	O
in	O
May	O
2017	O
and	O
became	O
a	O
competitive	O
multiplayer	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
need	O
to	O
combat	O
other	O
players	O
and	O
enemies	O
controlled	O
by	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
in	O
a	O
large	O
map	O
that	O
resembles	O
an	O
open	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hunt	B-Application
:	I-Application
Showdown	I-Application
is	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
with	O
two	O
gameplay	O
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
can	O
use	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
weapons	O
ranging	O
from	O
shotguns	O
to	O
crossbows	B-Application
to	O
defeat	O
their	O
enemies	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
ammo	O
is	O
scarce	O
in	O
this	O
game	O
,	O
forcing	O
players	O
to	O
rely	O
on	O
making	O
their	O
shots	O
count	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vigil	B-Application
Games	I-Application
,	O
known	O
for	O
the	O
Darksiders	B-Application
series	O
,	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
by	O
THQ	O
in	O
2013	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
publisher	O
's	O
bankruptcy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Crytek	O
's	O
founder	O
Cevat	O
Yerli	O
had	O
expressed	O
an	O
interest	O
in	O
bidding	O
for	O
the	O
Austin-based	O
studio	O
based	O
on	O
their	O
work	O
on	O
Darksiders	B-Application
alone	O
(	O
and	O
because	O
Crytek	O
was	O
already	O
planning	O
to	O
establish	O
a	O
US	O
subsidiary	O
in	O
the	O
city	O
)	O
,	O
he	O
did	O
not	O
feel	O
that	O
their	O
products	O
fit	O
with	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
business	O
strategy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
new	O
studio	O
would	O
focus	O
on	O
developing	O
new	O
projects	O
rather	O
than	O
pursue	O
regaining	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
its	O
former	O
properties	O
;	O
the	O
studio	O
did	O
attempt	O
to	O
re-gain	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
Darksiders	B-Application
—	O
but	O
they	O
were	O
instead	O
acquired	O
by	O
Nordic	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hunt	B-Application
:	I-Application
Horrors	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Gilded	I-Application
Age	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
in	O
June	O
2014	O
as	O
Crytek	O
USA	O
's	O
first	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hunt	O
was	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
co-operative	O
game	O
;	O
Adams	O
recalled	O
having	O
been	O
frequently	O
asked	O
about	O
the	O
possibility	O
of	O
adding	O
co-op	O
to	O
a	O
future	O
installment	O
of	O
Darksiders	B-Application
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
things	O
we	O
said	O
when	O
we	O
got	O
here	O
was	O
,	O
we	O
are	O
absolutely	O
doing	O
a	O
four-player	O
co-op	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
comparisons	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Order	I-Application
:	I-Application
1886	I-Application
,	O
another	O
19th-century	O
third-person	O
gothic	O
action	O
horror	O
game	O
that	O
was	O
unveiled	O
at	O
E3	O
,	O
Adams	O
contended	O
that	O
there	O
were	O
few	O
similarities	O
between	O
the	O
games	O
,	O
noting	O
their	O
focus	O
on	O
co-op	O
and	O
arguing	O
that	O
the	O
portrayal	O
of	O
the	O
era	O
in	O
The	O
Hunt	O
was	O
more	O
"	O
authentic	O
"	O
,	O
unlike	O
that	O
of	O
The	O
Order	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
felt	O
was	O
the	O
"	O
BioShock	B-Application
version	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
will	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
customise	O
their	O
characters	O
with	O
different	O
skills	O
and	O
outfits	O
;	O
Adams	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
if	O
you	O
want	O
to	O
make	O
Sherlock	B-Application
Holmes	I-Application
or	O
a	O
gunslinger	O
from	O
the	O
Old	O
West	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
witch	O
hunter	O
from	O
Eastern	O
Europe	O
,	O
you	O
have	O
the	O
costume	O
choices	O
,	O
you	O
have	O
the	O
weapon	O
choices	O
,	O
you	O
have	O
the	O
skill	O
choices.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Hunt	B-Application
:	I-Application
Showdown	I-Application
carries	O
"	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
the	O
DNA	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
Darksiders	B-Application
series	O
;	O
Adams	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
incorporate	O
"	O
old	O
school	O
elements	O
"	O
of	O
its	O
genre	O
in	O
new	O
ways	O
(	O
much	O
like	O
Darksiders	B-Application
,	O
which	O
cited	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
as	O
an	O
influence	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
feature	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
distinct	O
creatures	O
and	O
bosses	O
as	O
enemies	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
"	O
typical	O
"	O
shooting	O
games	O
,	O
which	O
,	O
in	O
Adam	O
's	O
opinion	O
,	O
only	O
tended	O
to	O
have	O
"	O
maybe	O
a	O
dozen	O
"	O
different	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
acknowledged	O
that	O
his	O
staff	O
had	O
experience	O
from	O
Darksiders	B-Application
in	O
designing	O
large	O
numbers	O
of	O
distinct	O
enemy	O
types	O
—	O
Adams	O
alone	O
designed	O
18	O
of	O
the	O
bosses	O
in	O
Darksiders	B-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hunt	O
is	O
built	O
atop	O
CryEngine	B-Application
;	O
Adams	O
remarked	O
that	O
the	O
transition	O
from	O
the	O
custom	O
engine	O
developed	O
for	O
Darksiders	B-Application
to	O
CryEngine	B-Application
made	O
the	O
former	O
look	O
inferior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
30	O
July	O
2014	O
,	O
Crytek	O
announced	O
that	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
restructuring	O
,	O
development	O
of	O
Hunt	O
would	O
be	O
shifted	O
to	O
Crytek	O
,	O
and	O
Crytek	O
USA	O
would	O
cease	O
to	O
operate	O
as	O
a	O
studio-only	O
as	O
a	O
provider	O
of	O
US-based	O
support	O
for	O
CryEngine	B-Application
licensees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
issues	O
had	O
been	O
experienced	O
by	O
Crytek	O
UK	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
shut	O
down	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
with	O
the	O
sale	O
of	O
the	O
Homefront	B-Application
franchise	O
to	O
Koch	O
Media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
16	O
May	O
2017	O
,	O
Crytek	O
released	O
a	O
teaser	O
on	O
YouTube	O
announcing	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
still	O
in	O
production	O
under	O
a	O
new	O
title	O
,	O
Hunt	B-Application
:	I-Application
Showdown	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
,	O
Crytek	O
revealed	O
via	O
IGN	O
First	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
have	O
an	O
Early	O
Access	O
release	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hunt	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Xbox	B-Device
Game	O
Preview	O
on	O
29	O
May	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hunt	B-Application
:	I-Application
Horrors	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Gilded	I-Application
Age	I-Application
was	O
first	O
announced	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
beta	O
in	O
late	O
2014	O
,	O
after	O
which	O
a	O
planned	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hunt	B-Application
:	I-Application
Showdown	I-Application
was	O
launched	O
in	O
early	O
access	O
on	O
22	O
February	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
announced	O
at	O
2018	O
Gamescom	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
through	O
its	O
Xbox	B-Device
Game	O
Preview	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
3	O
July	O
2019	O
,	O
Crytek	O
announced	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
website	O
that	O
the	O
official	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
on	O
27	O
August	O
2019	O
,	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
One	I-Device
official	O
release	O
was	O
due	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
day	O
as	O
the	O
official	O
release	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
delayed	O
to	O
19	O
September	O
2019	O
due	O
to	O
technical	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
on	O
18	O
February	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
generally	O
positive	O
reviews	O
upon	O
release	O
according	O
to	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
