Crytek has confirmed that console crossplay will be making its way to Hunt: Showdown, the studio’s gritty multiplayer bounty hunting game.
Lead Designer, Dennis Schwarz, responded to questions from the community in a recent Reddit Ask Me Anything, addressing topics including crossplay, the upcoming 1.3 update, and player reported input lag.
In short, those PS4 hunters chomping at the bit to play against their Xbox One counterparts won’t have to wait long. Crytek estimates that the feature will be ready to go live in a matter of weeks:
Crossplay between XBOX and PS4 users is being worked on right now and we want to roll this out to the console community ASAP. We are talking weeks here by the looks of it! It’s one of the most important features for us right now to support console besides optimizing the controller input lag and crash fixes.
We are working hard on the first update, which should come to consoles in the next weeks and also introduce crossplay between XBOX and PS4 players!
Crossplay between PS4 and XBOX is one of the highest priorities for us and will be released as soon as it’s ready. We are talking weeks not months here.
Ask part of the Reddit AMA Schwarz also hinted at some key changes coming to the game as part of update 1.3 and beyond. Here are some of the highlights (as summarised by MP1st):
Update 1.3 includes an improved lobby view with more Hunter details. We will have to see how much of this addresses the issue you are referring to and then decide on the next steps.
With the next update (Update 1.3) we will add a new time of day. We plan to add also additional time(s) of day in the future which might or might not include also weather effects.
Optimization is one of the highest priorities of our ongoing development. Expect some further CPU performance optimization with the upcoming releases.
The goal is to address this (Input Lag) with the next update, but this ultimately depends on identifying the cause of the issue and then applying a fix for it. I don’t have much more details to share at this stage other than that we have a strike team looking into this.We are going to have some shortcuts soon, and they will help certainly in terms of painful navigation with the menu. Additional quality-of-life improvements will be added as we go.While there is no ETA when we will release it, a third map is in progress currently. More details about map #3 will be shared at a later date.
Hunt: Showdown officially launched on consoles in mid-February to mostly strong reviews, bagging a solid 78 OpenCritic average. We’ll hopefully have our own review on-site in the very near future.
