Way of the Hunter 2 is Coming Soon to Xbox Series X|S!

The THQ Nordic & 9 Rocks groups are excited to announce that we’re bringing gaming’s most genuine looking simulator – Way of the Hunter 2 – to Xbox Series X|S.

Over the previous a number of years our groups have labored intently along with our lively and devoted group of simulation hunters to create the final looking recreation. We’ve requested questions via polls and surveys, we’ve launched new weapons, gear, and gear, and we’ve labored with a range of model companions to convey our gamers a world-class looking expertise.

So, what’s new in Way of the Hunter 2? The workforce at 9 Rocks made a aware choice to transfer the recreation to Unreal Engine 5. It wasn’t simple – it was an enormous strategic step, however we imagine constructing the recreation in UE5 will permit it to be serviced at the highest doable high quality for years to come. Utilizing this engine permits the workforce to implement beforehand unimaginable enhancements and concepts that the group’s been craving. Issues like deeper systemic options, visible constancy, world simulation enhancements, and expanded gameplay potentialities are made doable with our new technical basis.

Past engine enhancements, we’re additionally bringing the most requested characteristic – an American foxhound looking canine – to the desk. Your new looking companion is skilled for blood monitoring, even in dense terrain. Your pup is aware of primary instructions, like sit, heel, and monitor, and the extra time you spend bonding with it, the extra obedient and higher skilled it turns into. We really feel that the addition of a looking canine will permit the participant to monitor blood trails authentically and realistically, whereas mitigating tedious searches when the path goes chilly.

Moreover, we’ve added new looking gear, to make your hunts much more environment friendly and efficient. We’ve included backpacks to assist broaden your stock on longer journeys, calls, blinds, and decoys for duck looking. We’ve additionally added a tent to facilitate quick journey, wait out harsh climate, or just to arrange camp for the night time.

Let’s additionally take a second to discuss your new looking floor in New Laurentia, Canada. You’re becoming a member of a family-owned looking reserve, Fireside and Hunt, the place you’ll assist restore the reserve to its former glory and switch it into the final looking getaway. In the preliminary part of the recreation, you’ll meet 4 NPCs who will information you and provide you with structured missions that can take you throughout the map and push you to your limits. In case you’d slightly set out by yourself to roam the huge Canadian forests and river valleys, it’s also possible to cross your time free looking. You’ll have over 30 species to discover, together with moose, elk, bears, bison, rabbits, and turkeys. You’ll even be geared up with each hunter’s dream lodge, the place its huge halls are simply ready to be stuffed with trophies out of your expeditions. Your lodge is perched in a phenomenal river valley and comes geared up with a sturdy truck for traversing the huge areas of the map.

All of this and extra is coming quickly to Xbox Series X|S in Way of the Hunter 2. Wishlist Now!