“No, we have no plans for Hunt 2.

We just plan to keep going forward.”

Fifield had a few words of constructive criticism for Activision-Blizzard specifically.

A Hunt: Showdown screenshot in which two players, waist-deep in swampwater, prepare to kill a Grunt standing on a pier in front of them.

“Like it was cool reskin - it’s still a cool game!

It just felt like Overwatch 1 in its next evolution of service.”

Crytek’s plans for Hunt are closer to how Epic has developedFortnite, Fifield went on.

So that seems to be more the trend that we’ll follow, when updating Hunt: Showdown."

The obvious difficulty here is ageing technology.

The developers are working on a new map and biome to show off the associated bells and whistles.

Still, Fifield and Crytek plan to avoid excluding players with older systems as much as possible.

Look out for the full piece on all things Hunt and Showdown-flavoured in the coming days.