Developed by Nine Rocks Studios, Way of the Hunter is a next generation-only hunting game coming to the Playstation 5, Xbox X/S, and PC. The game takes players to the hunting grounds of the United States Pacific Northwest region as well as Europe’s Transylvania and sets them free to explore 110 square miles of hunting land in solo and multiplayer co-op mode.
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Hunters only have to wait until August 16, 2022 to tear into the all new hunting experience. The Way of the Hunter trailer showed gorgeous sunsets while teasing players with fast moving vehicles for traveling, a variety of different biomes, a plethora of ducks and geese, and many, many animals running through the countryside. It also touts a 24-hour day/night cycle, realistic ballistics and bullet effects, and lifelike behavior models for creatures in an effort to create a truly immersive hunting experience some have found in games like Red Dead Redemption 2.
Headquartered in Bratislava, Slovakia, Nine Rocks Studios is made up of THQ Nordic and Slovak game industry veterans with experience in DayZ and Soldiers of Fortune 3. Way of the Hunter will be the studio’s very first released title after being created by THQ Nordic in early 2020. Originally announced to be working on a survival shooter style game, Nine Rocks Studios unveiled their hunting simulator in an announcement trailer on April 21, 2022.
Going up against the likes of Hunting Simulator 2, Cabela’s: The Hunt - Championship Edition, and even Prehistoric Hunt, are not small opponents to be facing with a studios very first release. The pickings have been slim in the marketplace for memorable hunting simulators recently, so many gamers are looking for something to grab their attention while also being wary of studios over-promising and then delivering something that doesn’t live up to the hype like Battlefield 2042 did at launch.
Way of the Hunter has a lot of promises to keep, and it may already be ahead of the other hunter simulators by leaving the previous generation of consoles behind to focus on utilizing the powers of the next generation. Shot reviews, bullet time, and rewindable cameras aren’t new to the genre, but Way of the Hunter may figure out how to keep people engaged by combining it with a unique trophy system that aims to keep players engaged while they hunt the perfect prize.
Way of the Hunter will release on August 16, 2022, on PS5, PC, and Xbox X/S.
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