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No Plans Yet For Battle Royale Mode in ‘Hunt: Showdown’

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With the Battle Royale craze going on with a lot of shooters (which admittedly is not for everyone), there’s the question of whether upcoming/current games will have a feature added to cash in on the genre’s popularity. In an interview with GameSpot, Crytek product manager Angela de Castro and level design director Chris Auty were asked just that in regards to Hunt: Showdown, which is currently in Early Access on Steam.

“Right now we’re focused on making Hunt as we have it,” De Castro explains. However, there is a possibility that we could see the mode added in the future, due to Hunt being “flexible”. “Because we’re in early access, this is really good for us; we can fine-tune it to what the community wants. If we were to make a Battle Royale mode or if we were to explore different kinds of modes for the game, we would also try to make it unique. We would also try to make it fit the mood and the spirit of Hunt.”

Auty states that based on feedback from fans, the game is “pretty unique”, which the team is quite proud of. However, if they were to introduce a Battle Royal mode, it would have to fit in with the game itself. “If we were to introduce a [Battle Royale] mode, it would have to be our take on it. We wouldn’t want to do a cookie cutter, same as everyone else. It would be detrimental to our playerbase.”

Aside from the Battle Royale question, the question of why the team opted for Early Access is brought up. Auty talks of the necessity for Hunt to be in Early Access. “We couldn’t have done anything like this if we didn’t have the Early Access model,” he says. “It would have been impossible. The feedback we get and our ability to make changes–we can make changes within an hour. We couldn’t have done this with a boxed product.”

Hunt: Showdown looks to be in Early Access for another year before the final release, depending on player feedback.

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Stephen King, James Wan & Osgood Perkins Horror Movie ‘The Monkey’ Wraps Filming; Meet the Cast

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Three horror powerhouses are coming together for The Monkey, an adaptation of the Stephen King story that’s being produced by James Wan and directed by Osgood Perkins.

The Monkey is a short horror story that appeared in Skeleton Crew, a 1985 collection that also featured The Mist, The Jaunt, The Raft, Survivor Type, The Reach, and more.

Deadline reports today that filming on The Monkey has wrapped, and the website has revealed the full cast for the upcoming horror movie. Read on for everything you need to know.

Theo James (The White Lotus) stars alongside Tatiana Maslany (SheHulkAttorney at Law), Elijah Wood (Maniac), Christian Convery (Sweet Tooth), Colin O’Brien (Wonka), Rohan Campbell (Halloween Ends) and Sarah Levy (Schitt’s Creek).

Osgood Perkins (The Blackcoat’s Daughter, Gretel & Hansel, the upcoming Longlegs) wrote the screenplay for the feature film adaptation and he also directed the upcoming movie.

“In The Monkey, when twin brothers Hal and Bill discover their father’s old monkey toy in the attic, a series of gruesome deaths starts occurring all around them. The brothers decide to throw the monkey away and move on with their lives, growing apart over the years.

“But when the mysterious deaths begin again, the brothers must reunite to find a way to destroy the monkey for good before it takes the lives of everyone close to them.”

James Wan is producing with Atomic Monster partner Michael Clear (M3GAN), and C2 Motion Picture Group’s Jason Cloth (Joker) and Dave Caplan (Babylon).

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Elijah Wood in ‘Maniac’

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