Hunters,
This weekend we’re celebrating International Women’s Day! It’s a simple fact that Hunt wouldn’t be what it is without our female Partners, players, and staff. As part of our celebrations, we’re taking the opportunity to spotlight some of the women in our community as well as some of our female Hunters.
Our Partners are a huge asset to Hunt. By providing so much visibility, feedback, and support, what they do helps hugely with our efforts to consistently push the game forward. As a thank you to the women in the Partner program, their exclusive codes will get you 50% off selected products in the Crytek store from today until March 9th (10 am CET), with a larger revenue share for your chosen streamer. Whether it’s a DLC you’ve had your eye on, or you want to get a friend into Hunt, there’s something for everyone—and you’ll be supporting the fantastic women that make up the community!
Check them out below – their discount codes can be found on the Partner website here
Angejia
Azuki
Failish
Holthe93
JacJac
Jenntacles
Justbree
Kerrty
Kiteera
LeafLit
Lunarfelis
MelPlaysAround
Morgan
NerdyNetty
Sigma
Rxysurfchic
TameHotPear
WhiskyFrizz
YaSmithe
We would also like to take the opportunity to highlight some of the iconic female Hunters in our ranks, as well as share some insights from the team about how these characters took shape.
Felis
Beloved by the community, Felis has become an icon of Hunt—she’s been part of the game for a long time. When it finally came to find a voice actor for her, we were torn; she is an eccentric character, a child of the wilderness, and it was important to get it right. In the end, we settled on her having Appalachian roots and a taste for travelling far and wide. She values her primal side, and this is reflected in her design as well as her name, which means ‘cat.’ She had a significant impact on the lore of other Hunters too, and prefers her wilder peers… but of course she would!
Prescient Night
The Prescient is another beloved Hunter found in the bayou and beyond. She is part of an inquisition order, meaning her background is somewhat stranger and more rooted in the occult than the other Hunters. If you didn’t know, Prescient Night is blind. This was designed intentionally as we opened up the lore around Dark Sight from a narrative perspective. She has a heightened ability to exploit Dark Sight written into her character, although this is of course not represented in-game. We hope to show a little bit more of this lore in the future.
Marshall Brewer
This Hunter’s name is an homage to Phoebe Couzins, the first female US Marshall. The real Phoebe was more of a lawyer, temperance advocate, and suffragette than a gunslinger. The second name—Brewer—is a vague reference to when Couzins left the movement in 1897 to join the United State Brewers Association. It is assumed that she left due to financial reasons, and in our homage we saw an interesting parallel between someone leaving a life enforcing the law (i.e Marshall) to pursue her own idealistic ambitions (Brewer), hence the name Marshall Brewer was born.
Frau Perchta
Frau Perchta was based on a goddess of Alpine Paganism and was the first of our Hunters to come with two variants: Dusk and Dawn. For her lore, we wanted to represent how mythology could come into the darker, more grounded setting of Hunt. Since writing her character story, we’ve implemented this idea in a lot of other characters.
We once again want to wish a happy International Women’s Day to all the women that have contributed to making Hunt: Showdown 1896 what it is today. Our team is beyond proud to support and celebrate you!