Wargaming is probably best known for World of Tanks SY World of warships franchises, but apparently plans to add another famous name to that list: Iron hunter. Wargaming pulled back the curtain on this new title at The Game Awards 2024. Its latest IP, Iron hunter is a free-to-play PvPvE Mech game, featuring elements of multiplayer, battle royale, and exploration.
In Iron hunterthe player is not a pilot operating a mech; the mechs, known as Hunters, were inspired to fight Starfall. A catastrophic event has left humanity on the brink of extinction and fighting for survival, and its future depends on a rare alien resource known as Starfall. This resource is scattered across the wasteland, with mega-corporations and other groups using Hunters to battle one another for this resource.
As Wargaming takes on the superhero shooter, each Hunter is a fully fleshed out character with a unique playstyle, kit and progression system. The game can be won by mining with the necessary resources, leaving other Hunters on the map empty-handed, or by eliminating all other Hunters on the map. Therefore, the Hunters themselves feel that they were immediately taken from the popular hero shooter genre, but the game is about the popularity of battle royale and mining games. One big difference is that Iron hunter emphasizes strategy and understanding of the team and individual Hunters by having quick reflexes (as seen in traditional shooting games).
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A key aspect of this is Duo Symbiosis, which allows players to combine tactics and abilities with other Hunters. Basically, each Hunter's build and tactics can be customized with unique weapon combinations (and of course collectibles and cosmetics) to unleash unique strategies when facing other Hunters in the hunting grounds. While it remains to be seen how the customization will work, from a gameplay and cosmetic standpoint, the design of each Mech opens a lot of doors. These Mechs are not only human, such as Heartbreaker or Trenchwalker, but some borrow elements of animal design, such as Ursus and Fenris.
It remains to be seen when fans will be able to fully immerse themselves in The Hunting Grounds Iron huntersome fans will be able to see what the game has to offer sooner. Iron hunter is hosting 10 days of closed games on PC, and fans can expect more news throughout 2025.
Wargaming
- Date of construction
- August 2, 1988
- Headquarters
- Minsk, Belarus
