Steel Hunters is the next game from the studio behind World of Tanks

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STEEL HUNTERS — REVEAL TEASER The Game Awards This story is part of our coverage of The Game Awards 2024 Updated less than 2 minutes ago

Steel Hunters is a new extraction shooter from the developers of World of Tanks. It creates an interesting blend of extraction shooter objectives with tactical third-person action into a unique free-to-play multiplayer game focusing on teams of two. Just announced at The Game Awards 2024, Steel Hunters will have a 10-day closed beta test that players can sign up for now to get into the action.

Steel Hunters is entirely designed around being a duos game. Each Hunter has a unique set of abilities similar to that of a hero shooter that complement each other. The team uses the term “duo symbiosis” to describe one of their guiding philosophies in game design. It’s life or death on the battlefield, and every moment counts. As teams land on the map, they’ll begin scavenging for stat points, buffs, and other key objectives and AI-controlled enemies. They’ll need to play smart and slow, working together to know when to engage an enemy team or when to take the scenic route to avoid conflict.

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As someone who started playing League of Legends this year (thanks, Arcane), something that really stuck with me from watching a behind-closed-doors session of Steel Hunters is the dual synergies between Hunters. Similar to the relationship between an AD Carry and Support in the bottom lane of a League of Legends match, both roles cannot thrive if the other is out of position, making decisions without the other, or not communicating effectively. They have to move as one unit and work together to provide support to one another.

The developers emphasized that Steel Hunters is designed around the idea that, even if