New World Interactive has announced that it will be participating in a Free Weekend event on Steam starting today through August 11. Insurgency will be available to play for free all weekend, and following the event, players will be able to purchase it at the sale price of $7.49 (50% off the standard price of $14.99).
In anticipation of this event, NWI has released new, free DLC for the gritty shooter. Titled Hunt, the content update features the thrilling, new Hunt cooperative game mode, where players stealthily conduct night raids on Insurgent hideouts.
Insurgency features a new rank system that allows players to level up as they gain points in the game that can be earned most effectively by focusing on the objective and working with your team. In addition to receiving a rank, players will also be placed into one of three different tiers depending on their percentile amongst all Insurgency players around the globe. The top 33% of players are in the ”Warlord” (Gold) tier, the middle 33% in the ”Veteran” (Silver) tier, and the lower 33% in the ”Grunt” (Bronze) tier.
The Hunt content update released today also includes two new multiplayer maps, six new cooperative maps, updated existing maps, underbarrel grenade & smoke launchers, a new weapon optic, gameplay improvements, server optimizations, and much more.
Overview of Hunt content update features:
- New Hunt game mode (cooperative) where you must eliminate all enemies and caches in the area. This game mode requires extreme stealth and coordination as you only have one life.
- New statistic tracking framework
- New Main Menu UI with Development News and Steam Friends List
- New multiplayer maps: Panj and Uprising
- New cooperative maps designed specifically for the Hunt game mode include: District, Heights, Ministry, Panj, Uprising and Contact
- Updated multiplayer map: Market
- Added underbarrel grenade and smoke launchers: M-203 for Security and GP-25 for Insurgents
- Added non-zoom red dot optic for Security team
- New first person weapon collision system
- Overhauled visual FX