Huntsman: free Hardcore Mode and combat DLC on Oct 26

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Giant-spider horror game Huntsman, from OnTheHouse Studios and published by Ten Image Publishing, gets new content on October 26: a free Hardcore Mode for all players and its first story add-on, Protect & Serve, which brings one of the community’s most requested features: combat.

Hardcore Mode: double the spiders

For players who want a tougher challenge, the free Hardcore Mode adds:

A second Huntsman spider in multiple locations;
Limited saves – you need to find save discs before you can use them;
Updated Orb Weaver attack speeds;
Randomized door codes.

Huntsman DLC Protect & Serve: time to fight back

The DLC picks up shortly after the main game’s credits, but this time you play as a local police officer. Swapping the flashlight for a handgun, Protect & Serve brings combat to the game with its own mode, story and missions, set in a hidden part of Atherton Labs.

In the story, a lone survivor stumbles into a police station with wild tales of monstrous experiments and giant arachnids. As officers investigate the lab, they find a door hidden behind storage crates that was missed on first inspection – and the nightmare starts again.

Huntsman will also get two cosmetic skin packs, the Nature Pack and the More Spiders Pack, with details still under wraps.