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Level Infinite Built Entire Worlds Inside GamesCom 2026

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Level Infinite showcased its diverse portfolio at GamesCom 2026, highlighting both established titles receiving major updates and exciting new releases. The studio presented *Hunt: Showdown*, an extraction shooter set in the dark, monster-filled bayous of Louisiana, alongside the highly anticipated *Control: Ultimate Edition* arriving in September. They also introduced *Exterminauts*, a brand-new game announced during the event's opening night, and provided a glimpse into *Dune: Awakening*. The presentation emphasized that these games are not just static products but living ecosystems with active development teams constantly refining mechanics, adding new content, and ensuring players have fresh experiences to enjoy. A significant portion of the demonstration focused on the gameplay dynamics of *Hunt: Showdown*, where the core loop involves investigating clues to locate a boss monster, defeating it for a bounty, and successfully extracting before time runs out. The game features a unique "blood moon" event that alters AI behavior, making enemies more aggressive and violent, while also introducing audio-based traps like evil horses that react to player movements. Players utilize supernatural abilities such as sight to track clues, which shrink on the map until enough evidence is gathered to reveal the boss's location. The combat system relies heavily on understanding weapon strengths and weaknesses, with a strong emphasis on stealth, environmental hazards like fire, and managing the tension of being heard by other players or hostile entities. The *Dune: Awakening* demo offered a stark contrast by focusing on base management and survival in a vast desert environment, featuring interactive power generators and thriving vegetation that players must navigate. The developers noted that this title is receiving a physical disc edition for the first time and is adding a dedicated single-player campaign to complement its multiplayer experience, addressing community feedback regarding accessibility and content depth. During the playthrough, the unpredictable nature of the world was highlighted by encounters with giant worms and other creatures, where proximity indicators warned players of imminent danger. The session underscored the game's intuitive controls and the immersive atmosphere created by its setting, even as the presenter humorously struggled with the auto-aim mechanics on a controller. In conclusion, Level Infinite used this event to demonstrate their commitment to supporting their games long after launch, evidenced by the simultaneous release of major updates for *Hunt: Showdown* and *Dune: Awakening*. The booth experience allowed attendees to test these evolving titles alongside the newly launched *Exterminauts*, showcasing a studio that values player feedback and actively integrates it into their development pipeline. With *Control: Ultimate Edition* set to arrive next month, the lineup represents a strong mix of action, horror, and sci-fi survival genres, all backed by ongoing support and new features designed to enhance the overall gaming experience for fans across different platforms.
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All right, made it. We're here at Level Infinite. So, these are all the games that Level Infinite does. Exterminons, which they just announced, that's brand new. Hunt Showdown, Dune Awakening, and then Control Resident, which comes out in like a month. So, Control Resident's going to be hyped. I didn't play Dune Awakening, but I know a lot of the guys were like spamming it. I think I was out of town whenever it came out. Hey, how's it going? Yeah, yeah. Good to Good to meet you. All right, chat, we're going to start with Hunt Showdown. Hunt Showdown. Uh This one? >> This one, exactly. That's your spot. >> Nice. How's it going, S-Man? >> Nice to meet you. >> Yeah, yeah. Nice to meet you. >> I have a station for you right here. >> Cool, perfect. Okay. Hunt Showdown, so we're going to play for a few minutes. Let's do one random. Yeah. If I play with her, will I be stronger than all of them? >> Um this hunter is pretty strong. It's because if you have the shotgun as a secondary weapon and then the good rifle there, so you're good for all situations. >> Can you like dev console in like some like bazookas for me so that I can destroy them? [laughter] >> I mean, technically we have nothing locked. You can You can pick the strongest weapon here. >> Sick. >> Have you heard about this event yet? It's all about blood, collecting blood, and weird things happening in the bayou. We are in Louisiana. Everything is Everything is dark with monsters in fact that >> Okay. >> Uh your job is to kill the monster and take the bounty and extract it. So, it's an extraction shooter. >> Okay. >> Uh I don't know if you played the some others like Tarkov. >> Yeah, yeah, a little bit. >> Yeah, it's something like that, but uh Hunt is more objective focused, so you go in there knowing to kill a big monster, get the bounty, and extract it. >> Okay. So, it's a bit more streamlined. Okay. >> So, since you are corrupted >> Okay. >> you have some powers, so if you press E >> E? >> Yeah, then you will That's what we call sight and >> All right, does that hold it? >> Yeah, hold it. You'll see this blue outline. >> Oh, so that's >> That's a clue. >> Okay. >> So, when you collect multiple clues, that's what will reveal the boss on the map. If you press tab, that's your map. >> Okay. >> see anything on it just yet, just yourself, but it will shrink. And as you find more things, it will get bigger. >> Okay. So, E is that a clue? >> And by the way, this is the new blood moon. It has two stages. Right now, when it's up, it's like frenzies the AI, so they get a bit more aggressive. And a bit more violent. >> The AI? Shoot it? >> You can shoot it, but other people on the map can hear you when you shoot, right? So, they may come to the shots. I think now it won't be so many people, so you can shoot a bit more freely or use the melee weapon. It's very good, like your knuckle dust. If you press three, I think uh >> Okay. Is it Is it evil horse? >> Yeah, so like these are all the audiotraps. >> All >> All the audio is super important in the game. Uh >> Okay. >> Like a guy shot like a shotgun here like across on the map, basically. And the horse is also the hear Oh, there's a horse sound, so a player is around there. >> Oh my gosh, that almost killed me. >> You can also put on the headset and then it gets much more freaky. Yeah. You can shoot the lantern and then If you shoot the lantern, they will put it on fire. >> Oh, yeah. Okay, okay. Oh my gosh. Chad, those dogs are terrorists. Don't worry. They're evil dogs. I need to kill somebody. I have like bloodlust. Somebody in this crowd needs to die. >> Yeah. Go towards the boss, so if you take the clues, everyone will go towards that direction, yeah. >> Okay. Investigate clues. >> there was a player already here. >> Oh. >> a hole in the middle, it means someone has already used it, so >> Oh, what the heck? >> And now, if you open the map, it will shrink the area, so you'll know that you'll have to go towards that to find the boss. >> I'm like way out of here. But you're vanishing. What does that mean? >> Oh yeah, some some of them managed this, so that's other players doing that. >> So he's he's vanishing right now? >> the other players killed the boss and now he's vanishing to hell. So it's a waiting time, so that's when everyone sees on the map like you that is there and all the players would gather there and try to take it from that team, yeah? >> Okay. Well, I'm like way far away. >> You can make it to be honest because the extract is there and there, so they would have to go that way. >> I should try and just be really aggro. Oh, freak. What is this? >> I have a one question before we start this [ __ ] >> How can I only click the revive happy to right click and Is I click two times if can >> That's probably a boss. >> Yeah. >> Kill that armor. Wait, didn't I one shot this guy earlier? >> Yeah, with the shotgun. >> Oh, but I was using Oh, okay. >> It really depends. Every gun has a different kind of >> Right, right. That makes sense. >> customizable >> Like uh they have weaknesses and stuff too, probably? >> Yeah, exactly. They all have weaknesses and strengths. >> Sick. Well, cool. How should I do it? That looks great. >> How many tries you have? This is the >> Okay. >> I asked you to give me as many as you think you need, so >> Wait, he thinks I need four tries? >> Yeah. >> Dude, I'm so good at this, dude. I'm going to get it my first try. Ready? Easy. First try. Easy. >> Whatever. >> Easy. >> I didn't like those ones. Once again. >> You got a hat. Oh, nice. Double minute. Sick. Control isn't it? Okay, let's go play Dune. Oh. >> Okay, for the record, every single streamer we have so far only got stickers. >> Really? >> Yeah. >> Which one is Which one is stickers? >> The stickers are these three. >> These three are stickers, okay. Also, every other streamer was late except for me. Ready? Frick, I got stickers. I was like, "Sure." Damn. I freaking suck. Oh, you have to wear this in here, otherwise you get hurt. I actually prefer being put in outfits, cuz then I don't have to think about anything. Someone just tells me what to do, I'm like, "Okay." Dune Awakening. Sick. Hello, how's it going? >> You can go back here if you >> Cool. >> Amazing. >> Sick. Wait, is like Is a beanbag with like a back support? >> Yeah. >> Wait, that's sick. Try the demo. >> Yes. >> The beanbags are sick, actually. Dune Awakening. >> Oh. >> Okay, so this is my gear. I have nothing there because I'm already like pretty stacked. So, this is like all the base management stuff you can do here. Just kind of looking around, getting the getting the lay of the land. So, you have all these power generators. Can I use it? Manage it? Bop it, twist it. Enabled or disabled. So, if I disable everything, then that's bad. I'm going to find bad guys, chat. We're going to find somebody to kill. Anyways, I started blasting. Thriving vegetation you will find within these Oh, hey, hello. Hello, I really suck. Chat, I don't know how people say controller's better than mouse and keyboard cuz you I do not have like the tactility of like it taking advantage of the auto aim in in controllers and stuff, dude. Uh Dune Awakening is uh I think there's a new patch, but also they're providing a physical edition. They're putting it on disc. It wasn't on disc before, I believe. Level Infinite put it up for a uh one of their one of their games at their booth. This is the Level Infinite booth. It's not specifically the Dune Awakening booth. So, they have a bunch of games, right? Control Resonance is coming out soon. Exterminauts just got announced at the opening night. And then Hunt: Showdown. So, they have they have two games that are like already serviced with updates and then two new games at the booth. They got this big area. And they got a wheel spin. They got a gamba. Part of the new update is they added a single player to it. Okay, finally we're out of here. >> Well, you can find them out of these that are coming down in the maze even though I couldn't. >> Okay. No, I I just like running into things and seeing what happens. Yeah. Yeah. Uh Cool. Oh. >> You definitely played the game before, right? >> No, no. I haven't played before. >> Oh, so you just ran into it? >> Uh yeah, I mean I was just following like the quest the quest stuff. It's pretty intuitive too like the lot of the controls and stuff. Yeah, there's always going to be some things that are that are going to be different for every game, but it's pretty easy to pick up overall. Wait, so this runs at a certain temperature. So, this temperature is 71. So, like can it get too hot and overheat and like blow up? Maybe maybe it just like craps out. Oh, there it is. >> [laughter] >> All right, nice. Sick. What is the pulsing that's happening? >> Pulsating means there's a worm. >> Oh. >> It's nearby. If it's red, it's really really close and it's about to eat you. >> Yeah, I'm not seeing it. I thought I was it for a second. >> No, I think the >> I was like oh, so now it's really close. >> Yeah. >> Would it be like that? Is that what that is? >> Oh, yeah. >> Wait, so that thing's huge. >> Yeah. >> Oh my gosh. Oh, no no no no no. >> Yeah, he's coming. >> Wait. >> I don't think the lasers are Wait, what? Is he laser? No, okay. I was about to >> I I think he's friendly. Wait, he doesn't even want me. Wait, dude, come back. >> Did you just kill him? >> I think he got scared of me. >> To be honest, yeah. >> Yeah, what? Dude, chat, I'm a god at this game. I think so. Oh, okay, never mind. >> [laughter] >> Okay. Uh well, GGs. Dune Awakening. He was just playing with his food. Yeah, maybe he was, chat. >> What experience? >> Oh, oh, it's actually a thing. >> You can have the one this poster. >> Oh, sick. Chat, I should use the shoulder now. Sick. >> It's good? >> Nah, it's actually. Terrible trigger discipline. Sick. No, that's a good one. All right, awesome. Cool. Thank you. That was super fun. Thank you so much. Chat, huge shout out to Level Infinite for having us out here. Come to the booth. They have a bunch of new games coming out. They've got new updates for games. They got Hunt Showdown just had a big update. Dune Awakening as well, big update where they're adding in like the single player for Dune Awakening. It's not just multiplayer. And then of course Exterminauts just got launched at Opening Night Live, which we watched on stream. We saw Exterminauts. So, that's over there. And then Control Resident, which super super hyped. People are really really excited for that game. It's coming out next month, I believe, September 24th. Very very exciting. A lot of really cool stuff going on here. Thank you for the sponsor. Super fun to get to come and check everything out. And wish list wish list wish list. Always wish list. Always wish list.