Well that was quick! After some recent social media teases of their new original Predator, Illfonic has announced and released the Exalted Predator DLC for Predator: Hunting Grounds!
Exalted comes with early access to a new weapon, the dual swords. As per usual the “Eye of Ra” weapon that released with the Anubis Predator is now accessible for all players.
Check out this new Predator below with her official description:
While on her way to Earth to perform her Blooding Ritual, a young Yautja warrior unexpectedly crash lands her ship in the northeastern peninsula. Disoriented and lost, she grabs whatever equipment is available and escapes just before the vessel erupts in flames. As she navigates the dense jungle, she stumbles upon an ancient temple guarded by powerful warriors. Observing them from the shadows, her gaze locks onto one fighter in particular – a warrior wielding blades of gold. Instinctively, she knows this will be her greatest challenge. With a surge of adrenaline, she launches into battle, cutting through the defenders with relentless precision. One by one, they fall, until on the Yautja remains. Victorious, she claims the twin blades made of gold, and incorporates their intricate, ornate designs into her armor. From that day forward, she is known as The Exalted One – a predator unlike any before her.
This DLC pack includes the Exalted Predator premium class, as well as early access to the new Dual Swords Predator weapon.
Like fierce torrents of dancing winds, the Dual Blades allow the user to quickly cut through multiple foes with each swing of each blade. Its secondary attack allows the user to lunge towards targets with a crossing horizontal slash that cannot be parried but has a longer recovery time.
Exhalted is the first new female Predator to arrive in the game since the Amazon/Pirate DLC back in 2022.
A short trailer was also released featuring Exhalted sneaking up on an unsuspecting fireteam member. Check it out along with some new promo screenshots below:
If you’d like to pick up the Exalted Predator DLC, you can do so via PlayStation, Xbox, Steam, and the Epic Games Store.
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Can confirm this was the inspiration.
I don't disagree, but it's highly unlikely they have the personnel and budget dedicated to this title to make that a reality at this stage, especially when we aren't even getting new maps. The server issue isn't necessarily a death sentence if they patch the game to allow peer hosting at the end of its lifecycle.
It's a bit ambiguous, but the 'peninsula' mentioned in the description this predator crash lands on suggests the Yucatan to me, which would make it Mayan.
They really should add a proper single player campaingn in it. One for the humans that can follow the storylines for Dutch, Isabelle etc and one for the Predator. That way the game is not bound by online gameplay.
I also wish they'd add profiles for the fireteam bots to the loadout screen, so we can change their outfits and weapon skins (I can understand why changing classes and loadouts might cause balance issues).