Capcom has circled again to disclose extra about Monster Hunter Wilds, the open-world entry in its beloved Monster Hunter collection, after having beforehand revealed the sport at The Recreation Awards 2023. At PlayStation State of Play on Thursday, a brand new gameplay trailer confirmed off far more of this huge upcoming title. There’s nonetheless no launch date — apart from simply “2025” — however now we all know a bit extra about how the sport seems.
The brand new gameplay trailer launched what seems to be an ensemble solid of characters, buying and selling quips amongst each other whereas driving a giant boat that by some means is touring over the sand dunes of an enormous desert. A collection of pictures then depicts these characters exploring a various vary of environments which can be — you guessed it — stuffed with monsters. The trailer then confirmed some classic-looking Monster Hunter battles, with over-the-shoulder pictures of a personality who has an unlimited array of weapons at their disposal.
The Monster Hunter franchise, which celebrates its twentieth anniversary in 2024, is comprised of dozens of wildly profitable video games throughout each platform — even the tabletop. The bestselling entry within the franchise, Monster Hunter: World (2018), was an enormous action-adventure recreation however didn’t truly function an open-world — regardless of the “World” in its title. Its follow-up, Monster Hunter: Rise (2021), adopted the identical method. Since Monster Hunter Wilds can have a completely open world, followers can anticipate extra freewheeling exploration by a lot larger maps and biomes.
We nonetheless don’t know precisely when in 2025 we’ll be exploring the world of Monster Hunter Wilds, however we do know the sport can be launched on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Collection X.
