Monster Hunter Wilds News

The Monster Hunter Wilds open beta didn't exactly go off without a hitch. In fact, there was a lot of hitching. While I delighted in having new monsters to fight and new mechanics to fight with, the Wilds beta had serious performance issues on PC and console alike. Luckily, however, game director Yuya Tokuda says we should expect to see optimization improvements when Wilds releases in February...
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Back in the Monster Hunter Wilds open beta, something felt off. No, I don't mean the inconsistent framerates or the outbreak of polygonal origami monsters. I mean the baffling decrease in hitstop—an animation technique that intentionally pauses combat animations at the frame where an attack makes contact to add an additional sense of impact. Luckily, Capcom's already been readjusting the amount of hitstop for Wilds's launch in February, according to game director Yuya Tokuda...
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I've never needed much story from Monster Hunter. Each game's plot follows a predictable pattern: Something is upsetting the ecology, and you need to battle a few dozen frenzied lizards until you and the Hunter's Guild uncover what never-before-seen creature is responsible for the turmoil...
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Monster Hunter Wilds is only a few months away now, and a lot of hunters are already whipping out their whetstones and sharpening their tools ahead of facing some of the series' most threatening monsters yet. If it's your first time delving into a Monster Hunter game, or if you're looking to try a new approach to the hunt this time around, your first port of call will be your weapon. And we all know that Monster Hunter isn't shy in giving us a lot of variety...
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Hey hunters,

We hope you all had a great time in the Monster Hunter Wilds Open Beta Test.

We’d like to share with you that the team have been actively reviewing the feedback we received from the beta and are working hard to improve the quality of the full game. We’ll inform you of the details of the improvement plan for the launch version at a later date. The team are busy cooking at the moment, so we’ll make sure to keep you looped in on that here on Steam, please look out for more information in the future!



Thank you to everyone who took the time to share their thoughts, whether that was here on Steam, on social media and / or via our official feedback survey, we really value it.


Vote for Monster Hunter Wilds in The Game Awards 2024!

It’s that time of year again, The Game Awards are on the horizon and this year we’re proud for Monster Hunter Wilds to be nominated for “Most Anticipated Game”!



Every vote counts, so if you’d like to take a quick moment to head over to The Game Awards website and vote Monster Hunter Wilds for “Most Anticipated Game”, we’d really appreciate it, thank you!

Cast your vote with our direct link HERE.




That wraps up today’s short post!

We’re looking forward to sharing details about the improvement plan for the launch version of Monster Hunter Wilds in the future and will let you know as soon as we’re ready!

In the meantime, if you get a quick moment to help Monster Hunter Wilds snag a Gold Crown at The Game Awards by voting for us, that’d be so tasty!

See you in the hunt!

- The Monster Hunter Community Team