Monster Hunter Wilds News

PSN crapping out means we all get an extra day of the Monster Hunter Wilds beta, even us on PC

This past weekend saw a bizarre, still largely unexplained outage of Sony's PlayStation Network service, effectively rendering a bunch of folk unable to access digital games and online servers. As someone who moonlights as a console sicko, I'll admit it was a real spanner in my weekend plans...
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The Monster Hunter Wilds beta on PC has officially been extended by Capcom

Capcom confirms that PC players will get extra time with the Monster Hunter Wilds beta, after a PlayStation Network outage stopped PS5 owners from playing the game over the weekend. Even though everyone on Steam was unaffected by the console downtime, the final stint of the beta ahead of launch has been extended across all platforms for 24 hours, meaning you get even more time to try Wilds out before launch.

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Sony offers 5 free days of PlayStation Plus but no explanation for 24-hour 'operational issue,' Capcom to extend Monster Hunter Wilds beta to make up for downtime

Yesterday evening, the Ask PlayStation support account on Twitter declared an end to this weekend's strange PlayStation Network outage, almost 24 hours on the dot after the issues first began. Sony is offering five free days of PS Plus (the paid component of PlayStation Network) as recompense, while Capcom has said that it may offer an extension on the Monster Hunter Wilds beta to make up for the outage's impact...
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Monster Hunter Wilds Arkveld 'speedrun' bests four minutes with surprise exploit

Have you fought Chained Arkveld in the Monster Hunter Wilds beta yet? The new trial for Capcom's upcoming RPG lets you go toe-to-toe with its fearsome flagship monster, and it's a terrifying first taste. Fast, aggressive, and with long-range attacks using its signature chains, the cover star is a serious threat, especially given that we're going up against it undergeared and with a 20-minute time limit. But some players have encountered a particularly powerful bug that allowed them to bring the beast down in less than four minutes in total.

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Monster Hunter Wilds beta: How to defeat Arkveld

There's clearly one opponent in the Monster Hunter Wilds beta that towers over the rest, and that's Arkveld, a massive white wyvern. Arkveld wasn't fightable in the first beta—Wilds' "flagship" monster is a new addition for the second open beta, and I think Capcom included it to put cocky and complacent hunters in their place. If you yawned your way through the easier beta fights against Doshaguma or Chatacabra, don't expect to get off so easy this time...
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