Monster Hunter Wilds News

Monster Hunter Wilds DLC will not be pay-to-win, Capcom assures

Capcom has confirmed that Monster Hunter Wilds will not change the current microtransaction system used in the series upon release. You can still make extra purchases for special layered armor and the like, but spending more money on the game will not net you any pay-to-win style bonuses after launch. So if you're an avid hunter looking forward to finding the best weapon switch combo, you don't need to worry about in-game purchases giving someone else the advantage.

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Monster Hunter Wilds and its 10-hour Gamescom queue was the star of the show, proving the series has truly entered the mainstream

Stepping onto the Gamescom showroom floor this year, I had no idea what the game of the moment would be for its 300,000 attendees. Some absolute bangers showed up with their grand thematic booths: Civilization 7 had a giant Roman building, knights fought in the Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 booth, and a floor-to-ceiling inflatable Goku looming over the numerous Dragon Ball Sparking! Zero demo stations...
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11 Monster Hunter Wilds features from the Gamescom dev streams that have me hooting and hollering like an inbound Bazelgeuse

t Gamescom, the developers of Monster Hunter Wilds have been hosting daily, hours-long livestreams, featuring lengthy gameplay demos of devs hunting in real time. With hours of new mechanics and features on display, this is basically a public holiday for Monster Hunter veterans—a beautiful cohort of beings with deeply addled brains, who love nothing more than to pick apart the implications for the next era of hunts...
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Fashion hunters rejoice as Monster Hunter Wilds ditches gendered armor: Capcom confirms 'all characters can wear any gear'

The current top post on the Monster Hunter subreddit, with nearly 4,000 upvotes, is simply titled WE DEFEATED GENDER completely bereft of any context. Thankfully just below it is the news that Monster Hunter players have been waiting to hear for years: for the first time in Wilds, armor designs will no longer be locked between male and female characters...
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Monster Hunter Wilds is making a much-needed customization overhaul

Sure, with a name like Monster Hunter, it's pretty clear what your goal is throughout the series: hunt monsters to gear up for even bigger and badder beasties later down the line. However, ask any avid hunter and they'll tell you that the true goal is to look the best when out in the field. It's good news then that Monster Hunter Wilds is finally removing the series' staple of incredibly restrictive and annoying gender-locked armor.

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