Monster Hunter Wilds News

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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Monster Hunter Wilds beta multiplayer guide: How to hunt with your buddies

In Monster Hunter Wilds, nobody hunts alone. Not unless you want to, anyway. Multiplayer has always been a Monster Hunter mainstay, although connecting with friends still carries some lingering clunkiness from the series' earlier years...
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Forget hunting: You should play the Monster Hunter Wilds beta this weekend to spend as much time as you want in the character creator

The second Monster Hunter Wilds beta is here and open to all, but if you played the first beta in late 2024 there's not a whole lot for you to do this time around. As explained in detail in our beta overview above, Capcom didn't update this beta build of the game with significant changes that are coming in the final release—crunchier hitstop and performance improvements, for example. There are a couple new monsters to fight, but with launch just three weeks away, is that reason enough to install the beta when fighting them will look and feel better in the final game?..
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