Monster Hunter Wilds News

decade ago, a Monster Hunter environment was essentially a series of battle rooms, with loading screens between each piece of the map. Chasing down a monster to finish it off meant having to put up with a few of those loads every hunt. With its two latest games, World and Rise, Capcom did away with that technical limitation, but another major bit of rigidity remained: every mission had to be selected from a job board or NPC, then launched to load into a predetermined world state...
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If you want to make the developers behind Monster Hunter laugh, apparently there's an easy way to do it: just ask them about the hunting horn...
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"Living, breathing world" is a 100% an overused cliche when it comes to games, and I'm not going to tell you that you'll be so immersed in Capcom's ambitious Monster Hunter sequel that you'll feel like you're really there. But in a hands-off demo of Wilds at Summer Game Fest, most of what Capcom shared that's new in this iteration stemmed from a more deeply simulated world, with each detail getting me more excited than the last. The presentation seemed laser-targeted on addressing what I thought were Monster Hunter's biggest weaknesses, or at least opportunities: making the hunt part of Monster Hunter as involved and varied as the parts where you smash a creature in the face with a giant sword...
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[h3]"Monster Hunter Wilds - 2nd Trailer: The Hunter's Journey
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Hey Hunters! We're back again and thrilled to share our follow-up trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds, which was just revealed at Summer Game Fest 2024.
In the trailer, you'll get a taste of how we're aiming to craft the most immersive hunting experience yet, with seamless transitions between dramatic storytelling and riveting gameplay. Plus, a look at a brand new monster. "
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[h3]Doshaguma takes the spotlight in this new artwork.[/h3]
Take a look at our latest artwork, featuring the hunter confronting a pack of Doshaguma in the Windward Plains locale. We hope you get a sense of the harsh and hostile environments that you'll encounter in the world of Monster Hunter Wilds.

Introducing an all-new leviathan that inhabits the Windward Plains
[h3]Balahara[/h3]
Revealed in the trailer is the desert-dwelling leviathan, Balahara. They use their serpentine bodies to move nimbly through the sand, and are capable of expelling the mucus they secrete to attack their prey. The can also use this mucus to slither through rough and jagged landscapes with ease.
Beware their ability to create quicksand traps, which ensnare prey, regardless if they're a monster or another hunter.
The trailer also features another shocking monster reveal, however you'll have to stay tuned to learn more about it in the future.
Also revealed at Summer Game Fest, Monster Hunter Wilds will feature crossplay across all platforms! Join your fellow hunters, regardless if you're playing here on Steam, or on another platform.
And last but not least, we'll be back with more Monster Hunter Wilds news during Gamescom, starting on August 21.
See our official website for more information.

https://www.monsterhunter.com/wilds/en-us/

Hunters, we appreciate your excitement for Monster Hunter Wilds and can't wait to share more with you! Keep watching this space for more information to come.

Note: The information here represents a product still in development. Content or terminology may differ in the final product.

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[h3]MONSTER HUNTER FRANCHISE SALE[/h3]
With Monster Hunter Wilds arriving in 2025, there's plenty of hunting to be done in the meantime. Experience more from the Monster Hunter series with the franchise sale, live now!
Sales are live for a limited time, so be sure to check the store page for details on pricing and dates so you don't miss out.
https://store.steampowered.com/developer/capcom/sale/monsterhunter

Capcom has slowly been trickling little bits of info about Monster Hunter Wilds, the successor to 2018's Monster Hunter World, and we were lucky enough to see a little bit more of it during Summer Game Fest...
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