Capcom’s Monster Hunter franchise is getting a brand-new entry on cellular units with Monster Hunter Outlanders, developer TiMi Studio Group and Capcom introduced Tuesday. The upcoming recreation is described as an open-world survival recreation set within the Monster Hunter universe and can function a character-collection side, à la Genshin Affect and one other lately introduced AAA spinoff, Future: Rising.
Monster Hunter Outlanders guarantees a “conventional searching expertise” with open-world exploration, different ecosystems, gear crafting, and cooperative play for as much as 4 gamers, its creators mentioned. “It’s time for cellular gamers to totally take pleasure in what makes Monster Hunter probably the most beloved franchises in gaming,” TiMi Studio Group producer Dong Huang mentioned in a information launch. “Monster Hunter Outlanders not solely presents gamers an genuine searching expertise, nevertheless it does it in a large open world that includes the neighborhood and social techniques gamers are in search of at this time.”
Monster Hunter Outlanders can even have a bunch of engaging characters to gather, presumably in gacha-style vogue, in addition to quite a lot of cute pet sidekicks (not simply Palicoes).
Monster Hunter Outlanders doesn’t have a launch date, however TiMi mentioned it will likely be conducting a number of play assessments upfront of the sport’s world launch.
Capcom has launched a handful of cellular video games primarily based on the 20-year-old Monster Hunter model, however most have been smaller minigame-focused interpretations of collection components, and plenty of have been launched solely in Japan. Capcom and Niantic launched Monster Hunter Now, a Pokémon Go-like expertise primarily based on Monster Hunter, globally in 2023.
The subsequent mainline entry within the franchise, Monster Hunter Wilds, is coming to PlayStation 5, Home windows PC, and Xbox Collection X on Feb. 28, 2025.
