Capcom’s Monster Hunter franchise is getting a brand-new entry on cell gadgets with Monster Hunter Outlanders, developer TiMi Studio Group and Capcom introduced Tuesday. The upcoming sport is described as an open-world survival sport set within the Monster Hunter universe and can characteristic a character-collection facet, à la Genshin Impression and one other just lately introduced AAA spinoff, Future: Rising.
Monster Hunter Outlanders guarantees a “conventional looking expertise” with open-world exploration, assorted ecosystems, gear crafting, and cooperative play for as much as 4 gamers, its creators mentioned. “It’s time for cell gamers to totally get pleasure from what makes Monster Hunter some of the beloved franchises in gaming,” TiMi Studio Group producer Dong Huang mentioned in a information launch. “Monster Hunter Outlanders not solely provides gamers an genuine looking expertise, however it does it in a large open world that includes the group and social methods gamers are on the lookout for at this time.”
Monster Hunter Outlanders may even have a bunch of engaging characters to gather, presumably in gacha-style trend, in addition to a wide range of cute pet sidekicks (not simply Palicoes).
Monster Hunter Outlanders doesn’t have a launch date, however TiMi mentioned it is going to be conducting a number of play exams prematurely of the sport’s international launch.
Capcom has launched a handful of cell video games primarily based on the 20-year-old Monster Hunter model, however most have been smaller minigame-focused interpretations of sequence components, and lots 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 Sequence X on Feb. 28, 2025.