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Monday11th Nov 2024
News PS5 Pro Brute Forces Better Performance in Monster Hunter Wilds' Beta
But a native patch will be needed
Monster Hunter Wilds’ recent beta was, let’s be honest, wildly unfinished. Whether you enjoyed the demo or not, running on PS5 in Performance mode the game looked hideous, with some of the poorest image quality we’ve seen all generation. A new comparison test shows how the PS5 Pro may be able to improve the...
Monday4th Nov 2024
News Fans Work Out Why Monster Hunter Wilds Feels So Weird and Weightless in PS5 Beta
Hitstop right there
If you've spent a lot of time with past Monster Hunter titles, then you'll probably agree that Monster Hunter Wilds feels a bit... off. At least, it did in the open beta, which was live across the weekend on PS5 and PC. Almost straight away, experienced players noticed that the series' trademark combat — unapologetically hefty...
Wednesday30th Oct 2024
News Players Made Uncomfortable by Talking Palicoes as Monster Hunter Wilds PS5 Beta Goes Live
In fine Felyne form
Eager Monster Hunter fans excited to jump into Capcom's latest effort, the expansive Monster Hunter Wilds, were made temporarily uncomfortable by the game's talking Palicoes, a series first, upon booting up the PS5 beta. Thankfully, they can be made to speak their traditional Felyne, and outside of that oddity, first impressions...
Tuesday29th Oct 2024
News Monster Hunter Wilds' Beta Is Prompting Fans to Reconsider PS5 Pro
It's wild
Monster Hunter Wilds’ highly anticipated beta is out now for PS Plus subscribers, and there’s no two ways about it: it’s rough. Now it’s important to underline this is a beta, presumably based on old and unfinished code. Therefore there’s no reason to panic, and we’re confident Capcom is hard at work on the game. But it simply...
Wednesday23rd Oct 2024
News PS5 Controller, Cover Set for Monster Hunter Wilds Exclusive to Japan, Asia
Sorry to the rest of the world
Capcom will let you play Monster Hunter Wilds next week in a PS5 open beta, but it's going further for its Japanese and Asian fans with two accessories exclusive to the territories: a limited edition DualSense controller and a set of PS5 Slim Covers. They will be available in limited quantities and available on the...
News Play Monster Hunter Wilds on PS5 from Next Week with Open Beta
PS Plus subscribers get dibs
As if the release schedule wasn’t already hectic enough, you’ll be able to play Monster Hunter Wilds as early as next week. Fans with a PS Plus subscription will get first dibs on the open beta test, when it’s playable from 8PM PDT on 28th October through 8PM PDT on 30th October. Everyone else will be able to play...
Tuesday22nd Oct 2024
News Here's When to Watch the Monster Hunter Wilds Showcase Stream
Will last approximately 10 minutes
As previously announced, Capcom’s plotting a Monster Hunter Wilds showcase stream this week. The broadcast, which will run approximately 10 minutes, promises “new information” – and will be hosted by producer Ryozo Tsujimoto. You’ll be able to watch the broadcast from 7AM PDT / 3PM BST on Wednesday, 23rd...
Wednesday16th Oct 2024
News Monster Hunter Wilds Showcase Will Debut 'New Details' Next Week
From producer Ryozo Tsujimoto
Capcom will host a Monster Hunter Wilds showcase next week so it can confirm "new details" straight from the game's producer Ryozo Tsujimoto. The livestream will take place on Wednesday, 23rd October 2024, at 3pm BST / 7am PT, the company announced. What those fresh details will relate to has not been revealed, but...
Wednesday25th Sep 2024
News Capcom Peddling Pricey Monster Hunter Wilds Ultra Collector's Edition with Foldable Bike
Only available in Japan
We now have a release date for the hotly anticipated action RPG Monster Hunter Wilds; the game is set to launch on PS5 on 28th February, 2025. That's not the only announcement Capcom has made recently, however. An expensive Ultra Collector's Edition has been unveiled, and it includes an actual bicycle. Yes, this edition of...
Tuesday24th Sep 2024
News Monster Hunter Wilds Reveals Its February 2025 Release Date on PS5
Set and wild
We've got a date, folks! Widely rumoured to be launching in the first quarter of next year, we've now got confirmation that Monster Hunter Wilds will release on the 28th February. Capcom's action RPG got a great new trailer during the latest State of Play, and it continues to look like a, er, wild ride. Once again, Capcom's emphasising...
Thursday22nd Aug 2024
News Monster Hunter Wilds Confirms NPC Hunters, Perfect for Solo Players
Hunting in packs
First introduced through Sunbreak, the Monster Hunter Rise expansion, NPC hunters are returning in Monster Hunter Wilds. These AI-driven companions can be called in to help with quests, even when you're playing alone and offline — which can be a real boon when you can't be arsed dealing with other players. Confirmation of NPC...
News People Are Already Freaking Out Over Monster Hunter Wilds' PS5 Frame Rate
Wild world
And so it begins. With Monster Hunter Wilds sporting a playable demo at Gamescom 2024, impressions of Capcom's heavy hitter are really starting to rack up online. The vast majority of players seem to be walking away from the demo very impressed — which isn't surprising, given just how promising the game looks — but of course, there's...
News Joy as Capcom Ditches Gendered Armour in Monster Hunter Wilds, a Series First
Fashion over function, always
Monster Hunter Wilds will be the first game in the series' long history to ditch the idea of gendered armour sets, with Capcom confirming that "all characters can wear any gear". Predictably, this was met with rapturous applause and celebration from the Monster Hunter community. From what we understand, this doesn't...
Wednesday21st Aug 2024
News Monster Hunter Wilds Gets 1 Hour of PS5 Gameplay Fresh from Gamescom
The hunt is on
Finally, Capcom has given us live, unedited gameplay from Monster Hunter Wilds — and it looks outrageously good. The action RPG got a big demonstration at Gamescom 2024, in which the developers run us through a full hunt in the desert region that's featured heavily in previous trailers. The gameplay starts at around the 27 minute...
Tuesday20th Aug 2024
News Monster Hunter Wilds Continues to Look Incredible Ahead of PS5 Release in 2025
Still no date, though
Capcom's dropped another impressive trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds, and we think it's probably the most excitement-inducing preview yet. The video covers new locations, and a couple of new, surprisingly threatening monsters. It's also clear that the company's pumping a lot of resources into this one — the sheer quality of...
Monday19th Aug 2024
News Monster Hunter Wilds Bundles Gameplay from All 14 Weapons Into One Big, Glorious Video
What are you maining?
Over the last couple of weeks, Capcom's been releasing daily Monster Hunter Wilds gameplay videos, each one of them dedicated to showcasing one of the game's 14 weapon types. But if you haven't been keeping up, we've got good news: Capcom's bundled all of the gameplay footage together into one big video, ahead of Wilds'...
Thursday8th Aug 2024
News Monster Hunter Wilds Marketing Suggests Early 2025 Release Window as Fans Speculate
The hunt is on
Officially, Monster Hunter Wilds is targeting an incredibly vague '2025' release. But unofficially, fans are starting to believe that the action RPG is dropping sooner rather than later. This is primarily because of Capcom's current marketing flurry, which has seen the publisher release a steady supply of gameplay videos, day by day,...
Monday5th Aug 2024
News The Monster Hunter Wilds Marketing Machine Kicks into Gear with New Gameplay Videos
Focus
Capcom seems to be gearing up for a blowout on Monster Hunter Wilds. The highly anticipated action RPG is currently targeting a vague '2025' release window, but we wouldn't be at all surprised to see it land in the first few months of the year, so that the publisher can have a potential juggernaut on its fiscal year reports. With that kind of...
Friday7th Jun 2024
News Monster Hunter Wilds Gets More Gameplay, This Time With Sandworms
Wild
Capcom brought a new trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds along to Summer Game Fest, showcasing yet more gameplay from next year's action RPG. As revealed in the previous State of Play promotion, we get to hear more from fully voiced protagonist (which still seems weird), as evil worms (with legs, actually) attack from beneath desert sands. Creepy...
Thursday6th Jun 2024
Random Monster Hunter Wilds Fans Want to Date New Capcom Cutie, Gemma the Smithy
Lady D is not going to be pleased
Capcom knows what its audience wants and is giving it to them in Monster Hunter Wilds, promising some significant additions to the tried and true formula. Intriguingly, as was the case with Resident Evil Village's Lady Dimitriscu, the storied Japanese developer appears to have cracked the code regarding character...
Friday31st May 2024
News Monster Hunter Wilds Is Making Some Big Changes as Capcom Drops First Gameplay Details
Focus Mode and more
Following its gameplay reveal during the latest State of Play, Capcom has dropped some additional details on Monster Hunter Wilds. In brief, this definitely sounds like an evolution of Monster Hunter World, as the developer's placing an even heavier emphasis on creating a "living world". On the PlayStation Blog, community...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Gets First Gameplay, Looks Like the Evolution of World
Wilds thing
Monster Hunter Wilds was given its first proper gameplay trailer during the latest State of Play, and as ever, we're finding it very, very difficult to doubt Capcom. While it isn't raw footage, all the hallmarks of a proper Monster Hunter title are there, and we get to see some new beasts to boot. It's already apparent that this is the...
Friday29th Mar 2024
News Monster Hunter Wilds Reportedly 'Fully Open World', Coming Q1 2025
Into the Wilds
With Dragon's Dogma 2 currently enthralling players worldwide, it might seem too soon for some to contemplate another open world epic from storied developer Capcom, but here we are. Reliable leakster Dusk Golem let slip a few morsels from sources on Discord, and they seem pretty confident that this one will arrive in Q1 of 2025,...
Monday8th Jan 2024
News Monster Hunter World Enjoys Massive Popularity Surge Following Wilds Reveal
Worldwide
Monster Hunter World is currently enjoying one of the most popular periods of its life, despite being almost six years old. The action RPG's active player numbers have skyrocketed over the last few weeks, with sites like Steam Charts suggesting it hasn't been this huge since the release of Iceborne — the game's only expansion — in...
Friday8th Dec 2023
News Monster Hunter Wilds Is Happening on PS5 in 2025
World gets its deserved sequel
It's official, folks: Capcom is following up on the fantastic Monster Hunter World with Monster Hunter Wilds. The title got a grand reveal at The Game Awards 2023, alongside a trailer that basically has us losing our minds over the gameplay possibilities. "Monster Hunter Wilds. The next generation in the...
