It’s all been very quiet on the E3 2017 front, but have we just got our first hint at what’s to come next week? Eagle-eyed forum posters on NeoGAF have spotted a Capcom trademark registration in the United States for a game called Monster Hunter World. What is it? Well, in honesty it could be absolutely anything, but the timing of the registration is certainly interesting.
All the trademark itself tells us is that the name relates to “computer game software” and that the publisher filed the documentation on 5th June. There were rumours that Sony had teamed up with Capcom to bring a fully open world, Westernised instalment in the animal slaughtering series to the PlayStation 4, but many wrote them off. That title sure sounds open world, though?
Look, temper those expectations because in reality this could be anything from a smartphone game to a Western release of Monster Hunter Online. But there definitely is the slimmest possibility we could see this at any of the upcoming E3 press conferences – and given what Shawn Layden said about Japanese games, Sony’s is as much a candidate as anybody else’s.
[source tmsearch.uspto.gov, via neogaf.com]
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I think this be a PS4 or PS4,switch
Or a PS Switch like console.
Might be a linking app for 3ds and switch versions of XX? Like some kind of hub to meet new players like that animal crossing one
Hoepfully, if it does come true, it better have enough challenge for hardcore fans or some variety in the world compared to Toukiden 2's open world.
PS4 and Switch I'm hoping!!
Monster Hunter World sounds like a mobile app game to me. That's not a joke, that's just how I read that as a title.
Other than that I read it as a Switch game, but I suppose that must be too obvious or I'm missing something why we aren't all jumping to that conclusion considering where the past few MH games have been. Not saying it wouldn't be on PS4 as well but I'd imagine Switch as the lead, meaning it would look more like a PS3 game than a PS4 game so most people here would be disappointed. Well in the graphics, they'll gladly take the game I'm sure.
Does Capcom do it's own show? Would it be announced at MS's shindig Sunday afternoon if it was multiplat?
Oh well, I can wait a few more days, no biggie, just stopping by during half time.
While I do appreciate the baseless conjecture I'd bet a basket of clickthroughs that this is the English title for Monster Hunter Stories.
@Tsurii And of course I managed to forget about the announced release. 😂 Egg on my face in that regard. However I'll stand by my main point which is this article is unnecessarily sensational.
Switch is getting XX so I'm not sure this is a switch release. Capcom Japan did say that they recognise the amount of consoles sold in the west as an untapped market for some of their IP, including Monster Hunter. If I had to put my guess in, I'd go with a PS4 version of XX as the game spans several villages from all over the MH world.
If I was ridiculously optimistic then I'd hope for a new game built from the ground up. Western markets do like open world games so an open world title would not be out of the question.
Either way this could be great news.
This might be something awesome, but I'm not going to get excited until we know for sure what it is.
Let's hope it's for ps4. Not because of fanboysm ...it's just that the series needs a not anachronistic graphic engine: they are stuck in ps2 era limbo for so long.
@MadAussieBloke The meltdown's going to be glorious.
Nope. No mh for ps.
It also might be Capcom's english name for Monster Hunter XX see if people will buy it thinking its a sequel and not an update
It's probably just the western name for XX. I'd love to see a MH on PS4 though as I don't plan on buying a switch and I need something to scratch that itch...
@7yL3rB Capcom has openly talking about handhelds limiting the appeal of MH in the west, suggesting a console entry would do better. MH sales in the west aren't.. great. At least, compared to the sales in Japan. And they also talking about expanding the franchise in the west. One and one equals two. Plus, there's that big unannounced game from Capcom we'll hear about at E3. Their fiscal earnings release suggests it's as big as RE7 in scope (4 million sales). We know it's not DMC, and a new IP will never sell that well...
I don't know for sure, but it all adds up in my opinion.
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