Monster Hunter Wilds is likely to be looming on the horizon, nevertheless it’s not the one new place you’ll get your repair of creature-bopping motion; Capcom and Tencent’s TiMI Studio Group have introduced Monster Hunter Outlanders, a brand new “totally featured” open-world survival recreation that is coming to cellular at some at the moment unspecified future level.
Monster Hunter Outlanders particulars are, sadly, extraordinarily restricted at current, however Tencent does say gamers will be capable of partake within the collection’ “conventional looking expertise”, crafting and constructing “individualised gear and instruments” as they “discover and survive distinctive areas of an open-world map that includes pure environments, ecosystems and monsters.”
There’s additionally discuss of “social options” and “common world occasions and actions, creating immense alternatives for the neighborhood to have enjoyable collectively”. The belief, after all – given TiMi’s specialty and Outlanders’ cellular focus – is the entire thing shall be free-to-play, though that is not explicitly acknowledged in Tencent’s announcement.
Monster Hunter Outlanders would not have a launch date but, however when it does present up, it will be obtainable by way of Apple’s App Retailer and Google Play. Tencent has additionally confirmed it plans to conduct “a number of play checks” forward of its official launch, with extra particulars set to be shared on social media and Outlanders’ Discord server at a later date.
As for Capcom’s subsequent flagship monster looking recreation, that’ll be Monster Hunter Wilds, which launches for PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S, and PC by way of Steam on twenty eighth February. And if Wilds’ current Steam open beta numbers are something to go by – and assuming Capcom can get these lingering technical points mounted – the writer may effectively have one other huge hit on its arms.
