Whether you prefer World‘s dense open locales and sensational immersion or Rise‘s incredibly tight and smooth combat, it’s not time to lay down your weapons yet. At The Game Awards 2023, Capcom has announced the long-awaited new entry to the monster-hunting series Monster Hunter Wilds. If you’re familiar with the franchise, you’ll realize that although exceptionally cinematic with the duststorm and mount riding, the reveal trailer showed us very little of what Wilds has in store for players eager to hunt.
Capcom Announces Monster Hunter Wilds for 2025 at The Game Awards 2023
As the series name implies, the Monster Hunter games have always made the striking and impressively designed monsters the spotlight of the experience. Monster Hunter Wilds will undoubtedly be no different, offering a variety of new beasties to track and take down, as well as bringing well-known icons back into the pack. Not to mention, we might see different variations of our favorite monsters.
Based on the teaser at The Game Awards 2023, Monster Hunter Wilds does look to be set in a safari-esque desert locale with giant pangolin creatures and terrifying half-lion, half-rodent harry beasts. However, if you played Rise, you’ll recall traveling from volcanic caverns and snow-peaked cliffs to castle ruins and tropical beaches. In other words, we can only predict that there’s a lot more in store visually to see in the locations Monster Hunter Wilds has to offer.
Monster Hunter Wilds is scheduled to release in 2025 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. However, fans can look forward to summer 2024, when Capcom will be releasing more details about the game, which might include the new environments we can explore, unique monsters we can hunt, and novel equipment we can wield. The Wirebug was a game-changer in Rise, so it’s exciting to see what Capcom surprises us with in Wilds.
