Capcom Promises Monster Hunter Wilds News Next Summer
Capcom has shared a small update in regards to Monster Hunter Wilds.
In a new tweet on the official Monster Hunter account, Capcom stated:
“Monster Hunter Wilds ushers in the next generation of Monster Hunter on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, & PC/Steam in 2025.
The team is hard at work and will be back with news in summer 2024. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy celebrating the Monster Hunter 20th Anniversary!”
There are obviously two interesting things to pick up from this news. With regards to the release date, Capcom has made it clear that fans will still have to wait until 2025 to get to play Monster Hunter Wilds.
But, apparently they are willing to do some advance promotion for the game, so much so that they have already committed to a reveal this coming summer. This presumably would be happening around the same time as E3 month. It could be part of Summer Games Fest 2024, but given the size of this title, Capcom is more likely to showcase it in their own event.
Monster Hunter, it must be said, is one of the pillars of modern day Capcom, so they will go all out in promotion and production values for this future title.
The other interesting element of the news is that it is coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Steam at the same time, and Nintendo Switch is not part of the mix. Without saying so directly, it seems that we now have a better idea of what kind of arrangement Capcom has made with Nintendo in regards to Monster Hunter.
For those not in the know, it had long been rumored, though never officially confirmed, that Nintendo signed an exclusivity deal for Monster Hunter for their platforms, which lasted from 2013 to 2017. If you’re not a Nintendo fan, you shouldn’t dismiss this outright.
In that exclusivity
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