Is Monster Hunter Wilds Capcom's Biggest Game Ever?

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Capcom is no stranger to having iconic IPs in its library of titles, with being the latest game from the developer's many long-standing franchises. Compared to and may seem like the new kid on the block considering that it exploded onto the scene with rather recently, despite being around since 2004. Everyone in the mainstream has at least heard of and, and while might not be as recognizable to the average person, there is some evidence for being Capcom's biggest game yet.

is yet to be released as of writing, but there have been a couple of beta testing periods to test out many of the major features. looks to be a big step forward for the franchise, which is admirable given that was also a big step forward from a technical point of view. It features an open world, 100 person lobbies, the best visuals in the series, dynamic weather, and a heavier story focus, all of which have proved to be appealing to the masses, given the open beta's ludicrous concurrent players on PC.

According to SteamDB's charts for ,the open beta peaked at an incredible 463,798 players back in November, during the first test. Steam tends to be reasonably reliable with its player numbers, but other platforms, like Xbox and PlayStation, tend to be less forthcoming. Still, if other platforms are considered, ' beta would have been at least north of 500k players despite many complaining about performance issues during the very first beta test. It seems many are interested enough to at least check the game out, despite it not being finished.

will release on February 28, with open betas taking place in the two weekends beforehand.

Typically, games tend to have better numbers after release and this is likely to be the case with, despite its beta being free to anyone who can run the game. It is one of the most hotly anticipated titles of the year (likely only overshadowed by the goliath that is ), and Capcom clearly has faith in the title given how players can see the budget put into it everywhere they