Monster Hunter Now comes in September from Capcom and Pokémon Go maker Niantic

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Niantic and Capcom have teamed up to create Monster Hunter Now, a free-to-play mobile game launching this September that brings the experience of Monster Hunter to the real world of streets, parks and neighborhoods around the world.

Capcom‘s Monster Hunter series has sold more than 90 million copies to date, and it is teaming up with Niantic, the creator of Pokémon Go, NBA All-World, Pikmin Bloom and Ingress Prime. All of Niantic‘s games feature location-based gameplay and some feature augmented reality.

Monster Hunter Now will be distributed by Niantic and licensed by Capcom. The global launch is scheduled for September and the game will be available on the App Store and Google Play. Interested players can sign up now at monsterhunternow.com for a chance to be selected for upcoming closed beta tests of the game.

For anyone who’s ever dreamed of hunting monsters in the real world, Monster Hunter Now brings that fantasy to life, said John Hanke, CEO of Niantic, in a press briefing. He said the game was four years in the making.

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Niantic believes the game will go farther in terms of real-time combat than any other previous Niantic game, as it will have fast action multiplayer combat, said Hanke. Joining other players is seamless, and it represents a rethinking of action and multiplayer, he added.

Taking the role of a hunter, players will venture forth and team up with fellow players in order to take down the fiercest monsters in the