Monster Hunter Now debuts globally with one of the biggest mobile game launches
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Monster Hunter Now, a free-to-play mobile game, is debuting in its global launch as the latest location-based game collaboration from the makers of Pokémon Go and Monster Hunter.
Capcom‘s Monster Hunter series has sold more than 90 million copies to date, and the Japanese game maker teamed 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.
Rather than seeking out cute creatures, you’ll be using your smartphone to find monsters in the real world of streets, parks and neighborhoods around the world. And then you’ll go to battle with them, either as solo players or in groups.
The game is 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 recent press briefing. He said the game was four years in the making. The design goal was to create something easy to play, difficult to master.
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
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