Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak expansion launches in June

polygon.com:

Capcom’s Sunbreak expansion for Monster Hunter Rise will launch June 30, on Nintendo Switch and Windows PC, the publisher announced Tuesday during a livestream presentation. The DLC will include a new story, a new locale, new monsters to battle, and new Master Rank-challenge quests.

Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak will cost $39.99 for the standard version of the game, with a deluxe edition, featuring layered armor sets, gestures, and hairstyles, running $49.99. Capcom warned Monster Hunter Rise players that they’ll need about 13 GB of storage space to house a Sunbreak-focused software update for the game.

Capcom showcased a number of new and returning monsters during Tuesday’s stream, including the Fanged Beast Garangolm, which attacks with both fire and water elements; the Fanged Wyvern Lunagaron, which covers its body in ice to act as body armor; Blood Orange Bishaten, which, while delicious sounding, throws exploding pine cones; and Astalos, the returning Flying Wyvern that can generate electricity to power its attacks. Players will battle these creatures in Sunbreak’s new Citadel, and in the woods and mountains nearby.

The publisher also showed off the new Elgado Outpost hub, which comes complete with a canteen, command post, and an array of NPCs, merchants, and quest-givers. Capcom describes Elgado Outpost as a “bustling maritime waystation” and home to a laboratory researching abnormal monster activity troubling the nearby kingdom.

Here’s Capcom’s official description of the story of Sunbreak, with a promise that more information is to come before the DLC’s June launch:

The threat befalling the Kingdom is closely linked to powerful creatures inspired by staples of Western horror known as the Three Lords. This cadre