After the PlayStation Network was down for almost 24 hours during a worldwide outage, the developers of decided to give fans an extra day to playtest the upcoming title. Back in November 2024, Capcom held their first open beta test for and decided to host another in February 2025. During the second playtest, the PSN was down for almost an entire day, leaving PlayStation users unable to access during the downtime.
In a post on X from the official Monster Hunter account, the developers wanted to make good out of the bad situation that occurred with the PSN and offered an extra day of play for The details on when that extra day will take place are still foggy, but the devs state they will keep fans updated on when the playtest day will take place.
The current OBT2 is scheduled to end on February 9 at 7PM PT, so it doesn't appear that this current playtest will be extended for the extra day of playtime. While the launch date for is set for February 28, and a second playtest is scheduled for February 14, one can only assume Capcom will extend the second playtest in order to allow PlayStation users to make up for lost time during the outage.
The PlayStation Network has been down for nearly a day and PlayStation fans are recalling the outage of 2011 as they wait for Sony to restore service.
Sony has yet to touch on exactly what caused the outage,only stating in a recent X post that the service «recovered from an operational issue», with no further details shared at the time of writing. While the outage was one of the longest seen in quite some time, keeping PlayStation players from being able to enjoy while it's available for the test, fans are thrilled that Capcom is willing to make up for time lost.
The open beta test drew in over 250k players when it went live, which shows just how many fans wanted to test their hand at hunting down monsters in the latest title to hit the franchise. With the full launch of just a few short weeks away, and another playtest coming
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