Capcom is likely bringing something like Monster Hunter World 2: With open world, everything sounds fantastic

In December 2023, Capcom introduced the new game “Monster Hunter Wilds” (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X). Now there is more information from a “reliable leaker”: Everything he says sounds like Monster Hunter World 2. The new game is expected to come out in early 2025 with an open world, and everything about it sounds great.

This is the situation:

• Monster Hunter World was a huge success for Capcom in 2018 and brought the franchise, which was popular in Japan, to the West.
• Although the game had plenty of content after launch and an expansion, Iceborne, was released in September 2019, ultimately Monster Hunter World came to an end. It was never designed to be a long-lasting service game.
• In December 2023, Capcom announced “Monster Hunter Wilds.” It already looked great in the trailer, but concrete information was still lacking.

Monster Hunter Wilds reportedly offers an open world

What are the new updates? The site Eurogamer quotes the “reliable leaker” Dusk Golem, who shared new information about Monster Hunter Wilds in a Discord:

• The entire game offers a “full open world” – it no longer relies on individually explorable areas like previous titles.
• The entire game revolves around this open world – from the story to the endgame.
• Monster Hunter Wilds has been in development since 2019 and incorporates many ideas that did not make it into Monster Hunter World.
• The head of Monster Hunter World, Yuya Tokuda, leads the development. He has full creative freedom over the new game.

At least one point of the leaks can now be considered official. Tokuda will be the head of Wilds (via twitter).

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Monster Hunter Wilds is said to be the biggest game Capcom has ever made

What gives hope for a great game? According to the leaker, development has been going great so far. The game is reportedly more experimental than World and takes more risks, but the feedback has been fantastic so far:
“Capcom is giving it their all here – it is by far the biggest game they have ever attempted.”

When is it coming? Monster Hunter Wilds is expected to be released in Q1 2025 – Monster Hunter World was released on January 26, 2018.

After the announcement of a new game, Monster Hunter World also experienced a surge on Steam:

The strong Monster Hunter World celebrates a huge comeback on Steam – reaches over 90,000 players