Free-to-Play Monster Hunter Outlanders Announced With Fully-Featured Multiplayer Hunts and Open-World Exploration

An ambitious new Monster Hunter mobile game is under development by Capcom and TiMi Studio Group, the developer behind Age of Empires Mobile, Call of Duty Mobile, and Pokémon Unite. Titled Monster Hunter Outlanders, it's billed as a "new, fully-featured game" in the series with multiplayer hunters and expansive exploration. It will be free-to-play and feature in-app purchases, a representative tells IGN.

The initial trailer shows off some of what fans can expect from the new mobile release, which promises an open-world teeming with familiar monsters like Anjanath and Great Jagras. As with the core games in the series, Monster Hunter Outlanders appears to include multiple biomes that can be explored using a glider similar to the one Link uses in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. It features impressive graphics despite being a mobile game, and can be played either solo or with friends.

"It’s time for mobile players to fully enjoy what makes Monster Hunter one of the most beloved franchises in gaming,” TiMi Studio Group producer Dong Huang says. “Monster Hunter Outlanders not only offers players an authentic hunting experience, but it does it in a massive open world featuring the community and social systems players are looking for today.”

Monster Hunter Outlanders won't be the only Monster Hunter game on mobile, but it looks to be a more traditional experience than Niantic's Monster Hunter Now, an augmented reality game released in 2023. TiMi Studio Group says it will seek to combine the hunts the series is known for with regular world events and activities.

Monster Hunter Outlanders does not yet have a release date, but TiMi Studio Group says it's planning to conduct several playtests in advance. In the meantime, Capcom is also preparing to release Monster Hunter Wilds, which got off to a wild start with more than 463,000 players on Steam earlier this month. Monster Hunter Wilds officially releases on Xbox, PS5, and PC on February 28.

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