Monster Hunter is getting an open-world RPG spinoff for mobile
by Andrew Webster from The Verge - All Posts on (#6S61C)
Image: Capcom The Monster Hunter franchise is bringing, well, monster hunting to your smartphone. Capcom has announced that it's teaming up with TiMi - the studio behind games like Call of Duty: Mobile and Pokemon Unite - for a spinoff called Monster Hunter Outlanders. It's described as an open-world survival game" that's playable either solo or co-op with up to four players. It sounds like Outlanders will feature the core aspects of a MonHun experience (namely, the exploring, hunting, and crafting) but with live service and social elements typical of a mobile game.
MonHun has become a huge global franchise since the launch of Monster Hunter World in 2018, which went on to become Capcom's bestselling game. Since then, there's been a live-action movie,...