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Monster Hunter: World announced; due early 2018

Monster Hunter: World was today announced during the Sony E3 press conference.

Monster Hunter: World delivers a seamless gameplay experience allowing players to move freely across map areas that comprise the living ecosystems and dynamically transition from day to night. The landscape and its diverse inhabitants play a critical role in each quest as players strategically use the surrounding environment including terrain, vegetation and wildlife to their advantage in battle or become hindered by the hazards they present. Hunters must use their cunning and skill to track and manoeuvre their targets throughout the intense, evolving battles,” Capcom said of the title.

“With flexible online multiplayer options and an accessible quest structure, players can tackle challenges alone or join up to three other hunters online for cooperative play,” Capcom continued. “For the first time in the Monster Hunter series, players from Japan and the west can play together online, providing an expanded base of cooperative hunting companions. With the new online drop-in functionality, solo players can hail for assistance from the worldwide group during quests when their opponents are too daunting to take on single-handedly.”

You can take a look at the game in action, below.

We’re especially keen on the cooking. Aren’t you? We blame Breath of the Wild.

Monster Hunter: World is due in early 2018 on Windows PC, Xbox One and PS4.


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