Monster Hunter is getting an open-world RPG spinoff for mobile

The Monster Hunter franchise is bringing, effectively, monster looking to your smartphone. Capcom has introduced that it’s teaming up with TiMi — the studio behind video games like Name of Responsibility: Cell and Pokémon Unite — for a derivative known as Monster Hunter Outlanders. It’s described as an “open-world survival sport” that’s playable both solo or co-op with as much as 4 gamers. It seems like Outlanders will function the core features of a MonHun expertise (particularly, the exploring, looking, and crafting) however with dwell service and social components typical of a cellular sport.

That current success, mixed with TiMi’s historical past and MonHun’s pedigree as a transportable expertise, are optimistic indicators this might be greater than a cellular money seize. It could be a while earlier than we get to take a look at the sport for ourselves, nonetheless, because it doesn’t presently have a launch date. Capcom says there will probably be “a number of play checks prematurely” of the eventual launch.