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

The Monster Hunter franchise is bringing, effectively, monster searching 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 feels like Outlanders will function the core elements of a MonHun expertise (specifically, the exploring, searching, and crafting) however with stay service and social parts typical of a cellular sport.

That latest success, mixed with TiMi’s historical past and MonHun’s pedigree as a conveyable expertise, are optimistic indicators this may very well be greater than a cellular money seize. It is likely to be a while earlier than we get to take a look at the sport for ourselves, nevertheless, because it doesn’t at present have a launch date. Capcom says there will likely be “a number of play checks upfront” of the eventual launch.