Tag: Monster Hunter
News Feast Your Eyeballs On More New Weapon Moves In Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
One for you Bow stylists
This past week Capcom has been releasing video demonstrations for the many weapons of Monster Hunter Rise, with a focus on new Switch Skills that'll be introduced with the Sunbreak expansion. Another three videos have now landed to showcase more smart moves. This time around we have the Bow, Charge Blade and Gunlance, all...
News New Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Weapon Showcases Have 100% More Insect Glaive
Update: We also get a good look at new Hunting Horn moves
Update (19th May 13:30BST): Capcom has now also added a video for the rather marvellous Hunting Horn, enjoy! Original Article (18th May 13:00BST) Though it's still over a month away (arriving on 30th June), Capcom is promoting Sunbreak - the major upcoming expansion for Monster Hunter...
News Here's A Look At Follower Quests In Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
They're better at the game than us
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, a 'massive expansion' for the game, is creeping ever closer. Due on 30th June, it'll add a whole lot of content and also new features, one of which is Follower Quests. Revealed in a Digital Event for the game earlier this month, these are single-player only and involve you heading...
News Capcom Showcases New Weapon Skills For Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
More stuff to forget when a big monster is leaping at you
Monster Hunter Rise is a marvellous videogame, but on 30th June it'll (hopefully) get even better with the arrival of its 'massive expansion' - Sunbreak. The DLC will add a new location, cast, additional and overhauled monsters, along with some interesting gameplay tweaks and mechanics. In...
Guide Where To Buy Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Collector's Edition, Pro Controller And amiibo
Release date, pre-order info and more
As part of March's Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Digital Event, Capcom announced that the game's upcoming Sunbreak expansion will be receiving a Collector's Edition that includes some physical goodies you won't want to miss, as well as a brand new set of Monster Hunter amiibo. It's also since been revealed that...
News Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Event Reveals Follower Quests, New Monsters And More
Along with a snazzy new trailer, of course
Today brought us the May Monster Hunter Digital Event, which unsurprisingly was dedicated to the upcoming 'massive expansion' for Monster Hunter Rise - Sunbreak; it launches on 30th June. The headline part of the broadcast was the flashy new trailer (above) that set the scene for some further details. An...
News Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Will Have A Gorgeous Switch Pro Controller
Look at it
Today brought the latest Monster Hunter Digital Event, once again focused on the upcoming 'massive expansion' for Monster Hunter Rise - Sunbreak. It had some nitty gritty details that we've covered here, but also unveiled a rather handsome Pro Controller, pictured above. You can see some nice shots of it
Watch Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Digital Event (May) - Live!
Gear up for 'exciting new info'
Monster Hunter Rise is getting close to the release of its 'massive expansion', with Sunbreak due to launch on 30th June. We now have another Digital Event to look forward to, with the expansion's Director Yoshitake Suzuki taking the lead. It's promised that "the development team is set to reveal exciting new info...
News Capcom Reiterates That 13GB Monster Hunter Rise Update Will Be Mandatory For Online Play
Even if you don't buy the Sunbreak expansion
Update [6th May at 13:30BST]: Capcom has published an updated customer information page (Japanese), reiterating the information from the March event that you'll need to download and install a 13GB update on 30th June in order to access online play in Monster Hunter Rise. It'll be mandatory for online...
News Capcom Confirms New Digital Event For Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
"New gameplay info, monsters, and more"
The launch of Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak is inching closer, with the hefty expansion releasing on June 30th, 2022. Capcom is looking to ramp up the hype train for the release with a brand new digital event taking place on May 10th at 7:00 PDT / 15:00 BST, with game director Yoshitake Suzuki taking the...
News Capcom Confirms Next Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak 'News Reveal' For May
You can officially rule out a digital event for April, then
In mid-March we had a Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Digital Event, which confirmed a release date for the 'massive expansion' along with new footage and reveals. Capcom has been pretty consistent with these online streams, also using them in the past to showcase in-game events and DLC. If...
Random Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak's 'Gowngoat' May Be Too Cute To Hunt
We want Gowngoat armour, though
It's still a while away, but a few of us in Nintendo Life Towers™ are counting the days until Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, the 'massive expansion' to a game that's already a stand-out on Switch. The Monster Hunter marketing campaign is in full swing, too, regularly revealing snippets of information to keep us...
News Take A Closer Look At The Citadel And Garangolm In Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
Are you ready for the challenge?
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak, the 'massive expansion' heading to the Switch / PC title on 30th June, will no doubt seek to emulate the success of the Iceborne expansion that was previously released for Monster Hunter: World on PlayStation 4 / Xbox One / PC. An info
News Capcom Officially Reveals Two New Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Characters
Take a look
The Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak is due to arrive on the Nintendo Switch this June, and ahead of its release, Capcom has been sharing more footage and screenshots of the DLC. Now, in the latest update, it's given hunters a look at the characters Sir Jae (a close-range melee fighter) and Dame Luchika (a ranged unit) - originally shown...
Random Japan's Capcom Café Is Hosting A Monster Hunter X Haikyuu! Event
Volleybombadgy
What more natural collaboration could there be between a monster-hunting video game and an anime series about volleyball? Don't answer that. It's rhetorical. Capcom has partnered with massively-popular anime Haikyuu to present Haikyuu/Monster Hunter Rise-themed food and collectibles in the Capcom Café Aeon Lake Town store and the...
Arriving this June
Update [Wed 23rd Mar, 2022 02:15 GMT]: Here's your reminder that the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Collector's Edition is now available to pre-order. <products id="18098"> Original Story [Wed 16th Mar, 2022 03:00 GMT]: Following its Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak digital event yesterday, Capcom revealed a collector's...
Random One Monster Hunter Fan Really Likes Producer Ryozo Tsujimoto's Clothes
Gotta have a hobby, right?
Just this week, Capcom showcased its latest Monster Hunter Digital Event, going over the latest news for the upcoming Monster Hunter Rise expansion, Sunbreak. While most viewers were undoubtedly eager to see footage from the expansion, one fan was more interested in something a bit more specific: producer Ryoso...
News Capcom Releasing Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Diorama Set (Japan)
amiibo included
Capcom is going all out with the upcoming release of Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak - with all sorts of digital and physical editions. One other that's now been spotted is a "special edition" diorama set. It's getting a release in Japan and will allow fans to recreate a scene out of Sunbreak with the assistance of three new amiibo...
Watch Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Digital Event - Live!
New reveals for the massive Summer expansion
Monster Hunter Rise has proven to be a major success on Switch and now PC, and this Summer we're due to get its major expansion, Sunbreak. It could deliver a big boost to Rise, and with its release getting closer we're promised 'new reveals' in this Digital Showcase. We've had teases and some reveals...
News Monster Hunter Rise Version 3.9.1 Is Now Live, Here's What's New And Different
Download it today
Ahead of the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak broadcast next week, Capcom has released Version 3.9.1. This latest build of Monster Hunter Rise isn't quite as busy as previous updates but it still contains new event quests, new DLC and fixes some bugs as well. Below are the patch notes, courtesy of the official Monster Hunter website:...
News Nintendo Switch Online Members Can Try 'Monster Hunter Rise' For Free
For one week only
Budding hunters can rise up to the challenge this week — if you have a Nintendo Switch Online subscription, that is. Nintendo has announced that those using this service can try out Monster Hunter Rise for free! That surely means more than just a demo, with players able to access the full game for a limited time. So, from 10 AM...
News Monster Hunter Digital Event Takes Place Next Week
20 minutes of reveals, gameplay and more!
Capcom has announced that a Monster Hunter Digital Event will take place next week, and will last around 20 minutes. The broadcast will focus on the new Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak expansion, and will include "exciting reveals of new monsters, gameplay info, and more". The event will take place on Tuesday...
Random Universal Studios Japan Introduces New Monster Hunter Food And Merch
Celebrating "Cool Japan 2022"
Have you ever really, really wanted to eat one of those massive meat hunks from Monster Hunter? Short of hunting down an ostrich, you'll probably never get the chance... or you could go to Universal Studios Japan, where they've just announced a selection of new merchandise and meals based on anime and Monster Hunter in...
News Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Twitter Account Teases New Monster Variants
Plus, the monsters are receiving their finishing touches
While Monster Hunter Rise is getting regular updates, it's been a minute since we've heard much about progress on the upcoming expansion, Sunbreak. However, that all changed this morning with a brief little Tweet from the official Monster Hunter account by the expansion's director, Yoshitake...
News Monster Hunter Rise Update Adds Free Armor And Weapons, With Paid 'Voice DLC'
Update: Available now
Update Thu 24th Feb, 2022 10:30 GMT: The free update with the new sets is available to download now. More details below... Monster Hunter Rise is still consistently providing regular free updates in the form of quests, various armors and weapons, along with a smaller number of paid DLCs. The latest batch will arrive in...
News Monster Hunter Rise Goes Old School With The Origin Layered Armor Set
Classic
Monster Hunter Rise continues to add frequent events and indeed gifts of items to help players along. A big update this week made some tweaks and fixes while lining up event quests, and a rather charming one is now live. That set is a recreation of armour from the very first game in the series, so will be particularly meaningful to...
News Monster Hunter Rise Version 3.8.0 Is Now Live, Here's What's New And Different
Download it today
We're getting closer to the one-year mark of Monster Hunter Rise and Capcom's still showing strong support for the title. Just a few weeks ago it released the PC version of the game on Steam, and more recently it's announced the title has shipped over 8 million units worldwide. Sunbrea
News Monster Hunter Rise Has A Collab With Universal Studios Japan, As Sunbreak Teases Continue
"Kingdom Creatures" is your clue
Monster Hunter Rise is a game that keeps giving, with Capcom still rolling out regular free updates in the runup to the Summer's major expansion, Sunbreak. Updates on both fronts have arrived over the past 24 hours, including some particularly snazzy armor sets. First up, on 21st January we'll get the Universal...
News Monster Hunter Rise Has Now Shipped Over 8 Million Units Worldwide
"globally driven by release on PC platform"
It seems the release of Monster Hunter Rise on the PC last week has already paid off - with Capcom announcing the game has now sold more than 8 million units in total worldwide. Sales of Monster Hunter Rise were around the 7.5 million mark last October. The series, in general, has now shipped 78 million...
News Capcom's Former Switch Exclusive Monster Hunter Rise Is Off To A Great Start On Steam
Now if only it had cross-play support...
The Switch exclusive Monster Hunter Rise was this week ported across to the PC, and if you are curious to know how it's performing - we've got some data to share. According to Steam's global stats, Rise is currently in the top 10 most played games on the platform - with a 90,000+ peak at the time of writing...
Round Up The Reviews Are In For Capcom's Monster Hunter Rise PC Port
What is it like compared to the Switch version?
Monster Hunter Rise was easily one of the best Nintendo Switch exclusives of 2021, and while Capcom won't be slowing down its support for this version anytime soon, in a few days it's releasing a PC port on Steam. If you're just a tad curious to know what the PC version of the game is like, we've...
News Capcom Is Adding Screen Filters To The PC Version Of Monster Hunter Rise
Can we have them on Switch, please?
Ahead of the launch of Monster Hunter Rise on Steam next week, Capcom has released a new trailer highlighting the PC version and some new features. There'll be screen filters (Black & white, Sepia, Japanese Style, Warring Lands Style, Cinema Style), ultrawide display support, high-res textures, uncapped...
News Nintendo First-Party Titles Miss Out On EDGE Magazine's GOTY 2021 List
Six games available on Switch make the cut
Revered gaming mag EDGE has revealed its top 10 games of 2021 in the latest issue, and while Sony and Microsoft fans will be delighted to see platform exclusives from both PS5 and Xbox consoles put in an appearance, no Nintendo-developed or published games managed to make the list this year. That's not to...
News Capcom Is Already Preparing For Monster Hunter's 20th Anniversary
The series turns 20 in 2024
As is traditional for this time of year, Japanese publication Famitsu has been asking prominent developers what their plans and ambitions are for 2022, and one of the people interviewed is Capcom’ s Ryozo Tsujimoto – the man in charge of the company's prestigious Monster Hunter franchise. Tsujimoto Is clearly focused...
News Capcom Will Reveal More About Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak In Spring 2022
"Stay tuned"
We've known about the new massive paid expansion coming to Monster Hunter Rise for some time now, but so far, little has been revealed about it. That's all set to change next year - with Capcom teasing on social media it would share much more around Spring 2022, in the lead up to Sunbreak's Summer 2022 release. This upcoming DLC...
News Monster Hunter Rise Update Version 3.7 Sets Up Holiday Additions
Events and two new buddies on the way
Monster Hunter Rise is still rolling out regular new quests and goodies, while in the Summer the major Sunbreak expansion is due to arrive. Capcom has now confirmed the arrival of version 3.7, which has lined up freebies and Event Quests for the next two weeks. As is always the case, to get the new additions...
News Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak DLC Gets A New Teaser, Three More amiibo Also Unveiled
Available Summer 2022
One of the many reveals during The Game Awards pre-show was another look at the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak DLC. In the teaser (above), we got an incredibly brief introduction to the story. Here's a bit from the official description as well: "Chilling new monsters and mysterious characters beckon you to a land of perilous...
News Monster Hunter Rise Version 3.6.1 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Gotta go fast!
Monster Hunter Rise on the Nintendo Switch is still receiving regular content updates from Capcom and the latest patch is a cool DLC crossover celebrating Sonic the Hedgehog's 30th anniversary. In brief, this update comes with new event quests, new DLC via the Switch eShop, a new Gyro correction function, and fixes to monsters, the...
News Monster Hunter Rise x Sonic Collab Gets Release Date And Awesome Trailer
Yes, they use the song
You may have grown tired of us saying that Monster Hunter Rise is darn good, but it is, and Capcom has also been serving up regular free updates to keep it fresh. Pleasingly this has had a few quirky DLC crossovers just like in the old days, with the next in line being the return of Sonic the Hedgehog (and Tails). Capcom has...
News Sonic The Hedgehog Collab Coming To Monster Hunter Rise Later This Month
Capcom reconfirms
Back in September, you might recall Capcom announced it would be doing a Monster Hunter Rise collaboration with Sega to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Sonic the Hedgehog. Capcom has now issued a reminder via social media, informing hunters far and wide that this crossover event will definitely be taking place at some point
News Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings Of Ruin Passes One Million Sales
MH series is comfortably Capcom's second biggest IP
Like its predecessor, the excellent RPG Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin isn't getting particularly close to matching sales of its mainline series contemporary, but nevertheless Capcom has offered decent post-launch DLC support and has reported positive sales. In the presentation for...
News Monster Hunter Rise Version 3.5.0 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Ghost 'n Goblins, new haircuts and more!
Capcom might not be able to add cross-play and cross-save progression to Monster Hunter Rise, but on the plus side, it's added more haircut styles in the latest update. To access it, you'll need to head on over to the eShop and download it. You can then access it via the mail in-game. Apart from this,...
News Monster Hunter Stories 2 Update Adds New Monsters And Quests - Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Title Update #5 is now live
Capcom has released the latest patch for Monster Hunter Stories 2 today, adding new monsters and quests while also fixing some pesky bugs. The update brings the game to Version 1.5.0 and Capcom has kindly shared the full patch notes. You can check these out for yourself below – note that some content goes live today,...
News Capcom Says It's Unable To Add Cross-Save And Cross-Play To Monster Hunter Rise
It'll be a completely fresh start on PC
Earlier this month, Capcom ran a survey asking a series of questions about its insanely successful Nintendo Switch release, Monster Hunter Rise - which will also be making its way to the PC in January next year. One of the questions that got the most publicity was about the possibility of cross-play,...
Reminder Tetris 99 Is Hosting A Monster Hunter Rise Event This Weekend
Unlock a special theme
Update [Sat 9th Oct, 2021 17:00 BST]: The Monster Hunter event for Tetris 99 is currently underway. If you want to unlock this unique theme, you'll need to accumulate 100 event points. Good luck! Original story [Tue 5th Oct, 2021 02:45 BST]: Next time you're back at camp in Monster Hunter Rise, why not take some time out to...
News Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings Of Ruin - Title Update #4 Adds Dreadking Rathalos
Another Monstie has arrived!
Capcom's been working non-stop this year on patches for both of its Monster Hunter games this year, and now the latest update for Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin has arrived. This is the second part of Title Update #4 - adding in the Dreadking Rathalos Monstie and seven new quests (four of them bein
News Monster Hunter Rise Has Now Shipped Over 7.5 Million Units
Plenty more to come, too
Monster Hunter Rise is now comfortably the best-selling of the IP's Nintendo system entries, a reward no doubt for the quality of its changes and of course the growth of the franchise led by the multiplatform Monster Hunter: World. This past weekend it picked up a lucrative award, too, the Grand Award in the Games of the...
News Want Cross-Play And Cross-Progression In Monster Hunter Rise? Let Capcom Know In This Survey
The PC version arrives next January
As you might have heard, Capcom's insanely successful Nintendo Switch title Monster Hunter Rise is coming to the PC in 2022. If you're interested in checking out this version but are worried about having to start the hunt again, then read on. Following on from the game's spotlight at this year's Tokyo Game Show,...
News Monster Hunter Rise Version 3.4.1 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
Download it today
Alongside all the Tokyo Game Show announcements, Capcom has now rolled out Monster Hunter Rise Version 3.4.1. As usual, there are additions and changes along with a lot of bug fixes. You can see everything below, courtesy of Capcom's Monster Hunter Rise blog: Patch: Ver.3.4.1: In order to use DLC and play online, you need to...
News Capcom Confirms Monster Hunter Rise Collabs With Ghosts 'n Goblins And Sonic
Also announces the return of a classic monster in Sunbreak expansion
You may have been watching Capcom's Monster Hunter Showcase from Tokyo Game Show with us earlier, but if you weren't there are certainly a few Monster Hunter Rise updates that you need to know about. First up is a fun collaboration with
