Capcom has announced during Tokyo Game Show week on Wednesday that both Monster Hunter Stories and Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin are heading to the Xbox One, Xbox Series X, and Xbox Series S later this year. This is likely to help players get a head start on the franchise before the third game launches on Xbox systems.
A Release Date Has Been Confirmed
Players will be finding and befriending Monstees when these two RPGs launch on Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S on November 14, 2025. This will give Xbox fans time to catch up to this rock-paper-scissors RPG before the third entry comes out on March 13, 2026. The first two games do seem more family-friendly than the third game, which seems to feature a deeper storyline with royalty involved.
The Monster Hunter Stories series is quite different from the mainline titles. The biggest major difference is the turn-based combat. You won't be fighting monsters and figuring out their weaknesses on the fly with traps, etc, like Monster Hunter World or Monster Hunter Wilds, which came out earlier this year. You'll also be raising these monsters, similarly to the Pokémon series, rather...
