Monster Hunter occupies three of the top five spots in Capcom's bestsellers charts. Monster Hunter World has shipped 27 million units, Rise 16 million, and Monster Hunter World: Iceborne 14 million. For a company that has Resident Evil, Street Fighter, and Dead Rising, that's not bad going.
All hail the Lagiacrus.
With the series really breaching the mainstream with Worlds in 2018, it was only a matter of time before it got a big mobile exclusive, and that's exactly what's coming as Capcom, in collaboration with TiMi Studio Group, has revealed Monster Hunter Outlanders.
Outlanders presents Monster Hunter's first major foray into mobile. Sure, it has Monster Hunter Now, but that's more of a social game than a mainline one.
The game, which is being developed by Tencent subsidiary TiMi (Call of Duty Mobile, Pokemon Unite, Age of Empires Mobile), promises players an "authentic hunting experience in a massive open world."
In the official release, the studio detailed the following points, which will be music to Monster Hunter fans' ears:
From the trailer, various fan-favorite monsters can be seen, including the Anjanath and Jyuratodus, alongside weapons and armor sets made popular in the mainline Monster Hunter games. The trailer also...
