Capcom’s big Monster Hunter Wilds reveal in December might have been eye-catching, but it was a little light on detail; but now, new leaks have shed a little more light on the developer’s plans, claiming this latest series instalment will be fully open world and launching in Q1 2025.
That’s according to reliable leaker Dusk Golem, who recently shared a few scraps of fresh Monster Hunter Wilds information over on Discord. Perhaps the biggest claim is that – as had been speculated following December’s striking trailer reveal – Wilds will be “fully open world” rather than segmented into discrete explorable areas as was the case in previous games.
“That was [Capcom’s] idea from day one apparently,” Dusk Golem wrote, “the entire game revolves around it, from story to endgame.” They also say Wilds has been in development since 2019, and will feature “a lot of the scrapped ideas from World”. Additionally, it’s claimed Wilds’ director (Yuya Tokuda, who also helmed Monster Hunter World) has been given “complete freedom [for the development of Wilds], pretty much no questions asked.”
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