Summary

  • A limited-time Monster Hunter Now x Monster Hunter Wilds event has been announced with exclusive bonus items.
  • Bonus goodies for completing Collab Event Quests in the mobile game include a gift code for Wilds in-game items.
  • Monster Hunter Wilds, a highly anticipated 2025 release, features open-world biomes and the Seikret mount.

Niantic and Capcom have announced a collaboration event between the mobile game Monster Hunter Now and the upcoming main entry in the franchise, Monster Hunter Wilds, revealing a host of quests and bonus items that will be up for grabs. The event is scheduled to run between February 3, 2025, at 9 am and March 31, 2025, at 11:59 pm (local time), and fans can bag Monster Hunter Wilds- themed goodies before the game launches.

Capcom has revealed a second open beta test date for Monster Hunter Wilds, which will take place in February 2025 and contain content from the first test, a new monster hunt, and character carryover. In the interim, fans can take advantage of the content in the augmented reality mobile game Monster Hunter Now, where the player’s real-life location is used to interact with small and large monsters on the map.

Monster Hunter Wilds Has Good News for PS5 Pro Owners
Monster Hunter Wilds Has Good News for PS5 Pro Owners

A Capcom developer livestream for Monster Hunter Wilds brings an announcement that should please owners of the PS5 Pro hardware.

During the special event, limited-time Monster Hunter Wilds Collab Event Quests will be available in Monster Hunter Now, and completing these missions will allow players to earn a gift code that can be redeemed for exclusive bonus items in Wilds. Grabbing the bonus goodies is a good reason to jump into Monster Hunter Now before Wilds’ release, as the gift code can be used in-game to obtain Mega Potions, Energy Drinks, Dust of Life, and more. Players can obtain the gift code under the hunter menu, where it’ll be generated for the selected platform.

Monster Hunter Now x Monster Hunter Wilds Collaboration Event Announced With Bonus Items

  • Monster Hunter Wilds Gift Code
  • Exclusive MH Wilds Hoodie
  • Exclusive MH Wilds Collaboration Guild Card background
  • Weapon Refining Parts
  • Armor Refining Parts

Monster Hunter Now recently launched Season 4, titled Roars from the Winterwind, kicking off back in December and is due to run until March 12, 2025. The new season introduced a fresh habitat, extra monsters, and an additional weapon type, the Switch Axe, and players can gain a wealth of supply items just for logging in during the collaboration event, including Weapon Refining Parts and Armor Refining Parts. Limited-time packs will also be available from the in-game shop and web store, offering Special Carving Knives and Hunting Tickets.

Monster Hunter Wilds is one of the most anticipated games due to release in 2025, joining the likes of Avowed, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Nintendo’s new Pokemon Legends: Z-A, and the game that will likely break the internet, Grand Theft Auto 6. Wilds is a successor to 2018’s Monster Hunter: World and features several open-world biomes, 14 weapon types, and supports four-player, co-op multiplayer. Another notable feature is the Seikret mount, which allows players to carry two weapons while hunting.

Rating block community and brand ratings Image
Monster Hunter Wilds Tag Page Cover Art
Display card tags widget Display card system widget
Systems
Display card community and brand rating widget Display card open critics widget
Top Critic Avg: 89 /100 Critics Rec: 95%
Display card main info widget
Released
February 28, 2025
ESRB
T For Teen // Violence, Blood, Crude Humor
Developer(s)
Capcom
Publisher(s)
Capcom
Display card main info widget end Display card media widget start
Monster Hunter Wilds Press Image 1
Display card media widget end

WHERE TO PLAY

DIGITAL
Checkbox: control the expandable behavior of the extra info

The unbridled force of nature runs wild and relentless, with environments transforming drastically from one moment to the next. This is a story of monsters and humans and their struggles to live in harmony in a world of duality.

Fulfill your duty as a Hunter by tracking and defeating powerful monsters and forging strong new weapons and armor from the materials you harvest from your hunt as you uncover the connection between the people of the Forbidden Lands and the locales they inhabit.

The ultimate hunting experience awaits you in Monster Hunter Wilds.

Engine
RE Engine
Multiplayer
Online Multiplayer, Online Co-Op
Cross-Platform Play
Yes, all platforms
Cross Save
No
Franchise
Monster Hunter
Number of Players
1
Steam Deck Compatibility
Unknown
PC Release Date
February 28, 2025
Xbox Series X|S Release Date
February 28, 2025
PS5 Release Date
February 28, 2025
Genre(s)
Action, Adventure
X|S Optimized
Yes