The new Monster Hunter is still four months away, but you can start blasting away at innocent creatures who are just minding their own business on Halloween.
Monster Hunter Wilds isn’t set to arrive until February 28, 2025, but you can get a taste of what it’s all about a whole lot sooner than that—next week, in fact—courtesy of the upcoming open beta test, which will give players access to “a limited portion” of the game including character creation and a couple of hunts.
The character creator will include all the features that will be available in the full release, and will allow you to remake your character as many times as you like during the test. And if you whip up something you really like, you’ll be able to import your character and your cat-like Palico companion into the full release.
In terms of actual hunting, the open beta will offer a Story Trial mode including the opening cutscene and a Chatacabra hunt with “basic tutorials”, and a Doshaguma hunt, in which you set out to snuff the alpha of the Doshaguma pack.
