What is Monster Hunter Wilds?

The sixth generation: the fastest launch Capcom has ever had, a seamless weather-beaten wild, and a harder second year than anyone forecast.

Monster Hunter Wilds launched on February 28, 2025 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC, the first entry with full cross-play from day one. Directed by Yuya Tokuda with series creator Kaname Fujioka as executive director, it pushes World’s living-ecosystem ambition further: herds of monsters moving as packs, dynamic weather that transforms a map mid-hunt, and the mountable Seikret, a bird wyvern that carries hunters and a second weapon. Its flagship is Arkveld, the White Wraith, a chained wyvern once thought extinct.

The launch rewrote Capcom’s record book: 8 million copies in three days, 10 million within a month, the fastest-selling game in the company’s history. Then it cooled. PC performance problems dogged its first year and Capcom’s president publicly pointed to the PlayStation 5’s price as a barrier; by mid-2026 Wilds stood at 11.8 million, a giant total and a flattened curve. A Switch 2 edition arrives December 4, 2026, and the announced expansion, Ascendance, opens a floating archipelago, the Skybound Eyrie, in 2027.