Our latest coverage of Monster Hunter Online.
Long before Monster Hunter World, Tencent and Capcom partnered up to produce the China-only MMORPG Monster Hunter Online. Now that experiment is coming to an end. Built on the CryEngine, Monster Hunter Online first released into open beta in 2015. The game was poorly supported and the launcher required to play the game came loaded with Chinese malware. Despite these [...]
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Good news everyone! Following a two day delay, TeamHD's Monster Hunter Online English patch has been released. While I've yet to install the patch myself, the page does ask you to download an updater of some sort rather than your average drag-and-drop translation patch. Now that it can be played in English, will you be playing Monster Hunter Online? If [...]
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Remember when Monster Hunter Online was first announced? Remember how great it looked? Remember how you lamented that it wasn't going to be released in English? Lament no longer. Steparu has reported that Team HD announced that its English patch for the title will be out on May 30th. Screenshots of the partially translated title can be found in Steparu's [...]
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Tencent, in cooperation with Haier and Intel, announced the Tencent TGP Box last week at CES Asia. According to MMOCulture, Haier made the hardware, Intel provided the chips, and Tencent is bringing the games. As the Box is powered by Tencent's own Tencent Games Platform, all of the launch titles will be from Tencent. Launch titles include FIFA Online 3, [...]
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Monster Hunter Online Gameplay video from Sean (Gumble) Monster Hunter Online is a free to play Monster Hunter MMORPG from Tencent's QQ service. Capcom's iconic franchise is unfortunately only available in China at the moment and has no plans for release elsewhere. Visually speaking, the game is beautiful. It entered open beta in late 2015 and has no IP blocks in place. [...]
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While no Western release date has been announced Monster Hunter Online's Open Beta will be available globally. The game will be playable beginning December 17th. Long-awaited fans will have to make a QQ account, but don't worry we've compiled a guide on how to navigate Tencent's registration—using Moonlight Blade as an example. Monster Hunter Online is developed exclusively for the Chinese market but [...]
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Monster Hunter Online is a fantasy themed action game where players use a variety of large weapons to defeat even more massive creatures. It is the first PC release for the popular series and features many familiar monsters, weapons, and gameplay elements. Publisher: Tencent Type: MMO Release Date: April 21, 2015 Shut Down Date: December 31, 2019 Pros: +Brings the [...]
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