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Monster Hunter Outlanders Game's Trailer Reveals Ruger Aidal
posted on by Alex Mateo
CAPCOM unveiled during this year's gamescom Opening Night Live event a trailer for Monster Hunter Outlanders, a new game based on its Monster Hunter action game franchise, and it reveals a new Elder Dragon monster named Ruger Aidal:
The game is an open-world survival game featuring elements of the Monster Hunter action series and multiplayer support. There is a system to switch between characters.
Chinese developer TiMi Studio Group, a subsidiary of China's Tencent conglomerate, is developing the title. Franchise composer Tadayoshi Makino is again handling the music.
TiMi Studio Group announced in November 2022 that it was working on a new mobile game based on Monster Hunter. The company is best known for developing Call of Duty Mobile, as well as the Pokémon Unite game. The latter debuted for smartphones in September 2021.
CAPCOM and Niantic released Monster Hunter Now, an augmented reality (AR) smartphone game in the franchise, for iOS and Android devices in September 2023.
The Monster Hunter Wilds game debuted globally on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam in February 2025. The game sold over 8 million copies worldwide in its first three days. According to the company, this is the fastest that one of its titles has reached this milestone. As of March 2025, the game had sold 10 million copies worldwide. The game's Monster Hunter Wilds Ascendance expansion will launch in 2027. The game is in development for Nintendo Switch 2.
Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection launched on March 13 for Switch 2, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam.
Source: gamescom Opening Night Live livestream
