Happy Hunting, Monster Hunters!

Get your quick weekly news digest before hitting the trails.

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Rutledge Daugette
February 28, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

It’s time to sharpen your Switch Axes and Hunting Horns, because the new big Monster Hunter game is out today. Our reviewer Tyler Chancey enjoyed the creative monster designs and punchy action combat, giving it an 8.5 in his review.

You’ve got a full month or so to hunt monsters and gather mushrooms before the game’s first big update drops some time in April. It’ll add new monsters for you and your friends to take on, hopefully with much stronger gear by then.

It looks like already 1.2 million hunters have concurrently logged onto Steam, and that’s not even accounting for PlayStation and Xbox players. It’s another smash hit for Capcom, unsurprisingly.

In semi-related news, Dauntless, Phoenix Labs’ Monster Hunter inspired game, is set to close this May. Granted, with Wilds now out in the, well, wild, that hole in the market probably won’t be too big. But it’s still a shame to see competition not work out.

Did you miss the big Pika-presentation yesterday? We got a deep dive on the upcoming Legends: Z-A, as well as a reveal that should make Pokemon Stadium fans happy.

It’s that semi-regular time of year again! More than a thousand demos are live on Steam now for all sorts of upcoming games. You can scour through the selection yourself—or check out our writer Don Parsons’ shortlist of his favorite demos he played.

Resident Soulsborne expert Joseph Allen makes his case for why Bloodborne actually shouldn’t be remade; in fact, it’s perfect as it is. Well, almost. But the chance of a remake being very-not-perfect might not be worth the risk.

Earlier this week, Warner Bros closed three studios under its wing, including Monolith Productions. It was working on a Wonder Woman video game, which included the patented Nemesis system made famous by Middle-Earth: Shadow of Mordor.

Monolith also made the F.E.A.R. games, the first of which was just added to the GOG Preservation Program after the studio’s untimely closure.

In fact, Warner Bros. Games’ overall 2024 revenue was described as “disappointing,” which shouldn’t be a surprise, after the studio closures and general lackluster response to Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League.