‘Monster Hunter’ on prowl for new audiences as latest game drops


Wilds is the first Monster Hunter instalment built for latest-generation consoles. — AFP

PARIS: With Monster Hunter Wilds pitting intrepid players against a menagerie of rampaging beasts on PC and consoles from Feb 28, the game's creators tell AFP they hope the 20-year-old franchise can still find new audiences.

It has been seven years since the last major instalment saw fans draw oversized swords and bows together, in a series whose success is built on cooperative play to take down dragons and other spectacularly-rendered creatures.

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