Capcom has new details for all you monster hunters out there, namely on the rather massive expansion to Monster Hunter: World. This gargantuan follow-up actually rivals the amount of gameplay from the original release, and you can snag it on PS4 or Xbox One on September 6, 2019, with a PC release set to follow this winter.
The Iceborne expansion builds on pretty much every aspect of Monster Hunter: World, with a new story that picks up after the main game, sending hunters to a newly discovered frosty locale called Hoarfrost Reach. The snow-covered terrain is a contrasting landscape and ecosystem verses the main game, and Iceborne is the largest region in the game so far, giving hunters a metric eff-ton of new content with more quests to face than in the original release.
Iceborne also has a new, higher difficulty Master Rank, a brand-new quest tier that makes new and existing monsters more ferocious and the extreme cold also produces new icy foes like the horned wyvern Banbaro and the snow-buried Beotodus. Old monsters like the Nargacuga have some dangerous new tricks, and pack leaders like the new flagship monster Velkhana tear things up, an elder dragon with powerful ice attacks.
You're not helpless in the face of these new threats, however; new gameplay options have been added to broaden the player's combat repertoire, like the the Slinger's ability to now be used while the main weapon is drawn, regardless of weapon type, and new features like the Clutch Claw are available, used to grapple onto monsters with more direct control and the Flinch Shot which unloads Slinger ammo to stun monsters. Each of the 14 weapon types will also get new combos and new elements, offering additional depth to master in combat.
Check out the trailer below to see the icy new digs and some of the new monsters and attacks you'll encounter in the frosty lands.
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