Monster Hunter: World

Seamless zone-free maps and global matchmaking took Monster Hunter worldwide.

Released 2018 Developer Capcom Platform PlayStation 4 Genre Action RPG Era Live service & the long tail Website monsterhunterworld.com ↗

Mechanics it built on

Ideas Monster Hunter: World inherited rather than invented — each traceable back through the ontology to a root.

Crafting From Gathered Materials ~~1997~~Drop-In Co-op Campaign ~~2001~~Seamless Streaming Open World ~~2001~~Automated Skill Matchmaking ~~2004~~Simulated Ecology ~~2018~~

The Monster Hunter series in this dataset

2008

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite ~~2008~~

2013

Monster Hunter 4 ~~2013~~

2018

Monster Hunter: World ~~this page~~

2021

Monster Hunter Rise ~~2021~~

2025

Monster Hunter Wilds ~~2025~~

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