Monster Hunter Outlanders will be released on October 29, 2026, Polygon reported, setting a date for the first installment in the series built exclusively for mobile devices. The game is free to play and launches on iOS and Android, putting the release a month out.
Outlanders is being developed by TiMi Studio Group, a Tencent subsidiary whose earlier work includes Pokemon Unite and Call of Duty: Mobile. The game was first announced on November 9, 2022, which puts nearly four years between its reveal and its release, a gap Polygon described as a long wait for the title.
What the trailer shows
According to Polygon, the game's most recent trailer opens on the start of a hunt against a large dragon. The player slashes with a long sword, rolls clear of incoming attacks and manages a health bar while coordinating with three other players. Eight buttons are visible on screen during the sequence. Capcom has confirmed the game will support controllers.
Polygon reports that Outlanders carries over the structural elements of other games in the series, including exploration, crafting, social features and four-player cooperative play alongside the hunting itself. The response to the game's closed beta tests has been largely positive, the outlet reported, with players praising how closely the core combat compares to previous installments in the series.
How the monetization works
Capcom has described Outlanders as a gacha game. Players roll for adventurers, preset characters that each carry a weapon specialty and a set of unique abilities. The game uses a pity system of the kind standard to the genre, guaranteeing an SSR character after 90 pulls. That guaranteed pull carries a 50 percent chance of being the featured banner character.
Two figures that determine how demanding the system is in practice have not been published: how readily players earn pulls, and how much stronger SSR characters are than their lower-rarity counterparts. Polygon reports that neither has been revealed.
