If this beta figure carries over to the final release, this means Monster Hunter Wilds will beat out Monster Hunter World, which amassed an all-time concurrent player peak of 334,684 on Steam. Add this number to the sure-to-be-high console player count, and players shouldn't have any issues finding players to match with.

This week’s roundup of our hot takes from the past week includes a plea for Nintendo to let us buy older games again on the Switch 2 like we could in the days of the Wii’s Virtual Console instead of just locking all that stuff behind a subscription paywall and letting us pay for the privilege of “accessing” it,

Getting started in Monster Hunter Wilds' multiplayer quests is easy, but playing with friends involves a few extra steps.