Tue, Jan 26, 2010 | 07:54 GMT
Capcom/Microsoft game is Monster Hunter: Frontier Online
That announcement Capcom and Microsoft had planned up their sleeves?
It’s a port of the MMO Monster Hunter: Frontier for Xbox 360 from the PC and PS2.
So far, very little info is know so far, but it seems the latest Famitsu is carrying the title, according to GAF.
Expect more info from Capcom Japan very soon – 8am GMT in fact when an embargo expires – with a formal announcement from Capcom Europe and America in the next couple of hours.
But whatever info is known so far goes like this:
- Subs run at ¥1400 per month
- 360 servers are seperate from PC lot, but Capcom wishes to join them later
- HDD required
More info soon.
17 comments
#1
Johnny Cullen
26/01/10, 7:55 am
Door’s open now for Square Enix and FFXIV, I guess.
#2
DJ Deathstar
26/01/10, 8:06 am
Hmmm wonder if this will stay 360 exclusive(as in this gen console exclusive since its on PC and PS2) or if it’ll see a jump to PS3 as well like the last game announced from Capcom through Microsoft(Lost Planet 2) If this doesn’t sell 360′s in Japan nothing will!
#3
Blerk
26/01/10, 8:27 am
WOW! That’s probably the least exciting announcement they could have ever made!
It’s a Capcom/Microsoft exclusive! So what is it? A port of a donkeys old PS2 game that nobody in the West cares about, and targeted at a Japanese audience who don’t give a shit about the platform that its on.
What could possibly go wrong?
#4
Herlock
26/01/10, 8:34 am
Check the site > http://www.mh-frontier.jp/
#5
Danbojones
26/01/10, 8:40 am
Actually, that’s incredibly awesome as far as I’m concerned.
#6
ybfelix
26/01/10, 9:47 am
MH is BIG in Japan(and China), but I believe most popularity is from the PSP installments which enable portability and face-to-face play.
#7
AHA-Lambda
26/01/10, 11:03 am
Wow…..that was IMMENSELY underwhelming….
#8
SniperWolf
26/01/10, 11:07 am
lol wtf is this shit
underwhelming
#9
mington
26/01/10, 11:08 am
i’ve just read up on the series, i think it’ll be pretty cool, i actually kinda guessed it would be this.
although not too happy about a monthly subscription (if i’m reading it right)
and the graphics look pretty blocky
#10
Blerk
26/01/10, 11:10 am
Capcom have told C&VG that it’s “not confirmed for the West” too. So it might not even make it over here.
#11
Johnny Cullen
26/01/10, 11:15 am
Yeah, we’ve just gotten comment from Capcom as well.
Top of the site.
#12
The Hindle
26/01/10, 11:15 am
Microsofts attempt to sell a few more 360s in Japan
#13
AHA-Lambda
26/01/10, 11:25 am
Wonder why capcom has suddenly decided to make some deals with MS?
Then again its amounted to a 3 year old port and some free dlc I suppose >_>
#14
Michael O’Connor
26/01/10, 1:05 pm
People here don’t seem to understand quite how big the Monster Hunter franchise is in Japan.
The people bitching about this seem to have completely failed to realise that this was originally announced in a *Japanese* magazine and on a Japanese website.
This was *never* a decision made for the western audience.
#15
joshua nash
26/01/10, 2:11 pm
alright finally monster hunter is coming to the 360, i always thought that this was the one game capcom made that was perfect for the Xbox
#16
manamana
26/01/10, 9:28 pm
Let’s hope that the Graphics are not just a wii-like port.
I was hoping for a MH-titel though. Got it on my PSP-phat, till the a-stick was worn out …
#17
AHA-Lambda
26/01/10, 10:51 pm
@ 14 – ok fair enough but this a rerelease not a new game AND it’s on a console that the japanese gaming populace couldn’t give two shits about O_O