‘Monster Hunter: World’ Coming to PC

By Stefanie Fogel

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) – Capcom’s action role-playing game “Monster Hunter: World” is coming to PC on Aug. 9, the company announced on Monday.

The game was originally planned to launch this fall, which means PC fans are getting their hands on it a bit early. Updates and fixes made in other platform versions will make their way to the PC port gradually, said. It will also get new content and gameplay features in the future. Its event quest schedule will differ from other platforms, so Capcom said fans should stay tuned to official Capcom channels for more details on additional content release dates.

“” is the first game in the long-running franchise with complete drop-in functionality in online co-op. It first launched on Jan. 26 and is already Capcom’s best-selling game of all time, shipping over eight million copies globally.

Here are “Monster Hunter: World’s” full PC specs:

Recommended

OS: WINDOWS® 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (64-BIT Required)
Processor: Intel® Core

i3 8350 4GHz or Intel® Core i7 3770 3.4GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 1500X
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphic: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 1060（VRAM 3GB) or AMD Radeon RX 570X (VRAM 4GB)
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 20 GB available space
Sound card: DirectSound compatible (DirectX® 9.0c or higher)
Additional Notes: Mouse, keyboard and game pads (both DirectInput and XInput) are supported. 30FPS at 1080p on HIGH graphic settings.

Minimum

OS: WINDOWS® 7, 8, 8.1, 10 (64-BIT Required)
Processor: Intel® Core

i5-4460, 3.20GHz or AMD FX-6300 above
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphic: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 760 OR AMD Radeon R7 260x（VRAM 2GB and above)
DirectX: Version 11
Storage: 20 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectSound compatible (DirectX® 9.0c higher)
Target: Mouse, keyboard and game pads (both DirectInput and XInput) are supported. 30FPS at 1080p on LOW graphic settings.