Monster Hunter Rise looks set to come to phones and tablets. On October 7, listings for the game appeared on Google Play and Apple’s App Store with Netflix as publisher and Capcom as creator, MobileGamer.biz reports. The analytics firm AppMagic first detected the game on the same day.
Neither Capcom nor Netflix has announced the mobile version, and the listings do not include a release date. Everything known so far comes from the store pages, so the details may still change.
What the listings say
- Access: the download is free, but an active Netflix membership is required to play.
- Controls: the touch controls have been rebuilt for phones and tablets, with a specific control scheme for each weapon.
- Recovery Button: a new button that automatically picks the best item to use in a fight, depending on the hunter’s health and status.
- Quests: Challenge and Event Quests, which used to be temporary or paid downloads, are unlocked by progressing through the game.
The report makes no mention of the Sunbreak expansion.
A game with 20 million copies sold
Monster Hunter Rise launched on Nintendo Switch in 2021 and later reached PC, Xbox and PlayStation. Capcom has just announced that it has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide, and the store listings appeared within hours of that announcement.
Why it matters
For Capcom, it is a way to bring one of its best-selling games to a new audience without turning it into a free-to-play title. For Netflix, it would be one of the biggest names in its games catalogue. For players, the question that remains is when: until one of the two companies speaks, there is no date.
This article was written with AI assistance from the sources linked above.
