Monster Hunter: World Elder Dragons Trailer, DLC Details and Final Beta Revealed

The newest trailer for Monster Hunter: World, the latest entry in the Monster Hunter series that will be launching on January 26, 2018 on consoles and sometime in Autumn 2018 on PC, features roughly three minutes of intense Elder Dragon action, showcases the game’s impressive-looking areas and subtly introduces some of its characters. Check it out:

The accompanying press release also announces one final PlayStation 4 Beta that will run from January 18 through January 22 and will have a new “flagship monster” Nergigante for the players to fight. It also outlines Capcom’s plans for post-launch support of Monster Hunter: World – starting Spring 2018, we’ll be getting regular content and major title updates for free. The first one of those will add a new monster, the strong-jowled Deviljho we saw in the trailer above, to the game.

Here’s the press release itself with some additional details:

During a live stream in Japan today, Capcom announced new details and a trailer for the upcoming launch of Monster Hunter: World which is coming to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on January 26, 2018. This new trailer introduces several new and returning favorite Elder Dragons[…]

The steel dragon Kushala Daora is a beast with a body covered in metal plates and has the power to keep hunters at bay by generating wind storms around itself. The flame king dragon Teostra is a brutal fiend that spits blazing fire and any hunter who faces this fierce and deadly monster is in danger of being engulfed in a hellish inferno. Another monster introduced in the trailer is Dodogama, a rock-eating wyvern that possesses a unique saliva that causes rock to become explosive, a hazardous mix it will spit at its foes to warn off attackers.

Also confirmed today is a final beta planned for all PlayStation 4 users which will begin in North America on January 18 and will go through January 22. In addition to the previously released Great Jagras, Anjanath and Barroth quests, players will now be able to battle against the game’s terrifying and challenging flagship monster Nergigante.

Finally, Capcom today confirmed that there are plans for post-launch support of Monster Hunter: World with regular content updates, as well as major title updates for free. The first major title update will be coming in Spring 2018 which includes the addition of the fan-favorite monster Deviljho. Players will be able to put their hunting skills to the test against this brute. The Deviljho must feed constantly and will devour anything in its way, even feeding on the largest of monsters with its massive jowls. This wild beast really is one for only the bravest of hunters to take on!