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Monster Hunter Now surpasses 10 million downloads

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Image provided courtesy of Niantic


Having previously surpassed 5 million downloads within the first week, Niantic have now confirmed that Monster Hunter Now has officially doubled that number, hitting 10 million downloads just over a month after its original global release.

To celebrate this occasion; if you head on over to the Monster Hunter Now web store, you can enter the code ‘MHNow10M’ to receive an in-game gift.

Additionally, as we head towards Halloween, from October 25th the first in-game event will be taking place, introducing new equipment and exclusive packs for sale on the store, as well as providing players the chance to hunt Kulu-Ya-Ku holding pumpkin-like rocks. 

The Monster Hunter Now Halloween event will run until 11:59 PM on October 31st.

Early hands-on with Monster Hunter Now

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In the past few weeks I’ve been fortunate enough to get hands-on with Monster Hunter Now, the upcoming new game from Niantic, and it’s genuinely really impressed me with what it has to offer.

Similar to with Pokémon Go; you explore and benefit from interacting with locations in the real world, battling against monsters, with daily quests to keep you interested and engaged.

The combat feels extremely intuitive, and with the monsters that you hunt all having different weaknesses; you’ll frequently find yourself switching between different weapons, which really does help in keeping things feeling varied, fresh and fun.

Monster Hunter Now doesn’t officially launch until September 14th, but it really does feel like they’re onto something with this one. Does it have the staying power of Pokémon Go and will people still be playing this one multiple years down the line? Only time will tell. The Monster Hunter franchise has been in existence for nearly 20 years now though, and there’s definitely a very real possibility that Monster Hunter Now could be here for the long haul.