Monster Hunter Rise Subreak Demo Out Tomorrow, New Monsters and Areas Announced

Capcom’s Monster Hunter Rise showcase kicked off today. It featured new areas for hunters and plenty of monsters ready to fight when the expansion is released. Tomorrow will see a demo.

The first is the return to the Jungle from the second Generation of Monster Hunter. It has now been fully redone for Sunbreak. Although the Jungle may sound like it is only filled with trees, other foliage, its location on the coast means that there are plenty of beaches and ruins nearby.

Sunbreak is offering a variety of interesting new targets for hunters looking to find new monsters. Monster Hunter Frontiers’ Espinas returns. The name Espinas, which means “thorns” in Spanish, refers to a creature covered in sharp spines. It can easily cut through hunters who are on its side. Espinas is described in the trailer as “a peaceful monster who sleeps peacefully and enjoys quiet living.” However, it can fly to rage if disturbed. 

Gore Magala, the flagship terror from Monster Hunter 4, returns as well and will surely punish plenty of hunters in Master Rank quests. This monster is sightless and uses its sensitive wing membranes to find its prey or track down anyone who antagonizes it. Gore Magala’s frenzy transforms into Gore Magala, which has two devilishly horns on its head. In today’s footage were two additional Sunbreak monsters. Daimyo hermitaur (Monster Hunter 2 and Pyre Rakna Kadaki), a flame-embued form of Rise’s spider foe, is Daimyo Hismitaur

Tomorrow, Monster Hunter Rise is available for free on Switch and PC. The free trial will include the new Jungle area to explore, and players will be able to hunt the already announced Astalos and Malzeno. For experienced hunters, the demo will provide an opportunity to try out the new Switch Skill Swap mechanic and new Silkbind attacks. Online hunts can be taken on by up to four people. The demo allows you to play the same hunts multiple times.

Capcom provided an overview of post-launch content updates and gave us a sneak peak at what we can expect in the first major patch. Lucent Nargacuga will be the star of the first update in August and will be joined by a new hunting area, Foremorn Arena, as well as even more monsters. Fall and Winter updates are planned with injections of fresh monsters and variants with more coming in 2023.

Monster Hunter Rise Sunbreak will be available on Switch and PC in a matter of weeks. To access the Sunbreak content, players will need to complete all the story quests required to get to the core game.