During a gameplay livestream at Gamescom 2024, Monster Hunter Wilds developers confirmed that armor sets in the game will no longer be locked to gender as they were in previous games. The livestream featured Producer Ryozo Tsujimoto, Director Yuya Tokuda, Executive and Art Director Kaname Fujioka from Capcom’s development team.
The removal of gender-locking from armor has been long desired by the community. Previously in Monster Hunter games before Wilds, players would get different looking armor sets based on their character’s gender that they could not be changed. The team also reiterated that the game would have crossplay.
The confirmation came during a livestream from Gamescom hosted by community manager Jonno Stanton. The initial plan was to have all the developers play a multiplayer session together. During it, Stanton asked each of them which weapons they favor and will be bringing to the hunt. However, due to technical difficulties, the stream instead only showed single player gameplay from the perspective of Tokuda. The team did stress that they are planning to stream again on August 22-23, 2024, during which they intend to attempt multiplayer again. These streams will likely be available to watch on the Monster Hunter Youtube channel.
You can watch the Monster Hunter Wilds livestream yourself below, with the comment on gender locked armor coming at 29:50.
Previously, Capcom confirmed that a playable demo would be available to try at both Gamescom and PAX West, along with releasing more Weapon showcase videos. A new trailer also appeared at the opening night of Gamescom, showing off two new monsters and NPC companions.
Monster Hunter Wilds is scheduled to launch in 2025 for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
Published: Aug 21, 2024 11:00 am