Monster Hunter Wilds reviews are in from critics, and it's shaping up to be a hit, much to the delight of fans.

Using pop-up camps that you can place within the world map, fast travel is unlocked, allowing you to get back into the action quicker than ever. These are customizable and dynamic, too, and can actually be destroyed by wildlife in the area but rebuilt quickly enough.

Now that I’ve completed the Monster Hunter Wilds beta, I’m more sure than ever that this series absolutely deserves a good and compelling story.

Monster Hunter Wilds is out soon and these are the times when you can preload the game ahead of its release date.

"Monster Hunter World earned its place as Capcom’s best-selling title. Monster Hunter Wilds is a better game in virtually every way. Building on the leaps forward in playability and presentation, this feels like a real victory lap for Capcom. It’s very difficult for me to find much fault in it at all as a game."

There’s always been a fairly arbitrary distinction as to what is and isn’t a mainline entry and while Wilds is being positioned by publisher and developer Capcom as the true successor to World, it also takes some influence from 2021’s Monster Hunter Rise – which started off as a Nintendo Switch exclusive.

Monster Hunter Wilds has changed a lot of the core formula by introducing a ton of new features, including one fans don’t realize they need.

Monster Hunter Wilds is under a week away from launching on Xbox and PC, yet people are wondering if it's possible to play it early. Join us as we answer that question.