The Monster Hunter Wilds beta will return with two sessions next month and there will be new content, but no performance improvements.

Capcom has announced today what many of us Monster Hunter Wilds fans have been waiting for: the game will return to our PCs and consoles one last time before the big launch at the end of February. Well, the open beta will, anyway.

Just before the end of last year, the publisher hinted that this was a possibility, and today we got a proper announcement of what to expect and when it will take place.

Unlike the first Monster Hunter Wilds open beta, the next one will not have platform exclusivity. The second open beta will take place over two weekends and both will be available for PC, PS5 and Xbox Series consoles. You also won’t need PlayStation Plus or game Pass Core memberships to play.

The second open beta includes all the content from the November test, but Capcom is also adding Gypceros, a monster that long-time fans should know well. There will also be new content that the publisher is not revealing at the moment, so that could be another monster to contend with.

Here is the schedule for Monster Hunter Wilds Open Beta 2:

• Thursday February 6 in 7pm PT, 10pm ET, 3am UK (Friday). It will be available until those same times. Sunday February 9.
• The beta returns next weekend for its final session, which will take place Thursday February 13 in 7pm PT, 10pm ET, 3am UK (Friday). will end Sunday February 16 at the same time.

If you never participated in the November open beta, you should also expect access to the highly detailed character creator and the first part of the story featuring your first monster hunt: Doshaguma. If you did Play the first beta, the character you spent more time than you thought creating will be available in the next open beta. This also applies to the full version, so now you can perfect your Hunter as well.

Capcom is also offering a new set of rewards for players who participate in this beta. You’ll receive a cosmetic pendant as well as an item pack that includes some useful consumables like raw meat, traps, barrel bombs, flash/dung capsules, and some armor spheres.

If there’s any bad news here, it’s that we sadly aren’t getting any of the performance improvements, gameplay tweaks, or hitstop/animation fixes that the Monster Hunter team discussed late last year following beta feedback. .

Monster Hunter Wilds is one of the major RPGs releasing in February. Technically it will arrive much later in the month than Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 or Avowed, but it arguably has the most potential to rule the month.

Monster Hunter Wilds arrives on February 28 on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.