Description of the product Players take on the role of a hunter who seeks out and kills fierce beasts in heart-pounding battles in Monster Hunter: World, the most recent installment in the critically acclaimed action role-playing game series, which has sold 40 million units. With a newly designed online drop-in multiplayer system that enables cross-region cooperative play between Japan and the West, you can go on quests by yourself or with up to three other hunters, bringing the global player base together for the first time. In addition to being the first game in the series to launch simultaneously worldwide, Monster Hunter: World is scheduled for release in early 2018 on the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 computer entertainment systems. There will be a PC release later.