Slay creatures at high resolutions when ‘Monster Hunter World’ hits PC in August

Monster Hunter Worldis already thebest-selling Capcom gamein history, with more than 8 million copies sold, and it was only released for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in January. Up to this point, PC players have been left out of the action, but they’ll be able to hunt down and mercilessly slaughter monsters like the rest of us when it comes to the platformthis August.

Monster Hunter Worldwill release for PC on Steam, and those who pre-order the game will get access to the Origin armor set and Fair Wind Charm. These are thesame pre-order bonus itemsthat were available for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions earlier this year.

Capcom also released the system specifications needed to run the game on PC, and they’re surprisingly modest. It’s recommended that you have an Intel Core i3 8350 CPU at 4GHz and a GTX 1060 GPU, along with 8 GB of RAM, and the game will only take up 20GB of storage space. If you want to run the game at minimum settings, you’ll even be able to get away with a GTX 760 GPU, a card that came out more than five years ago.

Customization options appear to be extensive, with the ability to change water reflection, foliage sway, subsurface scattering, ambient occlusion, dynamic range, and several other elements. One other featurewill be includedthat players aren’t likely to appreciate — Denuvo DRM. The software is intended to stop players from tampering with the game, but it has been known tocause performance issuesin other titles and can typically be “cracked” in a matter of days or weeks.

Monster Hunter Worldcomes to PC on August 9, and Capcom plans to support the game with free content updates similar to those for console versions.

The game isn’t available on Nintendo Switch and it seems unlikely the system will be capable of running it, but you can buyMonster Hunter Generations Ultimatefor Switch on August 28. An updated version of the 3DS gameMonster Hunter Generations, the Switch version supports four-player cooperative play either locally or online, and it should give you your Monster Hunter fix while you’re on the go.