Highlights
- EA could also be ending all help for its Monster Hunter competitor, Wild Hearts.
- No official announcement has been made on the time of this writing, nonetheless.
- Followers of Wild Hearts could have one thing to look ahead to if a brand new Monster Hunter recreation is introduced on the Tokyo Recreation Present.
In keeping with an nameless leaker, EA is likely to be ending all help for its new Monster Hunter competitor, Wild Hearts. Wild Hearts was launched on February sixteenth of this yr and has carved out a small group of loyal followers hoping for an replace concerning the recreation.
There’s little or no doubt that EA hoped that Wild Hearts can be its verison of Capcom’s Monster Hunter. Each video games are action-RPGs set in a world the place the protagonist should seek out colossal monsters with highly effective weapons. Nonetheless, there are some stark variations between the 2 video games. When Wild Hearts hit the cabinets earlier this yr, it appeared like the sport had a vivid future, with loads of buzz surrounding it and a usually favorable evaluation of 79 on Metacritic. Right now, it looks like the long run isn’t as vivid for this Monster Hunter-like recreation.
In keeping with Reddit consumer BeardyShaman, who can also be the moderator of the official Discord channel for Wild Hearts, EA could also be pulling the plug on help for the sport. In his publish concerning the matter, BeardyShaman explains that EA doesn’t wish to give the sport the time it must develop and make Wild Hearts the subsequent Monster Hunter. EA apparently anticipated Wild Hearts to be a multi-million greenback recreation straight away, and it would not wish to spend the time, or cash to get the sport there. Followers ought to remember the fact that an official announcement about EA probably ending help for Wild Hearts hasn’t been made on the time of this writing.
The explanation for EA allegedly pulling the plug on Wild Hearts could also be attributable to low gross sales for the sport, however it may be as a result of bugs and glitches that the sport was plagued with when it first launched. There have been many individuals reporting bugs in Wild Hearts for each the Xbox Collection X/S and PS5 again in February, and it is doable that many players needed to attend till these points cleared up earlier than they began enjoying. It’s not required for Wild Hearts to have an web connection, so gamers can nonetheless play the sport after help ends.
For Wild Hearts followers who additionally play Monster Hunter there have been loads of rumors going round that the subsequent recreation within the franchise could make an look on the Tokyo Recreation Present subsequent week. If this does occur, not less than Wild Hearts followers can have one thing to look ahead to as a way to scratch that monster-hunting itch.
Wild Hearts is out there on PC, PS5, and Xbox Collection X/S.
