{"id":39176,"date":"2024-10-31T16:21:53","date_gmt":"2024-10-31T07:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=39176"},"modified":"2024-10-31T16:21:55","modified_gmt":"2024-10-31T07:21:55","slug":"monster-hunter-wilds-has-almost-20k-concurrent-steam-players-and-the-beta-hasnt-even-started-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-wilds-has-almost-20k-concurrent-steam-players-and-the-beta-hasnt-even-started-yet\/","title":{"rendered":"Monster Hunter Wilds has almost 20k concurrent Steam players, and the beta hasn\u2019t even started yet\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Preload for the all-platform<strong> Monster Hunter Wilds<\/strong> open beta test started today. The beta itself is scheduled to run from November 1 until November 4, but players on Steam have already started congregating in significant numbers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the moment, you cannot enter Monster Hunter Wilds&#8217; servers. All you can do is download the game and set the language, but according to <a href=\"https:\/\/steamdb.info\/app\/3065170\/charts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SteamDB<\/a>, there have already been as many as 18,521 players running the beta client concurrently.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"965\" height=\"606\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 965px) 100vw, 965px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-39176.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-39176.jpg 965w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-39176-380x239.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/20241031-39176-768x482.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the Steam version of Monster Hunter Wilds, shaders are compiled when the game is launched for the first time, and depending on your set-up, this may take some time. So, if you want to start playing the game as soon as possible, it might be a good idea to download the beta test client early. The PC spec requirements for Monster Hunter Wilds are <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-wilds-high-pc-requirements-suddenly-make-ps5-pro-look-more-affordable-to-japanese-players\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">quite high<\/a> too, so you may want to check those out on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.monsterhunter.com\/wilds\/en-uk\/product\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Capcom\u2019s official site<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2246340\/Monster_Hunter_Wilds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a> before the beta begins.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, PS Plus users who got a taste of Monster Hunter Wilds starting October 29 have made various discoveries about the game\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-wilds-charge-blade-can-overheat-and-cause-things-to-catch-fire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">detailed combat<\/a> and unexpected <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-wilds-features-an-accessibility-mode-for-players-who-fear-spiders-and-insects\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accessibility modes<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monster Hunter Wilds is scheduled to be released on PS5, Xbox Series X|S and PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/2246340\/Monster_Hunter_Wilds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>) on February 28, 2025. The all-platform open beta will be held from November 1 to November 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before the open beta test has even started, Monster Hunter Wilds has seen almost 20,000 concurrent players on Steam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":69,"featured_media":39181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-39176","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Monster Hunter Wilds has almost 20k concurrent Steam players, and the beta hasn\u2019t even started yet\u00a0 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Before the open beta test has even started, Monster Hunter Wilds has seen almost 20,000 concurrent players on Steam.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/monster-hunter-wilds-has-almost-20k-concurrent-steam-players-and-the-beta-hasnt-even-started-yet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Monster Hunter Wilds has almost 20k concurrent Steam players, and the beta hasn\u2019t even started yet\u00a0 - 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