Monster Hunter game from Pokemon GO developer coming to Android and iOS

Niantic is a terribly busy developer. The studio behind the Pokemon GO phenomenon has just announced another project that will go live as early as next week: Monster Hunter Now. The collaboration with CAPCOM will see Niantic bring one of the most iconic franchises to mobile. The game will launch this September, but a closed beta will start on April 25 for those who want to try it out earlier.

As you can imagine, the game will have players get together to hunt monsters. With more than 90 million units sold globally, the Monster Hunter franchise is one of the most popular action role-playing game series of all time, so the upcoming mobile game is expected to gain quite a lot of traction just from that.

However, Pokemon GO announced that Monster Hunter Now will be designed for everyone to enjoy, not just veterans of the series. One mechanic revealed by Niantic involves an item called the Paintball, which can be used on a monster to bring it home and hunt it alone or with someone else.