Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance is confirmed for 2027 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC, with a free Refine Update shipping alongside it. The Monster Hunter Wilds Switch 2 version launches December 4.
Across the Monster Hunter stories dated September 7 to October 3, 2026, the throughline is Capcom preparing Monster Hunter Wilds for a second life on Switch 2 and an expansion year. The Switch 2 version of Monster Hunter Wilds launches December 4, with all previously released title updates included and local wireless multiplayer supported. Capcom tied hands-on access to its newsletter list, limited to subscribers of Monhan-bu, for Tokyo and Osaka events in October. At Tokyo Game Show 2026, Capcom added the Switch 2 demo to its booth with beginner and veteran quests, and demoed Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance against Apha Araketa, a monster classified as one but made of three individuals fighting as a unit.
Ascendance adds Master Rank, a sky setting, Boost Drivers, and the Elder Dragons Kushala Daora, Teostra, Lao-Shan Lung, and Gundoraja. The returning Teostra is the benchmark hunt in the TGS2026 demo, alongside a new quest against Araketa and a beginner quest against Chatacabra. A pre-show trial let a four-person party use the new Boost Bracelet, an arm-mounted piece of gear that charges a gauge and unlocks boosted actions per weapon type. Trial participants defeated Araketa but were left short of meaningful damage against Teostra within the 20-minute quest limit. A separate free Refine Update applies to players who do not buy Ascendance.
The wider franchise presence runs from a NANGA outdoor collaboration sold through Shogakukan's BE-PAL e-commerce site to a Monster Hunter Now Carnival in Osaka on November 14-15, which joins the Midosuji Challenge 2026 street event on November 7-8. TiMi Studio Group is developing the smartphone title Monster Hunter Outlanders under license from Capcom, with a worldwide release set for October 29, 2026 outside mainland China.
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Yves Schlirf, who founded the French manga publisher Kana in 1996, died on September 13, according to an announcement from Dargaud and Kana on September 14. Born in Brussels, Schlirf opened the comic bookstore Schlirfbook in 1972 and later worked at Dupuis and built Dargaud's Belgian branch. Kana became one of Europe's largest manga publishers, releasing Naruto, Saint Seiya and Monster in French.
Manga creator Naoki Urasawa illustrated the cover for Rodrigo y Gabriela's single "MON ster" and directed and animated its music video, which shows a timelapse of the cover being drawn. The track is based on Urasawa's manga Monster and will appear on the duo's upcoming album OurHome, out September 18.
Mexican guitar duo Rodrigo y Gabriela released their single 'Monster' on June 10, inspired by Naoki Urasawa's manga 'MONSTER.' Urasawa created the jacket illustration and music video for the song, which is the lead single from their seventh album 'OurHome.' The collaboration began after Urasawa learned the duo performed the song as an homage to his work.