Monster Hunter Rise launched on PC today Rock Paper Shotgun Support us Join our newsletter Visit our store Sign in / Create account If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Monster Hunter Rise is on PC now, but not without hiccups Some players are unable to, well, play News by Alice O'Connor Associate Editor Published on Jan. 12, 2022 11 comments Nine months after its debut on Nintendo Switch, Monster Hunter Rise today launched on PC. Capcom's latest lizard-skinning simulator is a good'un, and what we played of it pre-release seemed like a solid PC port. However, now the game is out in the world, some would-be players are being blocked out by a bug which doesn't let them even start a new save. Still, the majority of folks seem to be quite happily hollowing out dogs to make slippers. Watch on YouTube Rise heads off to a new land with some new monsters inspired by Japanese folklore, as well as a new 'Wirebug' grappling hook and new 'Palamute' dog friends you can ride. Then you kill monsters to make better weapons and armour from their corpses to kill tougher monsters to make better weapons and armour from their corpses to kill tougher monsters to make better weapons and armour from their corpses to kill tougher monsters to make better weapons and armour from their corpses to kill tougher monsters to make better weapons and armour from their corpses to kill tougher monsters to make better weapons and armour from their corpses to kill the toughest monster to make the best weapons and armour from its corpse. Our Katharine's Monster Hunter Rise PC review thought it "a more than worthy successor" to the previous game, 2018's Monster Hunter: World. "There's a generous and playful sense of freedom here that keeps combat and exploration feeling fresh, and the momentum of its hunting-led missions means you're rarely spinning your wheels as you seek out that last elusive armour part," she said. "It's kept me playing much longer than I ever did with World, and I can't wait to see how it develops with its imminent Sunbreak expansion later this summer." Sounds good if you can play it, but not everyone can. Both Steam player reviews and the official troubleshooting thread have many complaints about an issue stopping some players from starting the game. Apparently it requires newcomers to create a new save file to store their game but then fails to do that, leaving them at the point of needing to create a save which the game is unable to actually create. Hopefully Capcom get folks on that sharpish. I suppose scattershot technical issues are less of a problem since Steam improved refund policies years back but even if you got your money back, it would still suck find you can't play a game you wanted enough to buy. Monster Hunter Rise is out now on Steam for £50/€60/$60. Its demo is still up on Steam too. Our James has Monster Hunter Rise settings advice to help you tune performance. More News Jack King-Spooner's next handcrafted game has a teaser demo out Judero brings chat and action in the Scottish Borders Alice O'Connor 17 hours ago 1 If you were hoping for any Overwatch 2 balance changes then you'll have to wait until season two The next season begins in December CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 3 The Dead Space remake will chuck random Necromorphs at you as you wander the Ishimura In space, no one can hear you proper bricking it CJ Wheeler 18 hours ago 8 Valve register mysterious new Neon Prime trademark in the US It doesn’t seem to be for a particularly colourful Steam Deck CJ Wheeler 20 hours ago 11 Latest Articles What are we all playing this weekend? Well? Alice O'Connor an hour ago 22 Past Wordle answers Here's an archive of previous Wordle words Ollie Toms 2 hours ago 1 Wordle answer today (Saturday 15 October) Hints and the answer to today's Wordle word Rebecca Jones 9 hours ago Overwatch 2 hero tier list Which are the best heroes in Overwatch 2? Ollie Toms 16 hours ago Supporters Only You're probably better than me at One Many Nobody You go on without… uh, you? Sin Vega 17 hours ago Supporter podcast - The Nate Files episode 13: dry bones Bad science is also FUN science! Alice Bell 18 hours ago Japanese dating show Love Wagon has surprising parallels with Yakuza and Persona My new obsession Ed Thorn 2 days ago If you're hankering after Bayonetta 3, Valkyrie Elysium might be a good substitute It's not out on PC until next month, but the console demo has been a surprise charmer Katharine Castle 1 week ago 4 We've been talking, and we think that you should wear clothes Total coincidence, but we sell some clothes Buy RPS stuff here