{"id":1974779,"date":"2026-06-05T23:16:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1974779"},"modified":"2026-06-05T23:16:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T20:16:43","slug":"monster-hunter-ascendance-is-to-wilds-what-iceborne-was-to-monster-hunter-world-coming-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1974779","title":{"rendered":"Monster Hunter Ascendance is to Wilds what Iceborne was to Monster Hunter World, coming 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"article \" data-ads=\"true\" data-article-type=\"news\" data-article-group=\"news\" data-paywalled=\"false\" data-premium=\"false\" data-sponsored=\"false\" data-type=\"article\">\n<header class=\"article_header\" data-component=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs\">\n<nav class=\"nav_breadcrumbs\" data-component=\"nav-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\">\n<ul class=\"nav-links\">\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Home<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/news\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      News<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<li>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/monster-hunter-wilds\" data-active=\"false\"><br \/>\n                      Monster Hunter Wilds<br \/>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_details\" id=\"main-content\">\n<h1 class=\"title\">Monster Hunter Ascendance is to Wilds what Iceborne was to Monster Hunter World, coming 2027<\/h1>\n<p class=\"strapline\">What goes up&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"headline_asset\">\n<figure class=\"headline_image_wrapper\">\n<p>        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"headline_image\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/monster-hunter-wilds-ascendance-announced-releasing-2027-v0-arpmn7wnhj5h1.webp?width=570&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;dpr=3&amp;auto=webp\" alt loading=\"eager\" data-uri=\"monster-hunter-wilds-ascendance-announced-releasing-2027-v0-arpmn7wnhj5h1.webp\" data-lightbox width=\"570\" height=\"320\"><figcaption>\n          <span class=\"attribution\">Image credit: <cite>Capcom<\/cite><\/span><br \/>\n        <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"metadata\">\n<div class=\"avatar\">\n<p>    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dom Peppiatt avatar\" src=\"https:\/\/assetsio.gnwcdn.com\/pxl_20220402_110941365.portrait_V04meYj.jpg?width=2048&amp;height=2048&amp;fit=bounds&amp;quality=85&amp;format=jpg&amp;auto=webp\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1130\"><\/p>\n<p>  <img alt=\"Dom Peppiatt avatar\" data-autosize=\"crop_lossy\" data-uri=\"pxl_20220402_110941365.portrait_V04meYj.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1\" width=\"1044\" height=\"1130\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"text\">\n<div class=\"byline\">\n                  <span class=\"article_type\" data-slug=\"news\"><br \/>\n                    News<br \/>\n                  <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"by\">by<\/span> <span class=\"author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/authors\/dom-peppiatt\">Dom Peppiatt<\/a><\/span>                    <span class=\"job_title\"><br \/>\n                      Deputy Editorial Director<br \/>\n                    <\/span>\n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"published_at\">\nPublished on <time datetime=\"2026-06-05T23:16:43+00:00\">June 5, 2026<\/time>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mypop-header-wrapper\">\n<p><button class=\"mypop-button button wide\" data-state=\"follow\" data-type=\"tag\" data-uuid=\"8cbb782f-4a94-42b5-b093-1ae6f8c72de8\" data-name=\"Monster Hunter Wilds\" data-follow-text=\"Follow Monster Hunter Wilds\" data-unfollow-text=\"Following Monster Hunter Wilds\" data-aria-follow-text=\"Follow Monster Hunter Wilds\" data-aria-unfollow-text=\"Following Monster Hunter Wilds\" data-popup=\"true\" data-force-login=\"true\" aria-label=\"Follow Monster Hunter Wilds\" title=\"Follow Monster Hunter Wilds\"><br \/>\n  Follow Monster Hunter Wilds<br \/>\n<\/button>          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/monster-hunter-wilds-review\">Monster Hunter Wilds<\/a>&#8216; first expansion, Ascendance, has finally been revealed. In a trailer at Summer Games Fest 2026, Capcom unveiled the future of the game with a massive new expansion called Ascendance.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a Monster Hunter veteran, you&#8217;ll know that Monster Hunter games are defined by their expansions; in recent memory, we have both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/monster-hunter-rise\">Monster Hunter Rise<\/a> Sunbreak, and Monster Hunter World Iceborne, which both added huge content updates to each game. I imagine Ascendance will do the same for Wilds.<\/p>\n<p>Despite some missteps along the way and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/monster-hunter-wilds-sales-have-plummeted-lagging-behind-even-the-last-games-dlc-and-a-two-year-old-street-fighter-game\">those sadly quite-impactful performance woes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/monster-hunter-wilds\">Monster Hunter Wilds<\/a> has always been a pretty good time. We knew we were going to get this game this summer after an update from the dev team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/monster-hunter-wilds-expansion-sets-summer-2026-reveal\">back in February<\/a> where producer Ryozo Tsujimoto unveiled a &#8220;large-scale expansion&#8221; was planned to shake things up.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of 2025, we learned that the game&#8217;s free content updates were ending (in the short term; it was always obvious that DLC was on the way). After providing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/monster-hunter-wilds-january-2026-performance-update-released\">promised performance improvements<\/a>, a major patch coming 18th February added bunch of 10-star Arch-tempered monsters to slay in permanent event quests, new weapon and pendant designs from a design contest held a while back, and a Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection collaboration. Not bad to keep us all occupied, right?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"preferred-source\" data-component=\"preferred-source\">\nLove Eurogamer.net? Make us a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\">Preferred Source on Google<\/a> and catch more of our coverage in your feeds.  <\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"article_body\" data-component=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article_body_content article-styling\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/monster-hunter-wilds-review\">Monster Hunter Wilds<\/a>&#8216; first expansion, Ascendance, has finally been revealed. In a trailer at Summer Games Fest 2026, Capcom unveiled the future of the game with a massive new expansion called Ascendance.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a Monster Hunter veteran, you&#8217;ll know that Monster Hunter games are defined by their expansions; in recent memory, we have both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/monster-hunter-rise\">Monster Hunter Rise<\/a> Sunbreak, and Monster Hunter World Iceborne, which both added huge content updates to each game. I imagine Ascendance will do the same for Wilds.<\/p>\n<p>Despite some missteps along the way and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/monster-hunter-wilds-sales-have-plummeted-lagging-behind-even-the-last-games-dlc-and-a-two-year-old-street-fighter-game\">those sadly quite-impactful performance woes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/games\/monster-hunter-wilds\">Monster Hunter Wilds<\/a> has always been a pretty good time. We knew we were going to get this game this summer after an update from the dev team <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/monster-hunter-wilds-expansion-sets-summer-2026-reveal\">back in February<\/a> where producer Ryozo Tsujimoto unveiled a &#8220;large-scale expansion&#8221; was planned to shake things up.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of 2025, we learned that the game&#8217;s free content updates were ending (in the short term; it was always obvious that DLC was on the way). After providing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/monster-hunter-wilds-january-2026-performance-update-released\">promised performance improvements<\/a>, a major patch coming 18th February added bunch of 10-star Arch-tempered monsters to slay in permanent event quests, new weapon and pendant designs from a design contest held a while back, and a Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection collaboration. Not bad to keep us all occupied, right?<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home News Monster Hunter Wilds Monster Hunter Ascendance is to Wilds what Iceborne was to Monster Hunter World, coming 2027 What goes up&#8230; Image credit: Capcom News by Dom Peppiatt Deputy Editorial Director Published on June 5, 2026 Follow Monster Hunter Wilds Monster Hunter Wilds&#8216; first expansion, Ascendance, has finally been revealed. 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