The writing in Monster Hunter Tri is absolutely crucial to the experience.

According to Capcom’s platinum title chart, worldwide sales of Monster Hunter Tri are 1,800,000.

Lost Planet 2′s struggles at retail and higher development costs compared to the previous year led to sluggish financial results for Capcom’s first quarter.

Want to arm yourself with wacky Monster Hunter Tri gear? Then log online.

There’s even an event calender you can import into your Google, Outlook or phone.

The call of Qurupeco attracted over 100,000 fans to buy Monster Hunter Tri in its first couple weeks in North America.

Did you know Capcom’s employee-count rose from 1,506 to 1,813 between March 2009 and 2010?

Japanese gamers had a wide range of opinions to offer on Monster Hunter Tri, and we’ve cherry-picked a few that will give one a good idea of what the general consensus was.

Capcom wants you to keep you playing Monster Hunter Tri months after the game makes its debut on April 20. Their plan? Loads of online events with rare items as rewards for logging in.

Monster Hunter Tri director Kaname Fujioka attempts to explain the thinking behind Monster Hunter’s design and how Tri represents an opportunity to encourage word-of-mouth publicity.

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European gamers have one more reason to pre-order Monster Hunter Tri. Reserve the game and you get a Rathalos head figurine as a gift.

We take the Monster Hunter Tri demo for a spin to see what the craze is all about.

Capcom won’t charge a single point to play Monster Hunter Tri online in North America. Online play is free for us.