Capcom has announced that they are bringing the Monster Hunter franchise to China. This new game will be called Monster Hunter Online and will be a free-to-play MMO.

Monster Hunter Online will be published in China by Tencent. The new game was built using Crytek’s CryEngine3.

There will be an open beta for Monster Hunter Online in June 2013. There are currently no announcements over whether the game will release outside of China.