For one thing, Dauntless is a free-to-play game whereas Monster Hunter World (and its Iceborne expansion) costs real-world cash — but they’re two sides of the same coin when it boils down to gameplay.

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. The free-to-play Monster Hunter-like action game Dauntless is one of the year's most ambitious PC releases, and soon players everywhere will have a ...

If you’ve ever played Monster Hunter, you will immediately realize exactly what developer Phoenix Labs has done with Dauntless. They’ve stripped the main components (hunting, grinding, loot, etc) from ...

Dauntless - You’re dropped off on a floating island before setting off to find the Behemoth, Dauntless’ name for a monster. Players usually spread out, or use the lantern item to point them in the ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Phoenix Labs has announced the latest update for Dauntless is now live. The free-to-play Monster Hunter-like game's newest expansion is called Fortune ...

The developers of Dauntless have a big task ahead of them. They are trying to carve their own space in a genre dominated by Monster Hunter. If they are the puny hunter with spear in hand then Monster ...

Dauntless looks great. It’s a free-to-play take on the Monster Hunter formula from Riot, BioWare, and Capcom development veterans. The game has been in closed beta for some time already, with people ...

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“Dauntless” has managed to carve a niche for itself in the action role-playing game space. For the uninitiated, the game is comparable to “Monster Hunter”, but with a more cartoonish look and several ...

Dauntless, an action-RPG of the cooperative monster-slaying genre, has been in the works since before we even knew Monster Hunter World existed. Developer Phoenix Labs was hoping to inhabit a space ...

Monster Hunter: World saw unprecedented worldwide success for a franchise traditionally only popular in Japan, selling 12 million copies as of last month. That success has likely also helped the ...

I’ll get the obvious comparison out of the way: “Dauntless” is a “Monster Hunter” clone. The biggest differences between the two games are the crafting mechanics and the payment structure. But overall ...