UPDATE: In case you missed the stream, you can now catch it on YouTube .

Starting today, you can pick up  Monster Hunter Freedom Unite for  FREE  for your PSP or PS Vita if you’re a PlayStation Plus subscriber ! Putting the  FREE back in  FREEdom Unite !

Tune in to  twitch.tv/capcomunity at 3pm PT  to see me playing one of my personal favorite  Monster Hunter  titles… yes, the one that is now free fo PS+ users:  MHFU nite ! =)

I’m also thinking about streaming it again for next week’s  Monster Hunter Mondays , so let’s talk about getting a hunting party together for that, shall we?

Anyways, let’s talk about this game in a little more context:

MH Freedom Unite was technically the expansion of  Monster Hunter Freedom 2 (think the “Ultimate” version of MHF2), and was released for the PSP in 2009. MHF2 itself was the portable adaptation of the Japan-only title  Monster Hunter 2 (dos) which came out for the PS2.

So if you know how MH titles add content with each upgrade and start doing the math, you’ll soon realize that  MHFU featured a TON OF STUFF compared to your average PSP title and even MH2!

One interesting bit about MHFU’s content though is that it is still relevant, in a weird way. You see, in 2010  Monster Hunter Tri came out and gave me a bit of a “reboot” vibe to it (this was my perception as a fan at the time) by introducing a ton of new monsters and new mechanics while leaving about 90% of MHFU’s monsters aside.

Even though Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate managed to bring back some old classics (Plesioth, Nargacuga),  MHFU can still claim a few exclusives to the 2nd generation such as the giant enemy crabs Hermitaur and Ceanataur, well as Monoblos, Lavasioth, Hypnocatrice and a few Elder Dragons!

Again, we’ll be streaming this game and talking more about it at  3pm PT on Twitch, and if you’re a PlayStation Plus Subscriber, you can pick it up for  FREE !