The PC launch of Monster Hunter: World is still a few days away but one of the game’s hunted monsters has escaped Capcom’s cage and sought sanctuary inside Square Enix’s MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV. The dinodragon mascot Rathalos hits FFXIV in an update today, letting Fantasists fight the “King of the Skies” to score loot including armour made from his guts, a diddy Rathalos flying mount, and a wee Palico cat friend. The crossover goes both ways, with bits of Final Fantasy already popping up in Monster Hunter: World on consoles, though with our delayed launch it’s not exactly clear what will happen with that on PC.

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