Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Breaks PSP Record

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Monster Hunter Freedom Unite Breaks PSP Record

July 8, 2009

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Monster Hunter Freedom Unite has become the first PSP game to ship over 3.5 million copies, according to publisher Capcom.

First released in Japan in March 2008, the local-multiplayer action RPG was the country’s bestselling PSP game last year.

It debuted in the US, Europe and PAL territories at the end of last month, entering the UK PSP chart at number one and the all formats rankings at 25. You can check out our review of the game here.

The latest addition to the series, Monster Hunter 3, will release in Japan for Wii on August 1.

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