New Monster Hunter Wilds trailer reveals the scariest spider boss this series has cooked up in 20 years – meet Lala Barina and the lightning wyvern Rey Dau

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Capcom brought a new Monster Hunter Wilds trailer to Gamescom Opening Night Live, and it's equal parts dreamy and nightmarish thanks to a new spider that makes every previous insect boss look tame. We also got a much better look at the apex predator of the new Windward Plains, the lightning wyvern Rey Dau.

Our new spider overlord, Lala Barina, looks to be the third Temnoceran-type large monster, following Monster Hunter 4's Nerscylla and Rakna-Kadaki of Monster Hunter Rise, both of which have souped-up variants. This rose-like creepy-crawly weaves a nest of red fibers and attacks with a mix of airborne webbing, clawed forelegs, and a retractable stinger on its abdomen. The featured environment is listed as the Scarlet Forest, home to Lala Barina's nest. I'm already hoping there's a blue rose variant of this thing. 

Lala Barina is an agile, almost balletic opponent, but the other new monster shown today packs a bit more brute strength. Rey Dau looks to be a flying wyvern similar to Seregios, but instead of sharpened scales it uses its sheer heft and railgun-like lightning bolts to attack. Rey Dau was previously described as a major player in the story, and the ominous setup of today's trailer lines up with that. 

Cutting through the arachnophobia, the trailer ends with a brief look at our hunter's new cooking animation. This series really has come a long way: now we can cook up six steaks in one massive rack. That's progress, folks. 

Monster Hunter Wilds is still penciled in for a 2025 release date, and all signs point to that being early in the year. 

Austin Wood
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Austin has been a game journalist for 12 years, having freelanced for the likes of PC Gamer, Eurogamer, IGN, Sports Illustrated, and more while finishing his journalism degree. He's been with GamesRadar+ since 2019. They've yet to realize his position is a cover for his career-spanning Destiny column, and he's kept the ruse going with a lot of news and the occasional feature, all while playing as many roguelikes as possible.