A few months ago Tencent Games released a batch of screenshots showcasing the Thunder Sands Desert in Monster Hunter Online. The screenies were quite impressive, but what about the concept artwork that generated them?

Today we get to see them, and they're definitely as lovely as the screenshots, showing haunting canyons and arid, sandy wastes.

Check them out below, while we're still waiting for any word about a possible western release. That's long overdue, isn't it?