User blog comment:PitchBlack696/Monster Hunter Portable 3rd/@comment-71.219.203.188-20110723191644/@comment-1758220-20110729001400

I can guarantee you it isn't coming out on December 31st. That is almost always a placeholder date for when a gaming news company (like IGN or Gamespot) doesn't know when the game will release, but strongly believe it will come out sometime during the year. For example, Crysis 2 was listed on IGN for December 31st, but was then moved to the real date once it was revealed.