User blog comment:Mckrongs/Official Nintendo Magazine talks about Monster Hunter 3 G Again/@comment-5353362-20120731163115/@comment-1758220-20120731164015

I say it releases about January/February. That's basically the same schedule that MHFU had with 2G. A year and a bit. Knowing that, I'd put the actual announcement at late August, ie Gamescom.