Tag: Capcom
News Monster Hunter Wilds' Big Spring Festival Is Live, Offers Cool Armour and Cosmetics
Spring has sprung
The so-called Festival of Accord is now live in Monster Hunter: Wilds, offering plenty of incentives for players to get stuck back into the action RPG over the next couple of weeks. Head over to the Grand Hub (assuming you've got far enough into the game) and you'll find that it's drowning in springtime decoration. Really, it's...
Preview Capcom Fighting Collection 2 Is Shaping Up to Be Another PS4 Compilation That Slaps
The school of hard knocks
It feels a little strange to preview a retro compilation like Capcom Fighting Collection 2. After all, the titles included in this bundle have existed in some form for decades, so there are few surprises here. If you’ve already played the previous Capcom Fighting Collection or Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection, then...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Overhauls Challenge Quests After Cheaters Broke the System
The Mark of Mastery can finally be yours
Capcom has announced immediate changes to how Monster Hunter Wilds' recently introduced Challenge Quests work. Challenge Quests task players with slaying specific monsters with preset weaponry, putting their skills to the test across timed leaderboards. But when these quests were brought in as part of Title...
News Marvel vs Capcom's PS4 Collection Is Getting a Heroic Update This Week
Not all heroes wear capes
Brilliant fighting game bundle Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection will be getting a meaningful update later this week on the PS4. This updated edition of the game will come with two different builds of X-Men vs Street Fighter – one for the purists, perhaps, but a worthwhile inclusion nonetheless. You’ll also be able...
News Here Comes a New Challenger! Street Fighter 6's Elena Revealed for PS5, PS4
Kenya handle it?
The conclusion to Street Fighter 6’s second season is close, and here’s your first look at returnee Elena, who first debuted in Street Fighter III: New Generation. She’ll join the fracas from 5th June, alongside the newly announced Fighters Edition of the game. While this trailer doesn’t feature any of the new...
News New Dragon's Dogma 2 Patch Is Just Trolling Us at This Point
Dragon it out
A new update for Dragon's Dogma 2 is available to download right now on PS5, but after an eternity of silence from Capcom — outside of the game's first anniversary, which was a complete non-event anyway — this certainly isn't the kind of patch that sparks immediate hope for the title's future. Weighing in at a meagre 454MB, the...
News Monster Hunter Wilds' Limited Time Quests Are Being Completely Ruined By Cheaters
The real monsters
With the introduction of Title Update 1, Monster Hunter Wilds has been popping off in terms of player count — but there's now a less positive side to the game's continued popularity. We are, of course, talking about the rise of cheaters. As part of Title Update 1, Capcom has added special challenge quests that are only available...
Poll Are You Still Playing Monster Hunter Wilds?
Title Update 1 is here
It's been just over a month since Monster Hunter Wilds launched on PS5, and the action RPG's right back in the spotlight thanks to Title Update 1. This first major patch adds new monsters, new quests, a new multiplayer hub, and more, tempting lapsed players back into the creature-crushing fold. And based on how quickly Wilds'...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Connection Errors are Everywhere as Fans Flood Back for Title Update 1
It's a whopper
You know an update's popular when the game's online functionality is brought to its knees. Title Update 1 is now live for Monster Hunter Wilds, having dropped in the early hours of the morning. However, as the day's gone on and more of the western world has woken up, the RPG's servers have started to buckle. At the time of writing,...
News Monster Hunter Wilds' Massive Update Out Now, Here Are All the Patch Notes
Back into the Wilds
Capcom has dropped the patch notes for Title Update 1, the first major patch coming to Monster Hunter Wilds. The update itself will be available to download on the 4th April (tomorrow at the time of writing), breathing a lot of new life into the action RPG roughly one month after its initial release on PS5. If you've been...
News Street Fighter 6 Is Getting a Big New PS5, PS4 Bundle for New Players
The streets will hear about this
Street Fighter 6 is comfortably the best fighting game on the PS5 and PS4, but if you don’t own it yet you’ll have no excuse with the new Years 1-2 Fighters Edition. As you may probably expect, this will bundle in a bunch of the content added since launch as DLC. Here’s exactly what you’ll get if you...
News Iconic PS1 Fighter Rival Schools Returns in New Street Fighter 6 Fighting Pass
Crazy diamond
Rival Schools is back – well, sort of. A new Fighting Pass launching in April for Street Fighter 6 will allow you to unlock various avatar outfits inspired by the legendary 1997 brawler. Among the unlockable items includes a school uniform with a giant Josuke-style pompadour, as well as Akira Kazama’s motorcycle helmet. You can...
News PS5's Onimusha: Way of the Sword Is a Gory, Linear, 20-Hour Action Game, and Basically a Reboot
Blast from the past
If you're the type to bemoan the fact that AAA games just seem to be getting bigger and bigger, you'll like what Capcom's had to say about Onimusha: Way of the Sword. In a new interview with Famitsu (as translated by Automaton), director Satoru Nihei and producer Akihito Kadowaki drop some key information
News Monster Hunter Wilds Confirms Improvements Coming to Performance, QoL, and Weapon Balance
Layered Weapons also incoming
Just days ahead of Monster Hunter Wilds' huge Title Update 1, Capcom has confirmed its intent to improve pretty much everything about the action RPG going forward. In a surprisingly open letter from director Yuya Tokuda, we get some insight into the development team's current line of thinking — and although many of...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Smashes Capcom Record with 10 Million Units Sold
Wildly successful
Monster Hunter Wilds has tagged on another two million units in the weeks since its release, as the fictional animal slaughtering sim has now sold over 10 million units. If you recall, the release topped eight million units just three days after its arrival. Capcom says this is a “first month sales record” for the company, and...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Teases Fan-Favourite Sea Dragon's Return
A leviathan undertaking
Well, this is what happens when you don't pay close attention to the end of trailers! Admittedly, we missed this rather unsubtle tease, dropped into the latest Monster Hunter Wilds showcase. But as fans have been extremely quick to point out, it looks like a fan-favourite creature will finally return to the series this...
News Monster Hunter Wilds' Huge Title Update 1 Detailed, Here's Everything You Need to Know
Mizutsune! Arch-tempered! New gear!
Capcom has given us a deep dive into Title Update 1 for Monster Hunter Wilds. The game's first major update launches next week, on Friday the 4th April, and it's absolutely packed with new stuff. If you've fallen off Wilds since its launch last month, then these additions should pull you back in. There's a new...
News Monster Hunter Wilds' Campaign Has an Impressive 73% Completion Rate on PS5
High Rank awaits
Around three quarters of Monster Hunter Wilds players have pushed through the game's main story campaign on PS5. That's according to Trophy data, which has the silver 'Bringer of Harmony' trinket marked as "common" at 73.1%. Wilds has been out for just under a month, which makes this a fairly impressive completion rate when...
News Capcom Celebrates Dragon's Dogma 2's 1st Anniversary, But There's Still No Sign of an Expansion
End the cycle
Dragon's Dogma 2 launched one year ago today, on the 22nd March 2024. And while Capcom has acknowledged the one-year anniversary, there's still no sign of an expansion. In truth, it's been a fairly frustrating 12 months for fans of the open world RPG. While its core gameplay is, in our humble opinion, something really special, the...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Player Shows Off Extent of Its Massive Open World
One loading screen in nine long minutes
Monster Hunter Wilds is a big game, packed to the brim with all sorts of nightmares of evolution to hunt down and slay to harvest their valuable hides and innards. One player has documented an impressive nine-minute-long jaunt across its vast, connected zones from the back of a Seikret. BrotherPig posted...
News Latest Monster Hunter Wilds PS5 Update Makes Dozens of Fixes, Here Are the Patch Notes
A beastly patch
Capcom has released a new patch for its big new action RPG, Monster Hunter Wilds. Available to download and install now on PS5, the update focuses on fixing numerous issues, including those that were preventing progress through the game. Here's the list of issues addressed in this update, per Capcom's support site: The “Grill a...
Poll What Review Score Would You Give Monster Hunter Wilds?
Apex predator
Monster Hunter Wilds has been out for about a week now, giving you plenty of time to break Hunter Rank 100 and then complain that the game simply isn't long enough. And you know what that means! As always, we want your review scores, which will factor into the game's user rating all across Push Square. Wilds has done extremely well...
Random Monster Hunter Wilds Fans Impressed by Capcom's Collection of Blades
You call that a knife?
Monster Hunter Wilds features a wide assortment of majestic creatures to ruthlessly hunt down for their resources, and not a few nightmarish abominations that simply cannot be suffered to live. Of course, you'll need your trusty carving knife to reap the rewards, and fans have been impressed to find the wide range of blades on...
Poll So, Is Monster Hunter Wilds 'Too Easy'?
Authorised by the Guild
Before Monster Hunter Wilds actually released, you may recall that there were heated debates surrounding the game's overall difficulty. Of course, no one but reviewers had actually played Capcom's latest at that point, but that didn't stop hardcore fans from fretting over the title's supposed lack of challenge. In various...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Will Cycle Weekly Event Quests with In-Game Rewards on PS5
The hunt never ends
Monster Hunter Wilds launched at the tail end of last week, and it's been a monumental success already, having sold 8 million copies in just three days. While there's plenty of content in the game for players to chew on, Capcom has now kickstarted a weekly schedule of Event Quests, introducing fresh missions to complete that'll...
Random There's a Run on Cheese Naan in Japan, and Monster Hunter Wilds Is to Blame
We'll take two
Mmmm, cheese naan. It’s comforting, filling, and outrageously delicious. It’s also selling out at Japanese restaurants right now, and Monster Hunter Wilds is to blame. Automaton reports that fans of the hit PS5 game have been storming Nepalese restaurants right around the country after seeing a cutscene in the game which depicts...
Random Capcom Survey Site Crushed by Monster Hunter Wilds' Massive Audience
Trampled underfoot
After hunting down a stunning eight million players in just three days, it seems Capcom's newfound mega-popularity isn't all upside: a survey the company is asking players to fill out with feedback has been hit with so many respondents that the site crashed due to "heavy traffic".
News Monster Hunter Wilds Patch 1.000.004 Out Now, Fixes Game-Breaking Bug, Crashes
The hunt continues
An update for Monster Hunter Wilds will be deployed on the 4th March, but it won't be the performance-enhancing patch that many players are waiting for. Over the weekend following Wilds' release, there were numerous reports of a game-breaking bug that occurs during Chapter 5 of the main story. Basically, there's a quest where...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Sells 8 Million Units in Three Days, Capcom's Fastest Selling Game Ever
Sales monster
Monster Hunter Wilds’ unstoppable success has earned it over eight million sales in just three days, making it the fastest-selling game in publisher Capcom’s history. The publisher failed to provide any additional information about the game’s performance in its press release, so we’ll need to await further announcements to...
News Monster Hunter Series Producer Just Got a Big Promotion at Capcom
Ryozo Tsujimoto moving up in the world
Ryozo Tsujimoto, a key producer at Capcom responsible for the Monster Hunter series, has received a big promotion after the company announced a personnel reshuffling. From 1st April, Tsujimoto, who currently serves as "deputy in charge of development divisions", will assume the Chief Product Officer position in...
News Street Fighter 6's Ridiculous New Music Video Is Pure 90s Nostalgia
Sing along
Capcom has released a new Street Fighter 6 music video for a song that can be unlocked in World Tour mode – but only if you have God given fighting game chops. The music video is based on classic 90s karaoke videos, and shows a man dressed in Ryu’s gi playing on an old CRT screen and eating various different foods. These are...
News No Objections to Street Fighter 6's Surreal Ace Attorney Crossover on PS5, PS4
The Steel Samurai sentences you to a smackdown
In one of the stranger, but nevertheless appealing crossovers we've seen in recent days, Street Fighter 6 players had better prepare their defenses, legal or otherwise, as a crossover with Capcom's long-running, often ludicrous court-room brawler, the Ace Attorney series, is set for a showdown. The...
Cashcom
Capcom makes damn good video games, but for years now, the publisher's peddled dodgy microtransactions — often to the detriment of the titles that they're attached to. And the newly-released Monster Hunter Wilds is no different. Just like in 2018's Monster Hunter World, players need to pay up with real money if they want to make cosmetic...
Poll Are You Playing Monster Hunter Wilds?
Going Wilds
Say goodbye to your free time over the next few weeks, because there's a new Monster Hunter in town. Capcom's oversized weapon simulator is back with Monster Hunter Wilds, and we want to know if you're jumping in. Monster Hunter World was obviously an unprecedented hit for the company, having been crowned Capcom's best selling title of...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Eclipses All Expectations on Launch Day
Truly wild
Monster Hunter Wilds looks like it’s going to have a crack at being the biggest game of the year. Within hours of releasing, the latest in Capcom’s uber-popular property attracted almost one million concurrent players on Steam. That’s the eighth highest concurrent count in the PC storefront’s history, with the title guaranteed to...
Video Monster Hunter Wilds Graphics Compared on PS5 and PS5 Pro
We look at all three settings
By now, you may have heard that Monster Hunter Wilds has... issues on PS5, and even PS5 Pro. Capcom's action RPG can struggle in terms of both visual quality and performance, often resulting in a disappointingly uneven experience. It's certainly not unplayable, but we were all hoping for better. So, in order to take a...
News Monster Hunter Wilds' Big April Update Adds Harder Enemies as Difficulty Discourse Continues
Temper yourself
Capcom has detailed the first big 'Title Update' for Monster Hunter Wilds, which will drop at some point in April. The idea is that by this time, most players who snagged the game at launch will have played through the main campaign — as well as the High Rank stuff — and will be looking to sink their teeth into something new...
News Capcom Reveals Monster Hunter Wilds Global Release Times
The anticipation of the hunt
Monster Hunter Wilds is almost upon us. It will be released on PS5 tomorrow, February 28th. Series fanatics will likely want to start playing the second servers go live. Capcom understands this all too well and has confirmed the precise global release times so that prospective hunters can immediately get to hunting...
News PS5 Pro Is By Far the Best Way to Play Monster Hunter Wilds on Console
But...
When it comes to playing the imminent Monster Hunter Wilds on a console, your best bet — by some distance — is the PS5 Pro. This is what Digital Foundry's latest analysis boils down to, with the team having now examined the action RPG across all available hardware. We did our own performance analysis of Wilds earlier this we
News Some Monster Hunter Wilds Fans Are Losing Their Minds Over the Game Being 'Too Easy'
Easy does it
Monster Hunter Wilds is just days away from release at the time of writing this article, but early press and content creator reviews have managed to whip up a storm within the community. Currently, potential players are embroiled in a debate surrounding the game's difficulty. You see, several reviewers have pointed out that Wilds is...
Hands On Monster Hunter Wilds Performance Certainly Isn't Perfect on PS5, PS5 Pro
Monster mashed
How well does Monster Hunter Wilds run on PS5 and PS5 Pro? Having now played Capcom's action RPG for close to 100 hours, we wanted to give you an overview of how the game performs on Sony's system — especially since last year's poorly optimised beta sparked a lot of scepticism with regards to frame rates and resolutions. The good...
Review Monster Hunter Wilds (PS5) - A Timeless Formula Refined to Near Perfection
Wilds thing, I think I love you
Monster Hunter World: Iceborne introduced the Guiding Lands — a dynamic, borderline sandbox map that had monsters of all shapes and sizes come and go as players investigated its more open environments. Monster Hunter Wilds is essentially the Guiding Lands, but spread across an entire Monster Hunter title. And as a...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Isn't Out on PS5 Yet, But Capcom's Already Revealed Its First Free Updates
Lots to look forward to
Monster Hunter Wilds is going to be monstrous on PS5 this month, but even once you’ve worked through the presumably massive amounts of day one content, there’s more to look forward to. As part of yesterday’s State of Play, publisher Capcom confirmed the game’s first free post-release updates. “In the week after...
News Capcom Confirms Onimusha 2 PS4 Remaster Will Launch in May
Better graphics and modern controls
Announced just recently in the Capcom Spotlight showcase, the Japanese publisher has now revealed its PS4 remaster of Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny will launch on 23rd May 2025. This will be a PS4 version, but it can be played on PS5 via backwards compatibility. Check out the new trailer above. The remastered...
News PS5's Onimusha: Way of the Sword Looks Outstanding in New Gameplay Trailer
Starring Miyamoto Musashi
Capcom has given us our first real look at Onimusha: Way of the Sword — and it looks superb. This new trailer shows off some in-game combat footage, and much like the developers have said previously, there's a clear focus on sword-based action, with thoughtful movement, parries, and killer finishers all playing a role...
News The Hype for Monster Hunter Wilds Is Real as World Sales Erupt Seven Years After Release
World's world
Monster Hunter World has become a seemingly eternal money-spinner for Capcom, as the action RPG continues to post impressive sales numbers seven whole years after its release. The impending launch of Monster Hunter Wilds has no doubt sparked this latest sales bump, with IGN Japan reporting that World somehow managed to shift 1 million...
News Looks Like Resident Evil 5 Is Getting a PS5 Port Too
Seemingly joining Resident Evil 6 on PS5
Along with Resident Evil 6, it seems Resident Evil 5 will also soon receive a native PS5 version. Just like the generally detested sixth instalment, an age rating for an Xbox Series X|S version of Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar's excursion to Africa has appeared on the ESRB website. The chances of this port...
News Here's When Monster Hunter Wilds' Extended PS5 Beta Will End
More details to follow
One of the biggest downsides to this weekend’s PSN outage was that the much-anticipated Monster Hunter Wilds beta had been scheduled to take place. Obviously, it’s up and running now, but fans lost a full day of play, which isn’t ideal. Capcom, eager to make good on the situation, has promised that it’ll offer a...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Lowers PC Requirements, Probably a Good Thing for PS5 Performance
Capcom makes optimisations
Capcom has revealed updated PC requirements for Monster Hunter Wilds, ahead of its release later in the month — and they may just point towards good news for PS5 players. Basically, the developer's managed to make some pretty significant optimisations to the imminent action RPG, reducing the technical heft that's needed...
News Capcom to Pull the Plug on Rubbish Resident Evil Multiplayer Spin-Off
"The game has served its purpose admirably"
Capcom has had multiple attempts at trying to get a multiplayer version of Resident Evil to stick, but they’ve pretty much all come up short, and Resident Evil Re:Verse is no different. You may recall this game was included with purchases of Resident Evil Village, although it faced a hearty delay, and...
