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News Confirmed: Tekken X Street Fighter Is Not A Video Game (Yet!!!)
While development on Capcom's Street Fighter X Tekken is well under-way, Namco's Tekken X Street Fighter is still little more than a concept
We really havent started on Tekken X Street Fighter, said Tekken boss Katsuhiro Harada at Namco's big pre-E3 event in Dubai this morning. Things are going well with Street Fighter X Tekken and well...
Remember when Capcom announced they were bringing Street Fighter III: 3rd Strike to the PlayStation Network? Nah, us neither
It feels like forever ago since we got any new information on the re-release. The reason for Capcom's silence? They've been working really hard on the game. During a streamed "Ask Capcom" event, Capcom's Christian...
News PlayStation Network Outage Costing Capcom A Chunk Of Change
Undeniably the worst thing to come out of the PlayStation Network outage is the amount of money third-parties are currently losing from the inability to sell their games on the PlayStation Store
Publishers and developers alike depend on the distribution clout of the PlayStation Network to sell their goods, and with that ripped away it causes a big...
News Resident Evil Is Going To Be 'Totally Different', Cross Your Fingers For Horror
We really liked Resident Evil 5
We know we're in the minority, but we thought that game was friggin' fantastic. Resident Evil 4, of course, is in our top five games of all time. Despite that, we still definitely feel that Resident Evil needs another dramatic change at this point in its lifespan. Capcom's Masachika Kawata agrees. Kawata is currently...
News Place Your Bets: What Do You Think Was The Best Selling PS3 Game In Japan Last Year?
This one caught us by surprise
Despite launching late in the year, we assumed Gran Turismo 5 would probably be the highest selling PlayStation 3 title in 2010. Either that, or some weird mech game we've never heard of. But no, the top-selling Japanese PS3 game of 2010 was actually the fantastic Yakuza 4. The numbers, reported by Siliconera, note...
News Dino Crisis 2 Dead Set On PlayStation Classics Release
Admission: we've never played Dino Crisis
But we might yet get our chance, with the ESRB rating Dino Crisis 2 for a North American PlayStation Network release. The first Dino Crisis is of course already available on the US PSN. Dinosaurs will probably rule the world once more for real when the European release actually comes round.
News Capcom: Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City To Be Slant Six's Best Game
Capcom's Masachika Kawata reckons that Slant Six's upcoming squad-based RE spin-off, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, will be the studio's best game
Since forming in 2005, the studio has put out three SOCOM games on PSP and PS3. While the PlayStation 3's SOCOM: Confrontation wasn't brilliant, its definitely worth mentioning that the team's two...
News Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Totally Looks Like This
If you've not forgotten about Slant-Six's controversial squad-based take on the Resident Evil franchise already, Capcom's released some fresh screenshots of the upcoming Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
They've got Resident Evil 4's Leon Kennedy in them. Check out the full set on Joystiq.</em>
News Capcom Announces Dragon's Dogma, A New Open-World Action Game For PlayStation 3
Want to know what the best thing about Dragon's Dogma is? There's no "2" or cheeky subtitle at the end of the name -- this is a brand new title from Capcom
The publisher bills the game as a "a unique action experience that blends exciting and fulfilling combat with the freedom to explore and interact in a rich, living and breathing...
News Additional Street Fighter And Tekken Names Join The Roster Of The Greatest Crossover In History
Six fresh faces have joined the roster of Street Fighter X Tekken -- Capcom's unexpected but still mindblowingly awesome cross-franchise beat 'em up
We knew from the game's original announcement that Ryu, Chun-Li, Kazuya and Nina Williams would be duking it out when the game releases next year, but now we can add Ken, Guile, Abel, King, Marduk and...
He's covered wars, y'know
Capcom's just announced Dead Rising 2: Off The Record, a game the publisher is touting as a "re-imagining" of Dead Rising 2. The retail release is touted to be "bigger" in size than the previous zombie slasher, and will depict the story of Frank West within Dead Rising 2's Fortune City setting. Blue...
News By The Way: Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition Is Coming As DLC
The website ConsoleTech just got black-balled by Capcom for life
Hope the hits were worth it guys. The ballsy site has posted a trailer from Capcom's heavily embargoed Captivate event. The footage concludes what we all hoped: Super Street Fighter IV will get a fresh set of DLC updating it with the new characters and features from the Arcade Edition...
News Weird Monster Hunter Spin-Off Coming To Japanese PSPs This Summer
Capcom's announced Monster Hunter Diary G for the PSP
The spin-off title focuses on the franchise's cat-like creatures, the Felynes. Check out the game's debut trailer above. Aside from looking completely bonkers, it reminds us a little of Patapon.
News Famitsu Promises Capcom Blow-Out Next Week
Capcom is currently holding its Captivate press event in the US
But with information embargoed until April 12th, we still don't know exactly what the publisher's showcasing. Thankfully, this week's Famitsu magazine has a few hints . The menu includes: Street Fighter X Tekken, Asura's Wrath, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City and the mysterious...
News Albert Wesker Hypes Up Resident Evil's 15th Anniversary
Yes
There are like five Resident Evil games coming out this year. Sure, they're not all releasing on PlayStation platforms (though we still have high-hopes that an enhanced port of Resident Evil: Revelations will get ported from 3DS to NGP), but that doesn't make the line-up any less exciting: Resident Evil: Code Veronica X HD, Resident Evil 4 HD,...
News Capcom Cans Mega Man Universe
Capcom's just revealed that it has cancelled the "Play Create Share" inspired PSN title, Mega Man Universe
The publisher's apologised to fans on the game's website, citing "various circumstances" as the reason for the cancellation. The mostly like reason is the exit of Keiji Inafune, who left Capcom a little while back. Inafune was a...
News Let's Try Not To Be Too Cynical About Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, Ok?
Capcom's released a teaser trailer for the freshly announced Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
The reaction around the 'net hasn't been brilliant. "Capcom played Left 4 Dead then," seems to be the common reaction, and while it appears those people are probably on the money, we're not sure how they are deriving that from this trailer...
News Right, Looks Like It's Time To Buy Street Fighter IV Again
Look at your games collection
How many copies of Street Fighter IV do you own? Two, three different copies? How do you fancy buying another. Looks like you'll get your chance soon. The BBFC's revealed a rating for Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition that's supposedly due out in June. Presumably the new version will include the four new characters...
News Capcom Confirms Winter Release For Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Capcom's offically confirmed that Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City will release on PlayStation 3 this winter
It puts an end to a long period of speculation surrounding the game. The game's essentially a squad based co-op shooter (as the rumours previously suggested) and is in development at SOCOM: Confrontation outfit Slant-Six. Your task is to...
News Resident Evil 4, Code Veronica HD To Launch On PlayStation Network This Fall
The recently announced Resident Evil: Revival Selection, featuring remastered versions of Resident Evil 4 and Code Veronica, will launch on the PlayStation Network in the West this fall
The releases are designed to celebrate Resident Evil's anniversary, which turns 15 this year.</em>
Rumour Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Confirmed, In Development At SOCOM Confrontation Studio
Reports filtering out of the US edition of the Official XBOX Magazine confirm that Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is in development at SOCOM: Confrontation developer Slant Six
The reports seemingly confirm rumours we'd heard earlier in the year. According to CVG, the team-based shooter puts teams of four-players in charge of clearing away any...
News Resident Evil 4 Looks A Lot Like Resident Evil 4 On PlayStation 3
Famitsu's published the first couple of screenshots from the recently announced Resident Evil HD compilation, Resident Evil: Revival Selection
The package — which includes Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil: Code Veronica — is due out on PlayStation 3 later in the year. You can check out some additional shots on Capcom's official website for the...
News Resident Evil 4 and Code Veronica Coming to PSN
We don't know if you know this, but Resident Evil 4 is in our top-five video games of all time
Repeat: all time. It sits one spot below Super Mario 64 in fourth-place. Fact: Capcom's third-person horror shooter is the best of its class. And now it's coming to PlayStation 3. Like, for reals. Feel free to go crazy. We'll wait. Alright. As highlighted...
News Resident Evil 4 HD Remake Outed for PlayStation 3
A strong Move contender
Capcom just loves to tinker with its Resident Evil series: over the years it's seen more re-releases than Star Wars, but the publishing giant isn't done just yet. Japanese magazine Famitsu has outed a Resident Evil: Revival Selection for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, containing Resident Evil: Code Veronica and series pinnacle...
News Rejoice: Resident Evil Director's Cut Infects The European PSN Next Week
Are you ready to make a Jill sandwich? Well, European masters of unlocking will get their chance next week, as Capcom has revealed to Eurogamer that the Director's Cut version of the original Resident Evil will be launch on the PlayStation Store next week for £7
99. The director's cut version of Resident Evil, originally released in 1997, includes...
News Six Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Characters Get Fresh Garments
It starts
With Marvel vs. Capcom 3 already available in North America, and due shortly in Europe, Capcom's beginning to tease the first of what's certain to be many downloadable costume packs for the game's enormous roster. The first slice of clothing content will be available on the PSN from March 1st, offering alternative clobber for Thor, Captain...
News Upcoming Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 DLC Presumably Makes The Game Really Freakin' Hard
Ever fancied taking on a Capcom QA staffer at Marvel Vs
Capcom in the early hours of the morning? Nope, us neither. We get enough grief from the series on its easiest AI setting. Still, we know there are masochists amongst you who will revel at fighting against Capcom's elite in an upcoming Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 DLC pack. Dubbed "Shadow...
News DarkStalkers 3, Cyberbots, Mega Man 4 & More Coming To Japanese PlayStation Network
Capcom's confirmed on Twitter that they are bringing four more PlayStation classics to the Japanese PSN
Star Gladiator, Darkstalkers 3, Cyberbots and Mega Man 4 are all set to be added to the Game Archives. No word on pricing or release yet.
News PlayStation Meeting 2011: Yakuza: Of The End & Lost Planet 2 Demonstrated On NGP
Yakuza: Of The End and Lost Planet 2 are PlayStation 3 games
But that doesn't stop them running on Sony's latest portable device, the NGP. During Sony's PlayStation Meeting press conference in Japan, Capcom's Jun Takeuchi took to the stage to demonstrate Lost Planet 2 running on the new handheld. Takeuchi said the demo was running MT Framework...
News MotoGP 10/11 Dropping March 15th, Demo Due On PlayStation Network Next Month
Vroom
Capcom's confirmed a demo for MotoGP 10/11 will hit the PlayStation Network next month, as well as confirming that the game will release in North America on March 15th. The press release mentioned other details but we don't need to type them out. It's a motorbike game. You ride motorbikes. There are motorbikes in it.
News Capcom Readying Two Blockbuster Announcements Before Summer
Capcom's Jun Takeuchi has revealed to Famitsu that the publisher will announce blockbuster titles in time for Summer
Takeuchi added that both games would be a surprise, and that they would launch in 2011. Speculation is pointing at Resident Evil 6 (yes please!), but Takeuchi mentioned that the games would be original. Original games are lovely and...
News Marvel vs. Capcom 3 Roster Update #8,642,213: Akuma & Taskmaster
We get that Capcom wants to keep Marvel vs
Capcom 3</a> in the spotlight for as long as possible, but we're getting kind of bored with these bi-weekly roster update reveals. Just tell us the characters and move on for goodness sake. It feels like we've been reporting on these matters for months. Good news: Akuma and Taskmaster are confirmed...
News Metal Gear Solid Makes Monster Hunter Portable 3rd Cameo
Proving once again that Solid Snake is the video game industry's biggest whore, the Konami mascot is set to make an appearance in Monster Hunter Portable 3rd
Armed with a giant sword, Snake will be playable in Japan from January 22nd.</em>
News CES 2011: Capcom Confirm Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 For February Release
Capcom's pledged a February 1st release for Bionic Commando: Rearmed 2 on the PlayStation Network
The publisher's attached a $14.99 price to the North American release, though we're yet to get any details for Europe. In addition to the date and pricing information, Capcom's released a bunch of screenshots over at Capcom Unity. Check them out through...
News Capcom Confirms Metro City's Very Own Mike Haggar For Marvel vs. Capcom 3
After mounting speculation, Capcom's finally confirmed that Final Fight's brawling mayor, Mike Haggar, will join Marvel vs
Capcom 3's</a> stellar roster of playable characters. He'll join Marvel's Phoenix. We've got trailers for both characters after the jump. The game's less than a month away now. Get hype.
News Capcom Blames Sony For Missing Super Street Fighter IV Costumes
There's one major difference between the XBOX 360 and PlayStation 3 version of Super Street Fighter IV
On the 360, if you participate in an online match with someone wearing a DLC costume, you'll be able to see the get-up even if you haven't purchased it. On PlayStation 3 you can't. This is because Capcom offers a free download on XBOX Live known as...
News Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Does Girl-On-Girl, C. Viper & Storm Square Up
Capcom's confirmed the appearance of Street Fighter IV's C
Viper and the X-Men's Storm in Marvel Vs. Capcom 3. The duo duke it out in a brand new trailer embedded after the jump. The face-off's not as kinky as you might imagine. Storm's always been a staple of the Marvel Vs. Capcom titles, but C. Viper's a newcomer. We quite enjoyed her mix of...
News Japan Sets Monstrous PlayStation Portable Sales Records
The PlayStation Portable's recorded its biggest weekly hardware sales in Japan since launch, thanks to the release of Mosnter Hunter Portable 3rd from Capcom
The game managed sales of over 2.14 million during its first week on sale, while the PlayStation Portable knocked up a whopping 326,639 units — a new record in Japan. They say the PSP's dead...
News And They Say The PlayStation Portable Is On Its Death Bed...
Hundreds of Japanese gamers line-up for Monster Hunter Portable 3rd on the PlayStation Portable
Expect hardware and software sales to shoot through the roof.</em> [Pic Famitsu]
Rumour Spike Teaser Hints At New Resident Evil Game Reveal
If you follow the games media closely you might remember the press going mad over a Spike TV teaser which seemed to hint at the reveal of a new zombie game
Now Spike's dropped another hint, this time including a biohazard logo. It's all part of the build-up for the VGAs — are we on the cusp of a new Resident Evil announcement? There's not enough...
News Oh Yeah, Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 Is Out Pretty Soon
If you're like us, you've probably been coasting along feeling like Marvel Vs
Capcom 3</a> is still months and months away. It's actually not. Capcom's smacked a release date of February 15th and February 18th for the game in North America and Europe respectively. That's not very far away at all. Alongside the release date, Capcom's also...
News Capcom: Expect an Evolved Move Controller for PlayStation 4
Sony will learn from Move says Capcom boss
David Reeves, current head of Capcom Europe and former boss of Sony Computer Entertainment Europe, has spoken to Eurogamer about the importance of supporting Move beyond PlayStation 3's life cycle. I think [motion control is] the preamble to what might come in the next static consoles. There's so much...
News Capcom Calls Resident Evil 5 "Best Move Game Out There"
Still surprised by its success
Capcom's only released one title for PlayStation Move, the very good Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition, a new update to an 18 month-old game. Despite its age, the game has sold remarkably well, breaking into the charts again and making a great accompaniment to Move's hardcore credentials. David Reeves, Capcom's European...
Rumour SOCOM Confrontation Team Working On A New Resident Evil
Do something for us: read that headline a second time
How absurd does it sound? But with Devil May Cry being shipped over to Ninja Theory, and Dead Rising 2 coming out of Canada, how believable does it sound too? Pretty darn believable in our opinion. Kotaku's got the scoop that SOCOM: Confrontation developers Slant Six are in control of the...
News End Of An Era: Keiji Inafune Quits Capcom
Remember when Keiji Inafune said he hated his job and that the Japanese games industry was ruined?
Turns out what we interpreted as melodrama was totally real: the mouthy gaffer has revealed this morning that he's set to quit Capcom after 23 years. A managers work means evaluating your subordinates and speaking your dreams. Anyone who can do...
News Get a Closer Look at Resident Evil 5's Move Controls
PlayStation Blog goes in for the kill
You might have already read our Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition review and in-depth description of how the controls work, but if your thirst for Move control knowledge is as insatiable as the Majini we might be able to put an end to those cravings. The official US PlayStation Bl
News Keiji Inafune, Just Shut Up Already
Keiji Inafune, one of Capcom's leading figures, has revealed he hates his job
His claim comes just weeks after he declared the Japanese video games industry dead, and TGS' lineup as "full of awful games". Apparently, the dude's so jaded he's now revealed that he hates his job too. Cry Keiji a river. Asked whether Dead Rising producer loved...
News Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Nathan "Rad" Spencer, Sir Arthur, M.O.D.O.K & Magneto Join The Roster
Capcom's announced another batch of brawlers set to fill the roster of their upcoming cross-over title, Marvel vs
Capcom 3</a>. Revealed at the New York Comic-Con, Capcom's confirmed that Ghosts 'n' Goblins' Sir Arthur will make an appearance, as will Bionic Commando's protagonist Nathan "Rad" Spencer. Interestingly they've gone with...
News Dead Rising 2 To Get Piles Of DLC Costumes
One of our favourite things about Dead Rising 2 were the ridiculous costumes you could don while slaying hordes of the undead
We spent a lot of our time with the game wearing a Blanka mask alongside a pair of hot-pants. Good times. It's nice therefore, to see Blue Castle provide a steady stream of new costumes via DLC. The first pack is up next week...
News Ruh-Roh: Ninja Theory Confirms That Devil May Cry Reboot Will Run On The Unreal Engine
We're putting on our flame shields just in case
Why? Because Ninja Theory's just confirmed that their divisive Devil May Cry reboot, DmC, will run on the Unreal Engine. You know, the licensed engine that's resulted in a number of unstable and graphically flakey releases this generation. Why is it such a big deal for fans? Because Devil May Cry as a...
