The unfortunate state of the Japanese gaming industry in this generations of consoles is familiar news to most gamers, which has resulted in many eastern developers and publishers taking a shine to the western market. By the sounds of it, Devil May Cry 5 will be taking a similar approach.
[UPDATE] Gameplay trailers for Viewtiful Joe and Dormammu have just been released. Catch them after the cut.
Capcom announced two more characters for their upcoming sequel Marvel vs Capcom 3: GameCube megastar Viewtiful Joe and fiery dimension lord, the villainous Dormammu.
Whoever said the video game industry was recession proof needs to get his head examined.
Capcom reports a profit drop of 90.4 percent year-over-year for the quarter ending June 30. Their profits have gone down from 2.2 billion yen in the same period last year, to 213 million yen this year.
Is it just me, or has Capcom seemingly gone into overdrive? Dead Rising 2 is nearing completion, Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is currently in development, and Street Fighter X Tekken was just announced. And apparently they have no intention of stopping.
Street Fighter is all up in everyone’s business these days. Since Street Fighter IV was a smash hit, we’ve gotten Super Street Fighter IV, as well as the versus games Marvel vs Capcom 3 and the newly announced Street Fighter x Tekken x Street Fighter.
Well holy crap! The rumours were indeed true. The characters of Street Fighter and Tekken will clash on the Xbox 360 and PS3. We have the trailer, right here, not to mention some gorgeous looking gameplay footage from Street Fighter X Tekken.
Comic-Con is on, and while Capcom recently revealed four new characters to be in Marvel vs. Capcom 3, Marvel has also taken the opportunity to reveal two new characters, bringing the total roster up to 16 characters.
Comic-Con is this week! We like Comic-Con. The convention started out as strictly comic book focused, but has since grown to immense size, and to be a celebration of all things geek. Comics, movies, TV, and yes, video games too.
Naturally, comic book focused games are representing the strongest, and Capcom is using the occasion to reveal four new characters from the MvC3 roster, two from each side.
For those of you that didn’t know, fighting game tournament extraordinaire EVO was held in Las Vegas last week. Games were played, winners were crowned, and rumours of a surprising crossover surfaced.
Namco Bandai’s Katsuhiro Harada and Capcom’s Yoshinori Ono teased the crowd at EVO with some peculiar onstage banter. The two revealed a fighting game debut trailer set to go live on Saturday, July 24th during Comic-Con.
The E3 trailers are being pushed out the door to grab your attentionspan for a few minutes as we count down to E3 2010. Enslaved: Odyssey to the West and Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions have already shown their stuff, and it’s now Capcom’s turn at the trailer helm.
Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 is shaping up to be every bit as great as its predecessor, and I’m loving the current aesthetic the game’s got going in the trailer. Not only do we see characters we’ve already seen, but we get our first glimpses at both Deadpool and Dante, who seem to be mirrors of each other, apart from their special attacks obviously. The full trailer for MVC3: FTW can be found after the cut. Oh yeah, I went there!
Capcom has just announced its official line-up for E3 next week, and it’s pretty much what you’d expect. The obvious big hitters are amongst the list, such as Marvel vs. Capcom 3 and Dead Rising 2.
Don’t take this as a complete list though. This is E3, and E3 is all about the surprises. Capcom has already said that they will have “a couple surprises up our sleeves”. The biggest rumour going around right now is the reveal of a Ninja Theory developed Devil May Cry 5.
We can only hope.
Catch the line-up after the break.
The Capcom Unity blog has given us some of the high resolution versions of the previously leaked Game Informer images, as well as some brand new ones.
The game’s producer, Ryota Niitsuma also commented on the pictures, explaining how they are going for a very comic-booky look, as well as bringing back some of the over-the-top attacks from the previous games with a more, *ahem*, “realistic” look. Have a look-see for yourself in the gallery below!
Before taking a look at the Mad Catz FightStick Tournament Edition S, I was lucky enough to also try out the middle-ground between a normal controller and a stick: The Mad Catz FightPad.
In their quest for dominance of the fighting game controller market, Mad Catz have taken most of the features from the FightPad from the controller that has historically arguably had the best fighting game performance – the Sega Saturn.
Street Fighter IV single-handedly revived the fighting genre for me, and I’ve been spending a pretty great deal of time trying to get better at the game. When Super Street Fighter IV arrived I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to review the gold standard for hardcore fighting fans everywhere – the Mad Catz Tournament Edition FightStick.
The FightStick I got my hands on was the Super Street Fighter IV branded Tournament Edition S, which takes all the best things about the original Street Fighter IV TE FightStick and crams them into a smaller, more compact case – thus the S in the name.
First, you saw Phoenix Wright on the Gameboy Advance (well, in Japan you did). Then you saw him on the DS. Then you saw him on the Wii. And now? The iPhone.
That’s right, next week sees the first game in the series, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, on the iPhone. Not only that, the game’s only going to run you $4.99, AND it has not just four, but all five cases. The fifth case was previously only made available as WiiWare DLC.
If you’ve never had the opportunity to play Phoenix Wright, passing up this sweet deal is a crime and is punishable by utter shame in the gaming community.
