When there’s no more room left in Hell, Dead Rising still won’t be allowed in Germany. Destructoid reports that Xbox One launch title Dead Rising 3 has been refused classification by the German entertainment software self-regulation body, much like the other games in the zombie-killing series. “While Microsoft is disappointed …
Read More »The 30 best Capcom characters of the last 30 years
They say its your birthday June 2013 marks 30 years of games from Japanese developer Capcom. The company had humble beginnings with a couple of arcade titles, and has since grown into one of the biggest publishers around. Franchises like Street Fighter, Resident Evil, and Monster Hunter sell millions of …
Read More »Why Mega Man 2 is one of the greatest games ever made
When making a list like GamesRadar’s best games ever, 8-bit era games were often trumped by their more-refined 16-bit era follow-up. But there are a handful of games that, despite their modest appearance, remain some of the most satisfying expressions of a genre more than 20 years later. Mega Man …
Read More »Capcom profits rise 290 percent off Dragons Dogma and Resident Evil
The famed developer of Street Fighter, Lost Planet, and Resident Evilannounced today (opens in new tab)that they’ve had an incredible fiscal quarter, raking in the profits from hits likeDragon’s Dogma (opens in new tab)and Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. Unfortunately, Dragon’s Dogma didn’t sell very well in the United States. …
Read More »Resident Evil 6 preview Impressions of a frightening new Chris section
We’ve been soaking up all of what we’ve seen of the early October release of Resident Evil 6, be it a new trailer or an extensive demo. At E3 we got our biggest chunk of gameplay, which featured big sections for the three campaign stars, Leon, Chris and Jake. But …
Read More »Resident Evil 6 Anthology, Archives editions confirmed by Capcom
Ordinarily, when we hear about video game special edition packages it involves a ton of useless plastic stuff and momentarily interesting art books. Which is why we’re so please to hear Capcom has officially announced the Anthologies and Archives editions of Resident Evil 6, for within lies a veritable treasure …
Read More »Devil May Cry HD Collection release date jumps forward to… right now
The end of last year saw the Devil May Cry HD Collection dated (opens in new tab) for April, but Capcom seems to have decided that this month had been a bit uneventful. We did our best to spice things up by awarding Game of the Month, March 2012 (opens …
Read More »Ooooops – its a brand new Capcom box-art typo! This time Asuras Wrath is get an spelkling misstoke
UPDATE: Capcom has been in touch and assured us that the mistake won’t appear on retail copies of Asura’s Wrath. Hot on the heels of its Resident Evil ‘Revelaitons’ typo sensation, Capcom appears to have made another word-related box-art boo-boo with its upcoming QTE drunk action-o-rama, Asura’s Wrath. Examine the …
Read More »Phoenix Wright movie getting worldwide release
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney director Miike Takashi has confirmed that film adaptation of the popular lawyer-sim video game series will be adapted for international audiences. Takashi made the announcement during an audience Q&A session following the film’s public premier at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). He explained each version …
Read More »Capcom celebrates Resident Evil 6 by, er… opening a restaurant? Food is alternately exciting and disgusting
So you’ve just announced the latest entry in one of your two biggest franchises. The trailer is a barn-stormer and everyone is excited. Life is great. You want to splash out. So you do the obvious thing that a multinational Japanese game publisher does. You open a restaurant and start …
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