Tag: Capcom
News Darkstalkers Fans May Find Street Fighter 6's Fighter Pass a Touch Cruel
Night warriors await
To be fair to Capcom, it has ported the Darkstalkers games to modern consoles with the Capcom Fighting Collection, so it’s not letting the franchise rot. The chance of a new title in the series seems low, though. At least fans can look forward to a new Street Fighter 6 Fighting Pass inspired by the franchise, however – and...
News Capcom Peddling Pricey Monster Hunter Wilds Ultra Collector's Edition with Foldable Bike
Only available in Japan
We now have a release date for the hotly anticipated action RPG Monster Hunter Wilds; the game is set to launch on PS5 on 28th February, 2025. That's not the only announcement Capcom has made recently, however. An expensive Ultra Collector's Edition has been unveiled, and it includes an actual bicycle. Yes, this edition of...
News Capcom's Iconic PS1 Survival Horror Dino Crisis Coming to PS5, PS4
Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain also on the way
Capcom’s legendary 1999 survival horror, designed and directed by the iconic Shinji Mikami, will launch on PS5 and PS4 as part of PS Plus Premium in the future. While there’s no date attached to the PS1 game, it’ll likely be part of the next update, on 22nd October. We’ll try and get confirmation of...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Reveals Its February 2025 Release Date on PS5
Set and wild
We've got a date, folks! Widely rumoured to be launching in the first quarter of next year, we've now got confirmation that Monster Hunter Wilds will release on the 28th February. Capcom's action RPG got a great new trailer during the latest State of Play, and it continues to look like a, er, wild ride. Once again, Capcom's emphasising...
News Here's Your First Good Look at Netflix's Devil May Cry Anime Series
Jackpot
In case you forgot, Netflix and Capcom announced a Devil May Cry anime last year. It's been nearly a year since we saw the very brief first teaser, and now we've been treated to a slightly less brief teaser trailer, introducing viewers to Dante (from the Devil May Cry series). Spearheaded by Adi Shankar (who also brought us Netflix's...
Review Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster (PS5) - Capcom Classic Still Shines 18 Years Later
Being Frank
There’s a certain charm to the Capcom of the PS3 generation; a time when its releases were just as likely to land as they were to heavily miss. For every Devil May Cry 4 or Dragon’s Dogma, there was a Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City to set it back to square one. Nowadays, those extreme gulfs in quality have been reduced to...
News Big Dragon's Dogma 2 Patch 2.01 Out Now on PS5, Boosts Performance, Balances Vocations
Casual Mode also added
As promised by Capcom, a fairly significant update for Dragon's Dogma 2 has landed. Patch 2.01 is available to download now on PS5, weighing in at a reasonable 909MB. Just like the developer said, the goal here is to reduce CPU demand — the main cause of frame rate fluctuations, especially when running about in the game's...
News Capcom Finally Breaks Silence on Dragon's Dogma 2, Confirms New Update Is Incoming
Big Dogma
It's been quite some time since Capcom last piped up about Dragon's Dogma 2. The game's most recent update dropped several months ago, near the beginning of July, and the developer's maintained radio silence ever since. However, with Tokyo Game Show looming — and Dragon's Dogma 2 being named as a title that'll be 'PS5 Pro Enhanced' —...
Mango Sentinel out of Curly Moustache
“Capcom presents...” When you hear those words while booting up a game, you know for sure you’re about to be taken for a ride. And while the Marvel vs. Capcom series has been shockingly dormant for the last seven years thanks to the painfully underrated Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite (which had incredible...
News Street Fighter 6 Still Kicking, Over Four Million Copies Sold
Perfect K.O.
Capcom's excellent, latest entry in its long-running Street Fighter series is proof there's life in the venerable IP yet. The company announced that lifetime sales for the title (released in June last year) have now exceeded four million across all platforms. The Street Fighter account on X shared the happy news, which shows that a...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 DLC Hopes Reignited By Suspicious Steam Updates
Through fire and flames
Capcom's been very, very quiet on all things Dragon's Dogma 2 for a few months now. With the game shifting as many copies as it did — and with the publisher bigging the property up just after launch — there was a widespread belief that the RPG would receive meaningful updates, followed by some kind of expansion down the...
Hung jury
Ace Attorney games are traditionally composed of two types of gameplay. A crime is committed, and you investigate by collecting evidence, speaking to witnesses, and conferring with your partner. Then you go to court to defend your client by presenting evidence and finding contradictions in witness testimonies, before ultimately unravelling...
News Legendary Devil May Cry, Dragon's Dogma Director Hideaki Itsuno Leaves Capcom After 30 Years
"Please stay tuned for my next creation!"
Hideaki Itsuno has announced his departure from Capcom, over thirty years after he first joined the company. Itsuno is perhaps best known as the guy who got Devil May Cry back on track. He directed the awesome Devil May Cry 3, and much more recently, the superb Devil May Cry 5. He also brought us Dragon's...
News Not Much Space for Dino Crisis After Monster Hunter Success, Creator Says
Mikami surprised that fans want another game
Dino Crisis creator Shinji Mikami has argued there's not a "whole lot of space" left for the series to occupy following the huge success of the Monster Hunter franchise. Despite the pretty clear differences between the two, Mikami feels that the "awesomeness of dinosaurs and the stuff you can do with"...
Preview Capcom's Fighting Game Crossovers Will Take You for a Ride in 2024
Hands on with Terry Bogard in Street Fighter 6 and Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection
Capcom has always been one for a crossover battle, but the stars have now aligned in such a way that Capcom fighting games are crossover-central for the rest of 2024. We just had the re-release of SNK vs Capcom: SVC Chaos, and now SNK poster boy Terry Bogard is...
News Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection Still Includes Its Bizarre Comedian Crossover
Marvel Super Heroes vs Street Fighter vs Noritake Kinashi?
The Marvel vs Capcom series has been going on since the 90s and has included all manner of legends from Capcom and Marvel's past. While there have been joke characters during its tenure, it’s mainly been confined to t the likes of Phoenix Wright, Servbot, and Dan Hibiki. However, what some...
The humans behind the hunt
It is hard to describe how excited people were for Monster Hunter Wilds at Gamescom in Köln last week. If you have attended the show as a member of the public, you will know that lines to play anything can get pretty damn long. Up until this year, the longest we had ever heard of was the infamous four-hour queue to play...
News Stunning Crossover Compilation Marvel vs Capcom Makes Its PS4 Digital Debut Next Month
Physical copies to follow in November
The frankly flabbergastingly fantastic Marvel vs Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics will make its digital debut on PS4 from 12th September, with a physical release scheduled to follow on 22nd November. The latter may be worth the wait, as it’ll ship with an exclusive 32-page comic book featuring...
News Capcom Fighting Collection 2 Is the PS4 Compilation of Your Dreams
Power Stone! Project Justice! Capcom vs SNK!
The only game missing from Capcom Fighting Collection 2 is the original Rival Schools – but it’s hard to complain too heavily when you’re talking about a bundle featuring the two Power Stone titles and Capcom vs SNK 2: Millionaire Fighting 2001. Due out in 2025, this is another insane PS4 retro...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Confirms NPC Hunters, Perfect for Solo Players
Hunting in packs
First introduced through Sunbreak, the Monster Hunter Rise expansion, NPC hunters are returning in Monster Hunter Wilds. These AI-driven companions can be called in to help with quests, even when you're playing alone and offline — which can be a real boon when you can't be arsed dealing with other players. Confirmation of NPC...
News People Are Already Freaking Out Over Monster Hunter Wilds' PS5 Frame Rate
Wild world
And so it begins. With Monster Hunter Wilds sporting a playable demo at Gamescom 2024, impressions of Capcom's heavy hitter are really starting to rack up online. The vast majority of players seem to be walking away from the demo very impressed — which isn't surprising, given just how promising the game looks — but of course, there's...
News Joy as Capcom Ditches Gendered Armour in Monster Hunter Wilds, a Series First
Fashion over function, always
Monster Hunter Wilds will be the first game in the series' long history to ditch the idea of gendered armour sets, with Capcom confirming that "all characters can wear any gear". Predictably, this was met with rapturous applause and celebration from the Monster Hunter community. From what we understand, this doesn't...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Gets 1 Hour of PS5 Gameplay Fresh from Gamescom
The hunt is on
Finally, Capcom has given us live, unedited gameplay from Monster Hunter Wilds — and it looks outrageously good. The action RPG got a big demonstration at Gamescom 2024, in which the developers run us through a full hunt in the desert region that's featured heavily in previous trailers. The gameplay starts at around the 27 minute...
News Terry Bogard Looks Both Rad and Mad in Street Fighter 6 PS5, PS4 Gameplay Reveal
Okay
King of Fighters star Terry Bogard is joining Street Fighter 6’s roster on 24th September, and here’s an extended look at him in action. In addition to a short clip from World Tour mode, we also get to see his combat style, which seems largely reminiscent of the character’s source material. There are a lot of familiar moves here for fans...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Continues to Look Incredible Ahead of PS5 Release in 2025
Still no date, though
Capcom's dropped another impressive trailer for Monster Hunter Wilds, and we think it's probably the most excitement-inducing preview yet. The video covers new locations, and a couple of new, surprisingly threatening monsters. It's also clear that the company's pumping a lot of resources into this one — the sheer quality of...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Bundles Gameplay from All 14 Weapons Into One Big, Glorious Video
What are you maining?
Over the last couple of weeks, Capcom's been releasing daily Monster Hunter Wilds gameplay videos, each one of them dedicated to showcasing one of the game's 14 weapon types. But if you haven't been keeping up, we've got good news: Capcom's bundled all of the gameplay footage together into one big video, ahead of Wilds'...
Preview Dead Rising Plays and Looks Like a Dream in PS5 Deluxe Remaster
To be Frank, it's excellent
In the near two decades since Dead Rising helped define the early years of the Xbox 360, there's never been anything else quite like it — not even Capcom's three follow-ups. All deviated from the structure set by Frank West in some way, whether it was removing the critical time mechanic or placing less emphasis on a...
News Uniqlo Introduces Make-Your-Own Monster Hunter Merch Range
But it's Japan only for now
Clothing retailer Uniqlo has unveiled a new line of merchandise for Monster Hunter, and it lets fans make custom items with a variety of stamps. Unfortunately only available in Japan right now, the website allows you to choose from dozens of Monster Hunter designs and apply them to t-shirts, hoodies, and tote bags however...
News Capcom Wants All of Its Legacy Fighting Games to Be Re-Released on PS5, PS4
Did someone say Rival Schools?
Between compilations like Capcom Arcade Stadium and its sequel, Capcom Beat ‘Em Up Bundle, and Capcom Fighting Collection, the Japanese publisher has being doing an amazing job making its renowned brawlers playable on contemporary hardware, like PS5 and PS4. That strategy will reach its zenith with the release of the...
News Dead Rising's PS5 Remaster Will Strip Bonus Points for Erotic Photos
Laid bare
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster – the forthcoming Capcom remake of its legendary PS3-era undead roguelike – will strip the release of its ‘Erotica’ feature, which awarded bonus points for titillating photographs. In the original version, you’d earn PP (or Prestige Points) for capturing shots of ladies’ cleavage or underwear, but...
News Monster Hunter Wilds Marketing Suggests Early 2025 Release Window as Fans Speculate
The hunt is on
Officially, Monster Hunter Wilds is targeting an incredibly vague '2025' release. But unofficially, fans are starting to believe that the action RPG is dropping sooner rather than later. This is primarily because of Capcom's current marketing flurry, which has seen the publisher release a steady supply of gameplay videos, day by day,...
News The Monster Hunter Wilds Marketing Machine Kicks into Gear with New Gameplay Videos
Focus
Capcom seems to be gearing up for a blowout on Monster Hunter Wilds. The highly anticipated action RPG is currently targeting a vague '2025' release window, but we wouldn't be at all surprised to see it land in the first few months of the year, so that the publisher can have a potential juggernaut on its fiscal year reports. With that kind of...
Preview Evidence Suggests Ace Attorney Investigations Collection Will Be a Good Time on PS4
But the jury is still out
We've played the first couple of cases in the Ace Attorney Investigations Collection on PS4 and we've walked away pretty impressed. The collection comprises two games originally released on Nintendo DS — Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth and Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor's Gambit — now playable on...
News Have Some Fun in the Sun with Street Fighter 6's Summer Samba Fighting Pass on PS5, PS4
Saturday Night Slam Masters is the available retro game
There’s new summer content to enjoy in the outstanding Street Fighter 6 this week, with a new Fighting Pass featuring a sunny samba theme. The premium tier comes with a ton of goodies, including some distinctly elaborate avatar gear, an emote, Mike Haggar’s theme, and much more. You’ll...
News Cult PS2 Genre Blender Killer7 Could Be Resurrected for PS5, PS4
Make your voice heard
Killer7 is a game unlike any other. If you didn’t play the legendary PS2 shooter, then it’s almost impossible to introduce: it has elements of first-person shooter, rails shooter, and point-and-click gameplay. Developed by Grasshopper Manufacture in collaboration with Capcom, it perhaps deserves to be appreciated by a...
News Capcom Endures Some Truly Incredible Monster Hunter Wilds Investor Questions
"Will this game be limited to these non-portable consoles?"
The out-of-touch corporate suit is a popular trope gamers like to imagine: business types who know how to make money but seemingly don't engage in the medium more than is strictly required. While that archetype can and does exist, executives generally know what they are doing. But for our...
News Capcom Wants to Make Mega Man Games on an 'Ongoing Basis'
The Blue Bomber is so back
Publisher Capcom says the legendary Mega Man represents one of the company's most "highly valued IPs" and is looking into how to make more games in the series in the future. The news came from the company's recent general shareholders meeting, and IGN listened along. In surprisingly optimistic news for Mega Man fans, a...
News Capcom Says It Won't Give Up on Physical Games, Despite Utter Domination of Digital Sales
No Cap
Capcom has no plans to abandon physical game releases, the company clarified during its latest shareholder meeting. The topic had been spotlighted recently, with the publisher deciding to launch Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess exclusively through digital storefronts. But if you're an enthusiast of physical media, it sounds like Capcom's...
News Fatal Fury's Terry Bogard Tips His Iconic Cap in Street Fighter 6 PS5, PS4 Teaser
Okay
Here’s your first look at Fatal Fury’s Terry Bogard kicking ass in Street Fighter 6. The iconic SNK character, equipped here with his legendary red-and-white cap, is shown taking down a muscle-clad pretender before pulling out his famous win pose. This appears to be a cut-scene from World Tour mode, so there’s no actual gameplay footage...
News SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos Revived on PS4 with Rollback Netcode Next Week
Chaos controlled
If you're a fan of somewhat obscure fighting games, you may be overjoyed to learn that SNK vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos is coming back for another round. This crossover brawler originally released way back in 2003 — it was ported to PS2 after a stint in arcades — and features 36 playable characters. This updated version includes a...
Poll Are You Playing Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess?
Oni time will tell
Capcom's rather unorthodox action game, Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess, is out now on PS5 and PS4. In it, you essentially play as a shrine maiden's bodyguard, as she attempts a pilgrimage across the land. Structurally, the title's broken up between levels, and gameplay revolves around having to protect your elegant ally against...
Review Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (PS5) - An Absorbing Action-Strategy Hybrid
Active tower defence
Capcom is absolutely dialled in right now; everything it touches seems to turn to gold, from major releases to smaller experiments. Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess certainly fits into the latter category, and it's a terrific time for fans of real-time strategy with a twist. Being able to control a hero character in amongst...
News Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Won't Leave Its Licensed Music Behind
Gone Guru's back, baby
The opening beats of Gone Guru by Lifeseeker as you step out into Leisure Park has to be one of the most iconic bits of the original Dead Rising, and thankfully, that moment of dread as the criminals aboard their jeep come speeding at you won't be lost in this year's Deluxe Remaster. Capcom has revealed the licensed music will...
News Capcom Ends New Content Support for Exoprimal
Roughly one year after release
Roughly one year after its release on PS5 and PS4, Capcom has announced that it's ending support for Exoprimal. To be clear, the action-shooter will remain online and nothing's getting taken away from players — but there won't be any new content coming beyond the end of Season 4, which cuts off on the 11th July...
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Patch Clearly Improves PS5 Performance, But It's Still Far from Perfect
Getting warmer
A new Dragon's Dogma 2 update dropped last week, promising performance improvements on PS5. The action RPG has suffered from an unruly frame rate since launch, and although Capcom did start cleaning things up with patch 1.050 just a week after the game's launch, this latest update arrives over three months later — and it still...
News Frank West Voice Actor Won't Be Returning for Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster
"I simply wasn't called for this mission"
Terence Rotolo, the voice actor who lent his talents to the main playable character, Frank West, in the original Dead Rising, will not return for the recently-revealed Deluxe Remaster. Capcom announced that the enhanced rerelease would boast modernised visuals and run at a crisp 60 frames-per-second, but...
News Capcom Classic Okami Collaborates with Kunitsu-Gami in Demo Rewards
Earn free outfits and weapons for launch
Capcom is offering an extra incentive to play its newly launched Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess demo as finishing certain tasks will reward all players with items themed around the PS2 classic Okami at launch. The PS5, PS4 demo is available to download and play now, and you have got until the full game...
Random Unfortunate Eyeless Arachnid Named After Least-Appealing Monster Hunter Beasty
Don't look now
A new species of eyeless spider has been discovered in China. While we don't think the discovery of another arachnid should ever be a cause for celebration, notably, the person responsible for bringing this nightmare to light has decided to name it after the worst of all Monster Hunter monstrosities. Spotted by VG247, the little...
News Shocking: There's a New Resident Evil Game in Development
Directed by Koshi Nakanishi
The Resident Evil series is so consistent in its release schedule and overall quality that it hardly needs pointing out, but Capcom has revealed it has a new entry in the horror IP in active development. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard lead Koshi Nakanishi is returning as director for the production of the new game, which will...
News Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Out for PS5 on 19th September
Priced at £44.99 / $49.99
Just days after its surprise announcement, Capcom has confirmed the Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster will launch for PS5 on 19th September 2024 via the PS Store. A physical version will follow in November. Priced at £44.99 / $49.99, the original game has been modernised, firstly with a 4K resolution running at 60...
