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Wednesday, Nov 4
Super Street Fighter IV's Juri Could Have Been Ice Skater [Capcom]
Capcom went through somewhere between 400 and 500 designs before the finalized version of Super Street Fighter IV South Korean fighter Juri was approved — wonder if any of them looked like...
Super Street Fighter IV's Juri Could Have Been Ice Skater [Capcom]
Some of the ideas tossed around were an old lady and and ice skater. (Yes, ice skater!) Capcom eventually decides to make Juri "bad and somewhat erotic" — hence Super Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono request to show the sides of Juri's breasts. Breasts, which we might note, have gott...
Tuesday, Nov 3
Console Arcade, DJ Hero, Rock Band Set for Colorado Child's Play Fundraiser [Event]
On the second floor, Greg of Colorado Cutthroat will be running a free console arcade which will include a chance to play Tekken 6, Street Fighter IV, BlazBlu, Smash Bros. Brawl, Soul Calibur 4, Halo 3 and Modern Warfare 2 on a number of set-ups.
Monday, Nov 2
Behold The Single-Player Fighting Game [Ds]
After I checked out the new Matt Hazard game last week, a rep from that game's publisher, D3, let me try the company's Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight fighting games. There's one coming to the Wii, one to the DS, both based on a several-decades-old Japanese series that has a Power Rangers aesthet...
The Nintendo Download: Vikings, Dragons, Spaceships, And Street Fighters [Downloadables]
Well, a port of the original Street Fighter. It's been awhile since we've seen any games from the TurboGrafx16 CD-ROM hit the Virtual Console, so Capcom's Fighting Street (800 Wii points) is a welcome sight indeed. Choose from Ryu or Ken and battle your way through a horde of unplayable enem...
Capcom Zombies Invade London [Gallery]
Celebrating the end of the London Games Festival and the upcoming release of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, Resident Evil fans took to the streets of London on Halloween for an Undead Pride parade. The horde descended on Tate Modern in London on Saturday, with more than 50 zombie...
Friday, Oct 30
Capcom Bullish On More Paid Downloadable Content [Dlc]
During the early part of 2009 Capcom received mixed reactions from readers of sites like this one regarding the release of downloadable content for Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter. The company is moving ahead with more. Capcom's next releases on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 are Dark Vo...
Frankenreview: Tekken 6 [Round Up]
It seems difficult to criticise Tekken 6 for feeling like an uninspired effort from Namco Bandai in the same year we heap praise upon Street Fighter 4 - a fighting game Capcom is delighted to hear described as Street Fighter 2.5. But it lacks the freshness, sparkle and zing SF4 has in abundanc...
Thursday, Oct 29
Play Resident Evil Zero On The Wii This December [Release Date]
Resident Evil Archive: Resident Evil Zero will be released on December 1st. Wii owners lacking the patience to wait until then can probably find a cheap copy of the Gamecube version used somewhere for less than the $29.99 asking price for the new one. Just saying.
Wednesday, Oct 28
I Can Kick Your Butt, Wanna Bet? [Feature]
While the large majority of players and spectators aren't involved in money matches," says Capcom's Seth Killian, "they can still be quite common on some games. Especially as you get towards the finals, or during a marquee matchup, you'll hear a lot of shouting about who likes which playe...
Monday, Oct 26
New Monster Hunter Coming to PSP [Clips]
At a Capcom event in Tokyo over the weekend, the company announced a Monster Hunter spin-off starring the game's cats (or airu as they're called). Details are scant, but the game's called "Mon Han...
Saturday, Oct 24
Video Game Speakeasy Slips Into Soho for a Night of Raucous Fun [Well Played]
Between presentations games returned to the two dozen or so smaller flat screens mounted on the walls in the basement and upstairs, playing the already released Street Fighter IV and the soon to be released Tatsunoku Vs. Capcom, both fighting games.
Kotaku Originals: Tough Love [Originals]
Japan Gets New "Value" Elite Xbox 360 Bundle Capcom: Seth Will Be Cheaper In Super Street Fighter IV Hands-On With Frank West And His Zombie Horde Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles Impressions: EA Vs. Capcom Capcom Pondering Super Street Fighter IV In Arcades
Friday, Oct 23
Notebook Dump: Ghost Trick, Carnivorous Plants, Dragon Age Done [Extras]
Ears-On With Ghost Trick: Maybe "ears-on" would even be overstating my exposure to Capcom's 2010 DS game Ghost Trick. It was the one Capcom game I was hoping to see at the company's New York City gaming showcase this week that wasn't there. So I asked a public relations representative to tell...
Lost Planet 2 Preview: Let's Hope This Works [Capcom]
Perhaps the essence of Lost Planet isn't the snow of the first game or the jungle of the upcoming sequel's first demo. Kotaku's recent hands-on suggested a different signature element: Sci-Fi...
Lost Planet 2 Preview: Let's Hope This Works [Capcom]
More important for players than whatever Awards you win will be the points you earn for a mission well-fought. These can be applied to your character's stat development. Lost Planet 2 doesn't have a main character and lets players play on different factions in order to experience differen...
Thursday, Oct 22
PlayStation Store Update: What Are Ya Gonna Pick? [North America]
Hey, Trine finally made it to the PlayStation Store! That accomplishment may be exciting, but perhaps not as exciting as some of the other addition's to the North American PlayStation Store this week. Check out the full list of new non-microwaveable treats in the PlayStation Store, righ...
Capcom Pondering Super Street Fighter IV In Arcades [Arcade]
Capcom hasn't yet decided whether they will be bringing Super Street Fighter IV to arcades, a spokesman told Kotaku, but if they do it will be a fairly easy transition. Back when games like Street...
Wednesday, Oct 21
Watch Capcom's New York Fight Club From A Safe Distance [Capcom]
Soon that empty space will be filled with people playing Tatsunoko VS. Capcom, Marvel VS. Capcom 2, and Super Street Fighter IV, and while you won't be able to join them, you'll at least be able to watch them via Capcom's Ustream channel, which will be broadcasting until the end of the event. Wi...
Draco Malfoy Spotting [Note]
What you missed: Hands-On With Frank West And His Zombie Horde What Don't We Know about Dead Rising 2's Multiplayer? For Little Money And In Many Words, These Gamers Help You Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles Impressions: EA Vs. Capcom Frankenreview: Borderlands
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles Impressions: EA Vs. Capcom [Wii]
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles may have shown better a month ago, but the preview build I saw yesterday had the unfortunate fate of trying to follow-up last month's EA's on-rails shooter,...
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles Impressions: EA Vs. Capcom [Wii]
Is it fair to compare? Not completely. Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, a follow-up to 2007's Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, is not done yet. It comes out in about a month. The two Resident Evil light-gun games, both developed by Capcom and Cavia for the Wii and both expandin...
What Don't We Know about Dead Rising 2's Multiplayer? [Hands-On]
But what is one to do without all of that cash earned in the games? Capcom wasn't saying yesterday, but they said there's more to those end-match cash totals than providing just a score. Once the game wrapped, and Totilo crowed over his success in soundly beating everyone present, the game s...
Hands-On With Frank West And His Zombie Horde [Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom]
Dead Rising's Frank West can beat down opponents with golf clubs and baseball bats in Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom, but it's his ability to call on shambling zombies that makes him a formidable opponent....
Hands-On With Frank West And His Zombie Horde [Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom]
Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom, with its colorful cast of Capcom characters and throwbacks from Japanese animation company Tatsunoko productions, is almost more about over-the-top and fun fights than it is about skill and tactics. Almost.
Tuesday, Oct 20
Opinion: Gawkerville [Note]
What you missed: Microsoft Explores Xbox Live Rewards Program Gran Turismo 5 Comes with Three Discs? Capcom: Seth Will Be Cheaper In Super Street Fighter IV Halo Waypoint Still Evolving, May Eventually Have Gameplay
Capcom: Seth Will Be Cheaper In Super Street Fighter IV [Capcom]
Super Street Fighter IV wasn't always super. Initially, franchise producer Yoshinori Ono thought the next iteration of Street Fighter, landing just a year after the release of Street Fighter IV, should get a new number. Maybe not five, but perhaps 4.9.
Thursday, Aug 13
PlayStation Store Update: We Got The Mango Sentinel [North America]
PlayStation 3 owners, your ticket to ride the roller coaster that is Marvel Vs. Capcom 2 is finally here, as Capcom's 2D fighting crossover leads this week's North American PlayStation Store update, a week also rich in PS One Classics.
Wednesday, Aug 12
Sony Europe: PSN Game Delays? It's The Publisher's Fault! [Psn]
In other words, you got a problem with a PSN game delay, you take it up with the publisher. That or the fact there are so many languages in Europe. But, yeah, probably best to start with the publisher. PlayStation Store – Frequently Asked Questions [PlayStation]
Thursday, Aug 6
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 Micro-Review: It's Gonna Take You For A...Yeah [Review]
Marvel VS. Capcom 2 was developed and published by Capcom for the Xbox Live Arcade and PlayStation Network. Released on July 29th for the 360, August 13th for the PS3. Retails for 1200 Microsoft points or $15. Played Xbox Live Arcade version. Completed Arcade Mode with various groups of fighte...
Friday, Jun 12
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles Preview: A Chilling Shooter [E3 2009]
Capcom returns to Raccoon City in Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, dropping gamers back into the zombie-killing action in a game that plays like a on-rails shooting title, but promises to deliver a sense of action and suspense.
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Ultimate All Stars Preview: Ken's Still My Favorite [E3 2009]
What Is It? Released in Japan in December 2008, Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom is Capcom's seventh versus fighting game, this time featuring characters from animation studio Tatsunoko Productions, including G-Force. Friggin Tatsunoko: Seriously, Tatsunoko.
Wednesday, May 27
Bionic Commando Review: Grabbing Hands Grab All They Can [Review]
Bionic Commando was developed by GRIN and published by Capcom for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC. Released on May 19th. Retails for $59.99. Played PlayStation 3 version. Completed story mode on normal difficulty, played through multiple rounds of online multiplayer across all three ga...
Saturday, May 23
Kotaku Originals: Swine Flu Over the Cuckoo's Nest [Original]
Koei Sending "Limited Number" Of Japanese Developers Swine Flu Outbreak Kills Dead Rising 2 E3 Appearance No One From Capcom Japan Will Be At E3" vs. "Capcom Japan's Attendance Is Under Review" Mysteries of the Wii Making a Mii On Your DS Your Wii Has A Minor Button-Combo Secret
Wednesday, May 20
But What About Japan's Swine Flu Travel Restrictions? Do They Exist? [E3 2009]
Several Japanese game companies have restricted employee travel to the United States for this year's E3. For Osaka-based game maker Capcom, the basis for this decision was "travel restrictions". Japanese companies SEGA, Tecmo and Sony have stated that H1N1 Influenza 09 has not impacte...
Tuesday, May 19
"No One From Capcom Japan Will Be At E3" vs. "Capcom Japan's Attendance Is Under Review" [Capcom]
We've contacted Capcom, who told us, "Capcom will definitely be attending E3 this year. The Capcom Japan staff specifically attending is something that's under review at the moment as a result of tough restrictions in force by Japanese immigration." So plan go back up in the air.
Friday, May 1
Capcom Goes West [Well Played]
Among the developers on hand was the producer of Lost Planet, the designer of Mega Man and creator of Dead Rising and the co-producer of zombie thriller Resident Evil 5. What we are trying to do with Lost Planet 2 is different. We want to take a Japanese designed game and make it a success in the w...
Thursday, Apr 30
Capcom Talks MadWorld, Hardcore Wii Gaming [Captivate 09]
Resident Evil, Kawata, said, is such an established franchise that even casual gamers know the name. Most if not all gamers know the Resident Evil name," he said. "It's that powerful a game. While Resident Evil maybe a hardcore franchise, Kawata says he thinks The Darkside Chronicles will a...
Monday, Mar 23
DIY Street Fighter IV Cabinets Make The Best Birthday Presents [Capcom]
What did you get for your birthday? James got a Street Fighter IV cabinet built from scratch by his friends, the lucky bastard. Figge, a grandiose character by nature, blurts out, "That's cool... But let's build him the whole arcade!!!!"
Monday, Mar 16
Capcom Calls "BS" On Resident Evil 5 DLC Complaints [Resident Evil 5]
Capcom received some backlash last week when they announced that they would be selling downloadable content for Resident Evil 5 which would add multiplayer modes to the game. How come ye released an incomplete game Capcom?!? [Capcom Forums, thanks Jon]
Thursday, Feb 19
Frankenreview: Street Fighter IV [Round Up]
Twenty-two years after the first installment of the game hit arcades, Capcom releases the latest and possibly greatest version of the fighting game that kick-started the genre with Street Fighter IV. It's a formula for success, but the proof is in the pudding. Let's see what the assembled...
Thursday, Dec 18
Mad Catz Bringing Street Fighter Sticks, Rock Band Accessories to CES [Ces09]
Mad Catz expects to display its new range of licensed Street Fighter™IV accessories. Expected to ship in conjunction with the hotly anticipated title in February 2009, the range has been designed in conjunction with Capcom® and includes the FightStick: Tournament Edition for the Xbox...
Saturday, Nov 29
Kotaku Originals: Real Men Blog in Aprons
Resident Evil 5's Japanese Release Moved Forward F.E.A.R. 2 Is So Banned (In Australia) Nintendo Feels All Grown Up, Changes Logo You Can't Hum a Video Game Microsoft Launched Games For Windows Live... Again Capcom's Amazing Street Fighter II HD Remix Goodies
Saturday, May 24
Kotaku Originals: Whole Lotta Whorelore
Nintendo Not Attending Leipzig This Year Capcom Looks Into Crystal Ball, Makes Resident Evil 5 Sales Prediction Capcom: Console Expansion, Gas Prices Hurting Arcade Biz Europe Gets Three New DS Colours WiiWare Launches In Europe/Australia, Gets Demos With A Catch
Saturday, May 3
Kotaku Originals: A Mighty Tr**kload of Copy
How To Bring The West to Japan Grand Theft Auto IV: Our Review, The Hyperbole, Lots More Where Bionic Commando And Nintendo Stand Grand Theft Auto IV Review: Life, Liberty City And The Pursuit Of Happiness Grand Theft Auto IV Is In The House
Tuesday, Jul 3
Sucky?: Street Fighter Script Reviewed
The original Street Fighter with Jean-Claude Van Damme was all kinds of suck. That hasn't stopped Capcom from green-lighting another SF flick. While the previous venture featured tons of characters from the game, the new flick revolves around one character: Chun-Li. Yup, no Guile, no Ken...
Friday, Jun 1
Podcast: Clips: Mega Man Music Pain!
Video game music cover bands are a dime a dozen. Regurgitating NES tunes with the standard guitar-bass-drums set up was cute when the Advantage and the Minibosses did it, but now, now it's just bordering on sad. That's why when someone writes rapid-fire lyrics and actually sings the melody...
Thursday, Mar 8
Opinion: GDC07: Capcom's Inafune Slams Clover Producer
In a session with Capcom R&D head Keiji Inafune, the creator responsible for games like Dead Rising, Lost Planet and Mega Man, the topic turned to the recently closed Clover Studios. Session moderator N'Gai Croal asked Inafune about Clover's gorgeous financial underperformers Ok...
