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Bionic Commando Movie Is A Definite Possibility
1:40AM Luke Plunkett | Yup. Not a possible possibility. A definite possibility. Anyway, Capcom are good at two things. Making games, then exploiting the crap out of those games when they’re done. So with Bionic Commando just about done, I figured I’d ask Ben Judd whether Capcom were planning on exploiting the crap out of Bionic Commando. Cartoons, movies, that sort of thing. More »
Kojima Needs ‘Clamps’, BioShock ‘Easy As Hell’
3:00PM Brian Ashcraft | That’s Bionic Commando producer Ben Judd. He’s got opinions on many things. Hideo Kojima, for example, Ben Judd has an opinion on Hideo Kojima. About the Metal Gear Solid creator, Judd offers: I liked Metal Gear Solid 4, with the exception of the story. I like Kojima’s stories, but they keep getting longer and longer. He needs to put the clamps on himself and only give himself 30 minutes. If he did that I’m sure they’d be fantastic. So it seems Judd thinks Kojima needs either an editor or the ability to show self-restraint. Agree? Disagree? Oh! Judd also weighs in on that “easy as hell” game BioShock. That, after the jump: More »
Bionic Commando: Rearmed First Week Download Numbers
10:40PM Brian Ashcraft | Bionic Commando: Rearmed is a proper downloadable game. It’s meaty — like a real game! Reviewers and players seem to be picking up on that. And for a downloadable title, the game’s doing pretty good across the platforms. But how good? Over at the official Bionic Commando site, producer Ben Judd writes: While I have to admit, throwing out a number like 100,000 seemed pretty overzealous after seeing how hard digital titles are to sell, I still hoped we could reach that lofty goal. Boy, did I miss the mark. 7 days — over 130,000 units. Holy fiddlesticks! That may not seem impressive compared to package titles that sell in the millions but compared to other digital titles that is a friggin JUGGERNAUT! …Consumers voted with their dollars. They basically have sent the message loud and clear: We are tired of meta-emulated crap. We want the titles of yesteryear to be paid the proper respect. We want them done right. And if the price is right, we’ll buy. That’s a nice message, you know. Hopefully other developers are, you know, listening. BC Weekly Field Report: #12 [Bionic Commando] More »
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Capcom Still Has ‘Ace Up Its Sleeve’ For Bionic Commando
2:00PM Brian Ashcraft | And not any ace, says Bionic Commando producer Ben Judd in his ear wax shirt, but a “fucking ace”. At a small event for the launch of Bionic Commando: Rearmed, Judd said that the downloadable title was doing way better than it had been targeted. “There were people at Capcom who told me not to make this game”, Judd said. While BC:R is doing well, Judd says that it won’t do nearly as well as the upcoming 3D version, which has apparently gotten a recent control tweak to make the game less frustrating. “Store retail games always do better than downloadable games”, he added. As Judd goes off to Sweden to oversee developer GRIN’s finishing of Bionic Commando, he stated: We still have a fucking ace up our sleeve. It’s an ace, a fucking ace… At TGS (Tokyo Game Show), the Capcom booth stage is going to make people’s balls pucker up. It’s going to be big. When questioned further, Judd would not reveal what this ace was. Wonder what Capcom still has left to announce for Bionic Commando… Thanks Jon for the iPhone pic! More »
Relax, Bionic Commando Rearmed On PC Has More Stuff
7:30PM Luke Plunkett | Bionic Commando Rearmed is $US 5 more expensive on PC than it is on console! Oh, the outrage! The injustice of it all! The…oh, Capcom’s Ben Judd has an explanation (or, at least, a better one than this). Which is: I can give you a song and dance about PC digital content being more expensive as a general rule… but nobody wants to hear that crap. I can say this: for the PC version we are planning on uploading some additional PC-only challenge rooms via a free patch so you will get more bang for your buck. There you have it. More buck, yes, but also more bang. BC Weekly Field Report: #10 [Capcom] More »
Nintendo Blocked Release Of Bionic Commando On Virtual Console
2:40PM Luke Plunkett | When the whole Virtual Console thing was first announced, there was one game above all others I wanted to play again. Ducks Ahoy. Telling myself “come on, that’s never going to happen”, I settled on a backup choice. Bionic Commando. Looks like that’s never going to happen, either, as Capcom’s Ben Judd has told 1UP that Nintendo totally cock-blocked moves for the game to be released on the VC: We couldn’t get it approved for the Virtual Console…I can’t say why. I can just say that we tried to get it to work. Say what you will about “new” Nintendo, there’s one area they’re just like the “old” Nintendo: they still can’t stand those damn Nazis. Capcom’s Ben Judd Interview [1UP] More »
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Bionic Commando: Rearmed Not Dated For Japan [Updated]
8:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Bionic Commando: Rearmed has been dated for Japan. The game was hit the PSN on July 31st, and on Xbox Live Arcade on July 30th. Hey, that’s this month! But, now the PSN and XBLA game has been pushed back, and the release date is now undecided. Pictured is BCR producer Ben Judd. In shorts. プレイステーション3、Xbox 360版ともに配信日は未定 [Famitsu Thanks, Josef!] [Pic] More »You Can Buy The Bionic Commando Rearmed Soundtrack
10:40PM Brian Ashcraft | Even though Bionic Commando: Rearmed has been delayed, the soundtrack hasn’t! The music is available for purchase on places like iTunes and Sumthing Digital. Money-hating Bionic Commando producer Ben Judd, who allowed gamers to chose a cheaper price point for BCR, once again explains why he hates money: More »
How To Bring The West to Japan
3:00AM Brian Ashcraft | Fact: There are differences between Western and Japanese games. Intrinsic differences that sometimes make it hard to bring Western games to Japan. The words, the phrases, the idioms — they’re familiar to you. It’s English, and chances are if you are reading this, the language is either your mother tongue or a second tongue or neither and you’ve happened on this page by accident. But for a segment of Japanese gamers, Western games are just not playable no thanks to the language barrier. But some of those differences arise from the background of developers. More »
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