News

Capcom Planning To Reduce Development Cycles

Kotaku AU

It’s strange, I’ve somehow become accustomed to associating long development periods — say three to four years — with quality products, which is a bit silly. Now Capcom has come out and stated that it wishes to reduce the time its games spend in development, and doesn’t mind if it has to spend extra cash to make it so.


May 24, 2012
In Real Life

Now THIS Is How You Celebrate A Game’s Anniversary

It’s been really disappointing in the last few years watching companies like Nintendo do so little to really commemorate significant anniversaries in the life of beloved game franchises. Mario got a tiny little extras disc while Zelda got even less.


PlayStation

Dragon’s Dogma: The Kotaku Review

Reading about Dragon’s Dogma, Capcom’s latest title that ventures into open-world fantasy territory, is like viewing the game through rose-tinted glasses. Capcom is clearly trying new things that seem inventive. I want to love Dragon’s Dogma. I want to be able to support a game that tries its hand at something new, and hope that other developers take notice of the potential for success that comes with being creative.


PlayStation

Does This Dragon’s Dogma DLC Notice Piss You Off?

Dragon’s Dogma, Capcom’s open-world fantasy RPG that released yesterday, has been the subject of some controversy that Capcom fans are now well familiar with. On-disc DLC was the cause of consumer uproar when it was learned that Street Fighter x Tekken contained locked content on the shipped discs that could be purchased on launch day.


May 23, 2012
Uncategorized

Lost Planet 3 Gameplay Footage Is A Little German

Capcom’s German outlet has posted this lengthy clip giving us our first substantial look at Lost Planet 3 gameplay. Just skip through all the bits where German games writers are talking and you’ll see all the guns, snow and mechs you’d expect.


Uncategorized

Six Video Game Reviewers Team Up To Take On Dragon’s Dogma

It takes a strong party of adventurers to take down a dragon, but an even stronger party to dissect a game as massive as Capcom’s ambitious action role-playing game Dragon’s Dogma. Do these six brave heroes have what it takes?


e3 2012

Lost Planet 3 Might Be Good

I did not ask for Lost Planet 3. Did you? Who demanded this game be made after Lost Planet 2 appeared to abandon the cool singleplayer bug-hunt-on-a-snowy-planet for its strange Monster Hunter-ised round-the-world jaunt designed for awkward four-player co-op?


May 19, 2012
Nintendo

Let Chun-Li Kick You In The Face With New Project X Zone Screens

Upcoming 3DS collaboration Project X Zone sure is getting crowded. Here’s a look at the latest screens of the pair-based combat game.


May 18, 2012
In Real Life

Capcom Tries To Fix Street Fighter X Tekken, Breaks It Instead

In updating the console versions of Street Fighter X Tekken to fix a few bugs, Capcom has accidentally introduced a new one, which completely breaks the game. Whoops.


In Real Life

Japanese Game Developer Apparently Harassed So Much, She Attempted Suicide

In 2009, a twenty-something female joined Osaka-based game developer Capcom. The new employee was assigned to a couple different games, before becoming a member of the team developing Dragon’s Dogma, Capcom’s upcoming big budget title.