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See The NGP, And Its Games, In Action!

7:00PM January 31, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Late last week, Sony revealed its new portable, currently codenamed NGP, to the world. Perhaps you read my liveblog? Now you can watch the real thing, complete with English voiceovers. More »


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Metal Gear Solid 4, Lost Planet, Yakuza Shown In PSP2 Form

8:00PM January 27, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

The PSP2—or the NGP, as its currently codenamed—may be powerful enough to play PlayStation 3 games. At today’s coming out party for the next-generation PlayStation Portable, Sony and friends showed just that. More »


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Resident Evil Studio Working On Two Big Original Titles For 2011

1:00AM January 27, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

It’s January, typically gaming’s slow month. But Capcom, best known for Street Fighter and Resident Evil, is hard at work on two big time original games. One will make you question Capcom’s sanity. More »


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More About Resident Evil 6 "Soon"

3:00PM September 2, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

Capcom, the studio behind Resident Evil, loves sequels. That’s fine, people love Capcom sequels. How does another Resident Evil game sound? More »


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Capcom: Japan Has No Hope In Hell Unless…

11:00PM May 17, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

When Osaka-based Capcom isn’t making popular video games, it is doing something else entirely: ragging on the Japanese game industry. More »


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Pikmin Says Hallo! On iPad

12:00AM April 24, 2010 | Brian Crecente

Lost Planet producer Jun Takeuchi may not be the artist Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune is, but that didn’t stop him from whipping up this awesome little drawing for us at Captivate on the iPad. More »


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Capcom Wrestles With Xbox 360 Disc Restrictions

9:00PM February 18, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

The PS3′s Blu-ray format offers developers plenty of space to fill. But the Xbox 360 doesn’t use Blu-ray, it uses DVD. That makes things tricky if a studio is planning to release a multi-platform title like Lost Planet 2. More »


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“Cultural Differences” Mean Capcom Developer And West Can’t Collaborate

3:40PM December 8, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

Capcom have been big on Western collaborations lately. Two Bionic Commando games, Dark Void, Dead Rising 2, all have been handled by Western teams. But not everybody at Capcom’s Japanese HQ is as keen as management to “go west”. More »


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Takeuchi: Japanese Gamers Need Western Gamers’ Curiosity

11:00AM November 3, 2009 | Stephen Totilo

Usually, when a country’s gaming scene struggles, game creators take the heat. But an Edge interview with Lost Planet 2 producer Jun Takeuchi suggests gamers could also be to blame. More »


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Sony Still Pondering Names, Options For Motion Controller

5:00PM September 26, 2009 | Brian Ashcraft

It’s simply dubbed the Wand Controller. For the time being, that is. More »