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Namco Bandai Digging Into The Archives For Re-Releases

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:00:00 +0000

Got an interesting press release today from Namco Bandai. It goes a little something like this.

“Leading video games developer and publisher NAMCO BANDAI Games America Inc., announced today their intent to increase its digital distribution presence.”

Boring so far, right? It is! Thing is, it gets better, the company pledging to spend 2010 plumbing the depths of their back catalogue and releasing them on the 360, PS3 and PSP.

It’ll begin with Beautiful Katamari appearing on the 360’s Games on Demand service in “Q1 2010″, but more encouragingly, will continue with a range of PlayStation One “catalogue classics” throughout the year.

The PSN needs a lot more quality PS1 games. It’s nice seeing at least one publisher publicly committing to release more games on it.

The Following Capcom PS1 Games Will Soon Be Available On The PlayStation Network

Luke Plunkett — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:30:00 +0000

The days of people whining “where are my PS1 games on the PSN?” appear well and truly over. You’ve got Final Fantasy VII, you’ve got Metal Gear Solid, and soon you’ll be getting a ton of Capcom PS1 games as well.

Tomorrow, for example, Capcom will be releasing the “Capcom Classics Collection: Remixed”, which includes:

• 1941: Counter Attack
• Avengers
• Bionic Commando
• Black Tiger
• Block Block
• Captain Commando
• Final Fight
• Forgotten Worlds
• Last Duel
• Legendary Wings
• Magic Sword
• Mega Twins
• Quiz and Dragons
• Section Z
• Side Arms: Hyper Dyne
• The Speed Rumbler
• Street Fighter
• Strider
• Three Wonders
• Varth

Then later in the year, there’ll be this mix of PS1 and PSP re-releases:

• Mega Man Powered Up
• Dino Crisis
• Power Stone Collection
• Mega Man Maverick Hunter X
• Resident Evil 2
• Darkstalkers
• Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max
• Resident Evil 3: Nemesis
• Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded

Thanks Capcom!

Shut Up, Capcom Are putting PS1 Games On The PSN

Luke Plunkett — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:30:00 +0000

Probably the biggest problem with the PlayStation Store (at least in the West) is that, inexplicably, there are so few PlayStation 1 games available. It’s something people complain about often. And something Capcom are fixing.

Popping into Capcom’s boards, PR man and professional beach lounger Christian Svensson told users that Capcom actually submitted a bunch of PS1 games for eventual sale on the PSN last week. He also says “this may take a bit more time than anticipated”, though, so don’t expect them anytime soon.

What ever could they be? Resident Evil 1 seems the most logical choice, but you can always hope, like we are, for Marvel vs Capcom.

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