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Last week at its Captivate event in Miami, Capcom unveiled three new products – Dead Rising 2: Off The Record, Dragon’s Dogma and Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition.
It also showed off new content and details for a raft of other key titles, including Asura’s Wrath, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, Street Fighter X Tekken and Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D.
Of the three new products, Street Fighter IV: Arcade Edition had, of course, been a badly kept secret for some time. It will be out this summer on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. It features 39 characters, including one completely new fighter, Oni.
Dead Rising 2: Off The Record, due in Q4 on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC, is a re-imagining” of Dead Rising 2, with Frank West, star of the original game, back as the main playable character.
Dragon’s Dogma, meanwhile, due in 2012 on PS3 and Xbox 360, is a completely original open world action game. It utilises the latest iteration of Capcom’s MT Framework engine and has been created by the team behind Resident Evil 4 and Devil May Cry 4.
Other titles showcased at the event included Asura’s Wrath, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, Street Fighter X Tekken and Resident Evil The Mercenaries 3D – Capcom’s second game for the Nintendo 3DS, due in the UK this summer.
Shots from all the key console titles can be found below:
