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Read More »Resident Evil 0 HD set for January release date
Capcom has given its upcoming HD remaster of 2003 survival horror title a release date. The publisher announced via its Capcom Unity blog that Resident Evil 0 HD will be hitting shelves on January 22nd in the UK. This shouldn’t come as much of a surprise given that the Resident …
Read More »Street Fighter V ‘butt slap’ removed to avoid risk of offence
Capcom has said that some recent tweaks to Street Fighter V were born of its want for the game to appeal to as wide an audience as possible. The developer yesterday said that it had made several gameplay changes to try and ensure the game is accessible for as many …
Read More »Street Fighter V designed to be accessible to all players, not just fighting pros
The intimidation of learning a new and complex game is something Capcom hopes it has eradicated with upcoming release Street Fighter V. The challenge, series developer Yoshinori Ono, is trying to achieve this while also staying true to popular older entries that championed complexity and depth. Looking at Street Fighter …
Read More »Capcom reports high pre-orders for new HD Resident Evil updates
Pre-orders for Capcom’s upcoming Resident Evil Origins Collection are well ahead of the publisher’s predictions. The Xbox One, PS4 and PC compilation brings together the updated edition of Resident Evil HD – which launched digitally in January 2015 – with the upcoming remake of Resident Evil 0. It’s due on …
Read More »Capcom reports six-month profit decline
Capcom has reported half-year financial results showing drops in profit from all major divisions. The publisher actually brought in a 22 per cent increase in revenue to $262m, but profits slumped across the board, with Digital, Arcade, and Pachinko segments all in decline compared to the same period a year …
Read More »Ono tells Xbox One owning Street Fighter fans that there’s plenty of time to save for a PS4
The producer of Street Fighter V has urged fans of the series who own an Xbox One to start saving for a PS4. The game’s PS4 and PC exclusivity was confirmed last December, and the publisher has subsequently confirmed that no iteration of the game will ever be available on …
Read More »Street Fighter V tweaked to reduce gratuitous close-ups
Eagle-eyed gamers have noticed that a recent update to the Street Fighter V beta has altered the way some of the female characters are presented on screen. Eurogamer reports that prior to the update, Cammy’s arena entrance featured an absurdly gratuitous crotch close-up. R.Mika, meanwhile, used to slap her already …
Read More »Capcom targets ‘newer, younger, eSports audience’ with Street Fighter V
It may not seem like it, but it’s been nearly a decade since the last numbered Street Fighter game. That’s right: Street Fighter IV came out in 2008. Of course, you might not have noticed the time passing, given the release of Super Street Fighter IV in 2010, Street Fighter …
Read More »PlayStation Now catalogue gets 105 new games
PS4’s PlayStation Now streaming service has been expanded with the addition of 105 new titles, including more than 20 Capcom games. That brings the total count of the US offering of the on-demand game-streaming platform to 250 titles. Around a fifth of the new additions are Capcom games, such as …
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