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Publishers Konami and Capcom have joined forces to bring Monster Hunter directly to fans of one of PlayStation’s biggest franchises – Metal Gear Solid. Andriasang reports that the upcoming PSP release, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker, will feature a ‘Monster Island’ in-game area where Solid Snake will be able to …

Silent Hunter 5: Battle of the Atlantic has been recalled in Germany, due to offending World War 2-related imagery. Ubisoft has pulled the collector’s edition of the PC submarine war simulator, which features swastikas in its bonus content. The normal version of the game remains on sale. It is against …

Following a weekend of server trouble that lead to some gamers being unable to play their copies of Assassin’s Creed II or Silent Hunter V thanks to Ubisoft’s new internet-only DRM, the publisher has apologised for the outage – adding that the problems were down to an attack” on its …

Further to its announcement of a June 11th release for Super Mario Galaxy 2 in the UK and Europe, Nintendo has dated a number of its key upcoming Wii titles for the months ahead. Capcom’s Monster Hunter Tri will be released on April 23rd and will offer free online play …

Nintendo has announced that the Classic Controller Pro will be bundled in two new SKUs to coincide with the release of Capcom’s Monster Hunter Tri. The peripheral is an alternative version of its traditional Wii joypad that boasts re-arranged shoulder button and Dualshock-style grips at the bottom. It was first …

Japanese publisher Capcom has pinned down firm UK release dates for two of the games that it had originally planned to bring to market during the current quarter. Fighting sequel-stroke-expansion Super Street Fighter IV will be released in Europe on April 30th, a few days after its April 27th arrival …

Its Western impact may remain limited for the time being, but Monster Hunter is one of gaming’s key franchises in Japan – and hot on the heels of the brand’s Wii debut last year the series is now heading to Xbox 360. Capcom has confirmed that it is to port …

The Monster Hunter success story continues in Japan with the news that Capcom’s latest title in the series, and the first to be released on Wii, sold 520,000 copies on its first day of release, according to figures from Media Create. And bigger news could be on the way, too, …

Publisher Capcom has announced that Japanese mega hit Monster Hunter Tri will be released in the UK and Europe early next year. Tri marks the series’ first foray onto Wii and Capcom hopes that the combination of one of its key IPs and the hugely popular Wii will result in …

Flying in the face of disappointing financial results from both Nintendo and Sony, Japanese publisher Capcom has continued its fine momentum from the last fiscal year with a further quarter of growth.

 For the quarter ending June 30th, Capcom’s revenues saw a 19.2 per cent year-on-year increase, finishing at YEN …