February2022
Soapbox Two Ace Attorneys Are Trapped On 3DS eShop, So It's About Time For A New Trilogy
Take a shot every time someone points in this article
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've got on their minds. Kate would like to point out that two of the Ace Attorney games really should get a nice new remake some time soon... The Ace Attorney games, in...
News Capcom Has Updated Assets For Three Classic Resident Evil Titles, And It's Got Fans Talking
Could more remasters be on the way?
Capcom has just shared updated assets for three of its Resident Evil games online, triggering speculation that we may be getting some more remasters in the near future. CODE: Veronica, Outbreak and Outbreak File 2 are the trio of titles in question. Capcom has updated the history section of its Resident E
Random We Need To Talk About That Street Fighter 6 Logo, Capcom
Update: Did Capcom really use an Adobe Stock Graphic?
Update: Amusingly, it has since transpired that the logo Capcom has created for the next Street Fighter outing is uncomfortably close to an Adobe Stock Graphic. Oops! Original Story [Tue 22nd Feb, 2022 09:00 GMT]: Capcom just unleashed a teaser trailer for
News Capcom Will Share More Street Fighter 6 News This Summer
We still don't know what platforms it will be coming to
Update [Mon 21st Feb, 2022 09:45 GMT]: Capcom has stated that it will be sharing news relating to Street Fighter 6 this summer after revealing the first teaser trailer for the game. We've got Capcom Fighting Collection to tide us over until then, at least. In related news,
News 'Capcom Fighting Collection' Brings An Arcade Exclusive Home After 26 Years
10 fighting classics in one collection
Capcom has just announced a new collection of classic titles is coming to Switch, and the pack includes a coin-op game that has remained exclusive to arcades for 26 years. Red Earth (AKA Warzard) was the first game to use Capcom's CPS-3 arcade hardware (the same tech that famously powered Street Fighter III)...
News Capcom Street Fighter Skin Pack Added To Minecraft As DLC
"Fists will fly this month in Minecraft Marketplace!"
There have been some rumblings online about a possible Street Fighter reveal very soon, and if that wasn't already enough - Mojang and Capcom have now teamed up for a special Minecraft x Street Fighter collaboration. This Capcom-approved 'World Warrior' DLC from 5
News Sleep In Edgeworth's Office To Celebrate Ace Attorney's 20th Anniversary
No, he won't be there
Luxury Japanese capsule hotel, Anshin Oyado Nagoya Sakae, has just announced a collaboration with Capcom to bring two Ace Attorney-themed rooms to its customers, in celebration of the series' 20th anniversary. There are two rooms available: The Ace Attorney room On one side, Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth's office, complete...
News The Arcade Emulator MAME Is Now 25 Years Old
MVG takes a look
Video game emulators aren't always seen in the best light, but they actually play an important role when it comes to video game preservation and the revival of classics on modern hardware. With this in mind, MAME (Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator) has just turned 25 years old, after making its debut on 5th February 1997. If you're...
Random It's The 10th Anniversary Of Resident Evil: Revelaitons
We'll have to do a reprint for the headline
Resident Evil: Revelations came out on 3DS 10 years ago today in North America (it was late January in Japan and Europe but we missed that date, ok?). It was particularly famous at launch for its 'Revelaitons' box misprint, which became one of the more humorous collectibles in the 3DS era. Since that...
Random These Gorgeous Ace Attorney Movie Posters Do Real Justice To The Games
"I think the time is 3pm"
Ace Attorney, the game about lawyer Phoenix Wright getting his clients acquitted, already has a live-action movie adaptation — and an anime, and a stage production — but all of them were made for the Japanese audience, amongst whom the game is much more popular than in the West. It's unlikely that we'll ever get a...
News Ghosts 'n Goblins' Arthur Is Getting The Nendoroid Treatment
Comes with "standard" and "shouting" face
Capcom recently revived its hard-as-nails series Ghosts 'n Goblins in the form of Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection, a superb action platformer that represents a series test of your reflexes and skills. It would seem that Arthur's time in the limelight isn't over yet, either, as he's being immortalised in...
News Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings Of Ruin Has Now Shipped Over 1.5 Million Copies
"Thank you to all our Riders and your Monsties"
It's been a while since we got a sales update about Capcom's other Monster Hunter game, Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin, so how is it going? The Nintendo Switch and PC release have now shifted over 1.5 million copies worldwide. This follows on from an update last October - confirming 1.3...
News Japan's Top 100 Best-Selling Video Games Of 2021, According To Famitsu
Capcom's Monster Hunter Rise is #1
The Nintendo Switch has just made it through another year, so how are its games doing on the charts within Japan? Japanese games outlet Famitsu has just released an extended list of the best-selling video games of 2021 for this location - and Switch is dominant once again. The first 21 titles on the list are all...
News 5% Of Capcom Acquired By Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund
Its latest power move in gaming
We're in the midst of high profile takeovers in the gaming industry, in addition to major investments. A lot of headlines have followed Tencent's increasingly prolific investments in game companies, but today the focus is on Saudi Arabia's 'Public Investment Fund' (PIF), a government-run sovereign wealth fund, which...
January2022
News Monster Hunter Rise Goes Old School With The Origin Layered Armor Set
Classic
Monster Hunter Rise continues to add frequent events and indeed gifts of items to help players along. A big update this week made some tweaks and fixes while lining up event quests, and a rather charming one is now live. That set is a recreation of armour from the very first game in the series, so will be particularly meaningful to...
News Monster Hunter Rise Version 3.8.0 Is Now Live, Here's What's New And Different
Download it today
We're getting closer to the one-year mark of Monster Hunter Rise and Capcom's still showing strong support for the title. Just a few weeks ago it released the PC version of the game on Steam, and more recently it's announced the title has shipped over 8 million units worldwide. Sunbrea
News Monster Hunter Rise Has A Collab With Universal Studios Japan, As Sunbreak Teases Continue
"Kingdom Creatures" is your clue
Monster Hunter Rise is a game that keeps giving, with Capcom still rolling out regular free updates in the runup to the Summer's major expansion, Sunbreak. Updates on both fronts have arrived over the past 24 hours, including some particularly snazzy armor sets. First up, on 21st January we'll get the Universal...
News Monster Hunter Rise Has Now Shipped Over 8 Million Units Worldwide
"globally driven by release on PC platform"
It seems the release of Monster Hunter Rise on the PC last week has already paid off - with Capcom announcing the game has now sold more than 8 million units in total worldwide. Sales of Monster Hunter Rise were around the 7.5 million mark last October. The series, in general, has now shipped 78 million...
News Capcom's Former Switch Exclusive Monster Hunter Rise Is Off To A Great Start On Steam
Now if only it had cross-play support...
The Switch exclusive Monster Hunter Rise was this week ported across to the PC, and if you are curious to know how it's performing - we've got some data to share. According to Steam's global stats, Rise is currently in the top 10 most played games on the platform - with a 90,000+ peak at the time of writing...
Round Up The Reviews Are In For Capcom's Monster Hunter Rise PC Port
What is it like compared to the Switch version?
Monster Hunter Rise was easily one of the best Nintendo Switch exclusives of 2021, and while Capcom won't be slowing down its support for this version anytime soon, in a few days it's releasing a PC port on Steam. If you're just a tad curious to know what the PC version of the game is like, we've...
News Capcom Is Adding Screen Filters To The PC Version Of Monster Hunter Rise
Can we have them on Switch, please?
Ahead of the launch of Monster Hunter Rise on Steam next week, Capcom has released a new trailer highlighting the PC version and some new features. There'll be screen filters (Black & white, Sepia, Japanese Style, Warring Lands Style, Cinema Style), ultrawide display support, high-res textures, uncapped...
News New 'Capcom Creators' Program Offers Exclusive Incentives For Content Creators
Request codes, access an exclusive Discord and more
Capcom, the developer and publisher behind hit franchises like Resident Evil, Monster Hunter and Street Fighter, has announced a new content creator program designed to "celebrate and connect with" fans of its titles. The new initiative is called Capcom Creators, and the company says it "aims to...
December2021
News Capcom Is Already Preparing For Monster Hunter's 20th Anniversary
The series turns 20 in 2024
As is traditional for this time of year, Japanese publication Famitsu has been asking prominent developers what their plans and ambitions are for 2022, and one of the people interviewed is Capcom’ s Ryozo Tsujimoto – the man in charge of the company's prestigious Monster Hunter franchise. Tsujimoto Is clearly focused...
News Here Are Japan's Top 30 Best-Selling Switch eShop Games For 2021
Monster Hunter Rise takes out top spot
It's that time of year where companies reveal all sorts of data about consumer spending habits, and on the Switch front, Nintendo has shared the top 30 best-selling games on the Japanese eShop in 2021. Capcom's latest entry in the Monster Hunter series took out the top spot and following this were all sorts of...
News Capcom Will Reveal More About Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak In Spring 2022
"Stay tuned"
We've known about the new massive paid expansion coming to Monster Hunter Rise for some time now, but so far, little has been revealed about it. That's all set to change next year - with Capcom teasing on social media it would share much more around Spring 2022, in the lead up to Sunbreak's Summer 2022 release. This upcoming DLC...