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Poll Box Art Brawl - Mega Man 4
Fourth time's a charm..?
Welcome folks, to another edition of 'Box Art Brawl'! Last week saw the classic N64 title Pilotwings 64 battle it out for box art supremacy. The results were honestly quite a bit closer than we were anticipating, but nevertheless, Japan's vertical design took the lion's share of the vote with 60%. Bad luck, North America...
News Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Updated To Version 12.0.1, Here's What's Included
Update today
Ahead of the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak free title update in November, Capcom has released another minor patch for the game bumping it up to Version 12.0.1. This one includes a number of fixes, including one particular bug that was causing save data to apparently increase in size when making a certain in-game change. Here's the full...
News Capcom Begins Mega Man's 35th Anniversary Celebrations With Logo Reveal
More Mega
There are a lot of classic video game franchises celebrating milestones this year, and joining them is Capcom's blub bomber, Mega Man. December 17, 2022 will mark the iconic character's 35th anniversary. In the lead-up to this, Capcom has unveiled the official logo along with the first collaborative product - a t-shirt by the clothing...
News Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak's Third Free Title Update Is Out Late November
More content to come in 2023
Last week, Capcom rolled out its second free update for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak - adding three more monsters. If this wasn't already enough, there's more to come. Capcom is already looking ahead - with a fresh reminder on social media that there's much more in the works. In case you did miss it due to the...
Poll Box Art Brawl: Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
All-S.T.A.R Brawl
Happy Sunday, everyone; welcome to another edition of 'Box Art Brawl'! We've got another great one for you this week, but first let's take a look at the previous results. Last time, we featured the GameCube classic from Rare Ltd, Star Fox Adventures. Criminally underrated at the time of its release, the action-adventure title has...
News Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Prepares For Title Update 2, Here Are The Patch Notes
2 Hunt 2 Furious
The next big Title Update for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak drops tomorrow, 29th September, and ahead of this free update, Capcom has shared the patch notes for version 12.0.0. This second glut of free content brings in three more monsters to the hunt — Flaming Espinas (who debuted in Monster Hunter Frontier, Violet Mizutsune (a...
News Capcom Fighting Collection Receives A Free QoL Update, Out Now For Switch
Viewable hitboxes, new gem colours and more!
Update [Tue 27th Sep, 2022 02:30 BST]: This update is now live for the Capcom Fighting Collection. You can see the full patch notes over on Capcom's official website. There are even some Switch-specific fixes in there! Original article [Thu 22nd Sep, 2022 04:55 BST]: The official Street
News Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Will Include Online Battles
Revealed at the Tokyo Game Show
The 2022 Tokyo Game Show has kicked off, and earlier today, Capcom took to the stage to run through its slate of upcoming releases and updates. And one of the company's big featured titles was the Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection, and this won't just be a simple collection of ten games, oh no. Director...
News Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Gets A Date For Its Next Major Free Update
Spoiler: It's really close!
Capcom has today announced that the free 'Title Update 2' for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak will be launching on September 29th. That's just two weeks away! The update contains a number of new monsters and quests. Here are the full details from the official website: New Monsters – A rare species and subspecies make...
Poll Box Art Brawl: Duel - Mega Man X
Mavericks, assemble!
Hi folks; welcome to another edition of 'Box Art Brawl'! Last week, poor ol' Solid Snake got himself trapped in a digital space and needed your help to escape by voting for your favourite Metal Gear Solid: Ghost Babel box art. In the end, despite strong competition from North America, it was Europe that won out with 45% of the...
News Cannon Dancer, The Strider 'Spiritual Successor', Officially Confirmed For Switch
Physical release also coming
Just a few weeks ago we caught wind that Cannon Dancer — often referred to as the unofficial sequel to the Capcom classic Strider — would be coming to the Switch. With no official announcement nor Western confirmation, we kept our excitement tightly under wraps. But the wrapper is off now, folks! We now have a brand...
News Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak amiibo Arrive At GameStop (US)
Get them while you can
As of tomorrow, Monster Hunter Rise fans located in the US will be able to get hold of the Sunbreak amiibo line at GameStop. GameStop put out the announcement via social media, mentioning how these exclusive amiibo would be available online and in-store on 7th September. Customers will be able to select from Canyne Malzeno -...
Soapbox Forget Marvel, The Perfect Capcom Crossover Is Simpler Than You Think
Ryu from Streets needs new challengers
Soapbox features enable our individual writers and contributors to voice their opinions on hot topics and random stuff they've been chewing over. Today, Scott saves Capcom a lot of money and bother with a crossover suggestion everyone can get behind... Sure, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate may be the 'most...
News Evercade EXP Handheld Will Come Bundled With 18 Classic Capcom Titles
Including Street Fighter, Mega Man, Strider, and more
Initially announced back in May, Blaze Entertainment's Evercade EXP looks like a natural progression of its original Evercade handheld, showcasing a streamlined design with a solid glass-covered 800x480 pixel 4.3-inch IPS screen and built-in Wi-Fi for firmware updates, along with a USB-C port and...
News Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Reveals QoL Updates Coming Later This Month
More shortcut loadouts and armour lock
Last week, Capcom announced its second free title update for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak would be arriving in "late" September. Apart from the addition of the Flaming Espinas and several other monsters, the DLC will also be receiving some enhancements in other areas. As showcased by the official Monster...
News Capcom Opens Gorgeous Street Fighter 35th Anniversary Website
A champion resource
Yes, Street Fighter really is 35 years old. Capcom's first ever fighting game launched in arcades on 30th August 1987, and the company hasn't ever really looked back. It is the fighting game series everyone knows and respects. So it's absolutely deserving of a very stunning website to commemorate the series' 35th anniversary...
News SNK vs. Capcom Revival On The Cards, Both Parties Apparently Interested
EVO 2022 poster reconfirms demand
The return of the fighting game series SNK vs. Capcom has been heavily requested. Sure, there's been some Neo Geo Pocket Color games re-released on the Switch in recent times, so how about a modern revival? Well, the good news is that SNK producer Yauyuki Oda - the individual behind SNK's more recent fighting games...
Deals Capcom's eShop Sale Gives Up To 67% Off Switch Games, Finishes Sunday (North America)
Mega Man, Mega Savings
The end of summer is always about the negatives — colder weather, longer nights and the like — but Nintendo is here to keep the sunshine coming with the Capcom End of Summer Sale over on the official Nintendo site. You'll need to be quick, as the sale is only running until August 28th. You have just a few days left now to...
News Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Teases Free Title Update 2, Landing Next Month
The Flaming Espinas arrives "late September"
Now that Free Title Update 1 for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak has been delivered, all you monster hunters out there might be wondering when the second update is coming. Capcom has now committed to a "late" September launch for the second free title update. This will include the Flaming Espinas and...
News Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Smashes Past 4 Million Sales Worldwide
Now that's a lot of hunting
A little over a month ago, we were impressed by the announcement that Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak had sold three million units worldwide, and August has only seen the popularity of the DLC continuing to increase. In a tweet shared from the official Monster Hunter Twitter account, the developers announced that sales of...
News GameStop Listing Narrows Down Monster Hunter: Sunbreak amiibo Release (US)
Next week could be the date
A week ago, a GameStop listing suggested its Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak amiibo stock could be arriving in the US at the end of August or early on in September. It now appears to have locked in the release date for August 26th. Pre-orders aren't being taken just yet. When they are made available, Monster Hunter fans...
News Capcom To Showcase Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection At TGS
More Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak content also available
There's only one month to go until the Tokyo Game Show, which starts on September 15th, and Capcom has today started to reveal what we can expect them to show off this year. For Nintendo fans, the answer is not much, but there are a few things to be excited about. Four games will be...
News Veteran Capcom Producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi Joins NetEase Games
Moving on after 27 years
Capcom producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi has announced his departure from Capcom after 27 years. To mark his 50th birthday he'll be filling the same roll over at the Chinese video game giant NetEase. Kobayashi started out as a programmer on the Resident Evil series in the '90s and took up producer roles for series like Dino...
News Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak's Title Update 1 Is Out Tomorrow, Here Are The Patch Notes
More monsters, randomly generated quests, and more!
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak has just had its first official broadcast, detailing everything coming in the game's first Title Update. We now know that the update drops tomorrow, 10th August, and brings with it a wealth of new quests, monsters, and new system elements Previously, we knew Lucent...
News Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Broadcast Coming Next Week
News on free updates coming to the expansion
Capcom has revealed that it will be holding a Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak broadcast next week. The digital event will kick off at 7am PDT / 10am EST / 3pm BST / 4pm CEST on Tuesday 9th August and will contain news on the first free update coming to the Monster Hunter expansion. Capcom revealed that...
News Capcom's Mega Man Series Has Now Sold 38 Million Units Worldwide
More mega sales
Capcom's blue bomber series Mega Man continues to grow in sales - with the company's latest financial results for the 1st quarter of fiscal year 2022 revealing the franchise has now shifted 38 million units worldwide since its original debut in 1987. As highlighted by the Mega Man news site Rockman-Corner, the franchise grew an...
News Capcom Reports Incredible Sales For Its Key Franchises
Monster Hunter gains solid ground
Capcom has presented its Q1 financial report for FY2022, highlighting some seriously impressive cumulative sales for its key franchises. Despite reporting a downturn in sales and profits YoY (due in part to the launch of Resident Evil Village during the same period in 2021), Capcom's catalog sales grew steadily...
News No, Monster Hunter Paradise Probably Isn't The Title Of The Next Entry
"Discord leak" was just a placeholder
Capcom released Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak at the end of last month, and while it's got a full roadmap planned for this new DLC, over the weekend there were reports of the 'Monster Hunter 6' title and platforms leaking on Discord. Following on from the Capcom leaks in 2020 (making mention of Monster Hunter...
Japanese Charts Monster Hunter Rise Is Still Top Of The Pack Thanks To Sunbreak
The expansion is bringing in the loot
Capcom and Monster Hunter are once again top of the class in this week's Japanese charts. Published by Famitsu and shared by Gematsu, we can see that Sunbreak is still pulling in the numbers for Monster Hunter Rise, and the set is once again the best-selling game of the week with 29,006 sales. No surprises there...
Random This Ridiculous Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Commercial Is A Delight
More of this, please!
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak has been out now for a couple of weeks now, and is by all accounts a roaring success, particularly in Japan. Just to ensure customers are really aware of its release, however, Capcom has put together a brand new Japanese commercial for the game, and uhh... well, it's something! Check it out:...
Earlier than expected!
Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak fans located in Australia and New Zealand can look forward to getting their hands on the new trio of amiibo much earlier than expected. In an update via social media, Nintendo AU NZ revealed the figures would now be arriving next month on 12th August instead of September. The Malzeno amiibo,...
News Capcom Shares Sneak Peek At Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak's First Title Update
Arriving this August
At the end of last month, Capcom released Monster Hunter RIse: Sunbreak - the first DLC for the latest entry in the monster hunting series. Now that hunters have had time to sink their teeth into the latest adventure, the focus moves on to the first free title update. This will add Lucent Nargacuga and several other monsters -...
Round Up Here's What Critics And Fans Think Of The Resident Evil Netflix Series
Some are out for blood
Netflix’s Resident Evil show dropped on the streaming service last week, and just like with any video game adaptation, it’s drawn some rather mixed reactions across the board. The show is based on Capcom’s iconic survival horror franchise, but rather than rewriting the story of the games, it focuses on Albert Wesker and...
Poll Box Art Brawl: Special Edition - Street Fighter II
All of them... Okay, most of them
Howdy folks, and welcome to a very special edition of Box Art Brawl! Let's have a glance at last week's results before we dive into the latest brawl. We took a look at the fantastic GameCube entry in the Mario Kart franchise: Mario Kart: Double Dash!!. We'd love to say it was a close call, but it kind of wasn't...
Feature Resident Evil Netflix Review: Wesker Steals A Show That Lacks Bite
Out of ammo
The live-action adaptations of the Resident Evil franchise have had a real rough time of it, huh? Paul W.S. Anderson’s six-movie take on the series — while commercially successful — was widely slated by fans of the games and critics alike for diverting too far away from the tone and scope of Capcom’s source (plus, some of them...
Review Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium - Captures That Arcade Magic In A Quality Package
Insert coin
Since there’s little 'wrong' with Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium, what’s right with it will depend on the sensibilities and interests of the player. The second of Capcom’s superbly curated compilations following on from Capcom Arcade Stadium, its 32 arcade titles (one of which is free) now feature a greater emphasis on action and...
News Monster Hunter Rise Version 10.0.3 Is Now Live, Here Are The Patch Notes
More monstrous than ever
It wasn't long ago that Monster Hunter Rise was updated to version 10.0.2, but it's clear Capcom has been working its little socks off, because version 10.0.3 is now live for all players. The latest update isn't as meaty as the previous one (which makes sense given a lot of it was earmarked for the Sunbreak DLC), but it...
News Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Celebrates 2 Million Units Shipped With Free Item Packs
Team now "hard at work on the first Title Update"
Earlier this week, Capcom announced it the Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak had already surpassed 2 million units worldwide. In the same sales update, it revealed the base game had shipped over 10 million units worldwide since its release. To celebrate this milestone, the Japanese company has now...
Review Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak - A Deliciously Difficult, Must-Have Expansion
An expansion with bite
Monster Hunter Rise has proven to be a welcome continuation of the IP's global growth in popularity, following the breakout mainstream success of 2018's Monster Hunter: World and its Iceborne expansion on non-Nintendo platforms. Rise itself brought some interesting evolutions from World, retaining more of the quirky charm we...
Round Up The Reviews Are In For Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
What's the verdict?
To send June out with a bang, Capcom has today released Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. This is paid DLC for the new entry. Yesterday there was also a regular Monster Hunter Rise update preparing for this expansion. If you are still unsure if you should pick up the DLC, even after the
News Monster Hunter Rise Version 10.0.2 Is Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
The new Sunbreak DLC has arrived
The Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak DLC is finally here! Capcom has shared the official patch notes for this new version of Monster Hunter Rise. This sees the software jump to Version 10.0.2. It will be required to install in order to access the DLC and continue to play online. The file size for this update is about...
Video Capcom, Please Put Dragon's Dogma 2 On Switch
Do we really have to beg?
Just recently, Capcom showcased a 10th Anniversary video for Dragon's Dogma, featuring game director Hideaki Itsuno as he recounts the creation of the action RPG. Toward the end, Capcom announced what pretty much everyone was expecting it to announce: that Dragon's Dogma 2 is now in development. Wahoo! No platforms have...
News Capcom Offering Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Demo 'Item Pack' Bonus
A special DLC launch promo
Here's one extra reason why you should download and try out the new Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak demo. The save data from this demo can be used to unlock some extra goodies in the full DLC when it arrives next week. This is what you'll get in this special bonus items pack: 60 mega potions, 15 pitfall traps, 30 energy...
News Capcom Highlights Photo Mode Features Coming To Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
See for yourself
Next week sees the release of Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak - the new DLC for Capcom's latest Monster Hunter entry. We've already seen (and played) some of this new DLC, but Capcom is still finding some new things to show off ahead of Sunbreak's release on 30th June. This time we've got a look at the "additional camera features"...
Review Capcom Fighting Collection - An Essential Buy For One-On-One Fighting Fans
It’s a Graveyard Smash
Capcom was a king of the nascent arcade industry back in the 1980s. An innovator, a game-changer, its invention within the fighting game genre remains unsurpassed. The company isn't new to releasing retro collections, with close to 30 compilations across various platforms. With newer hardware, however, there’s a more...
Feature Capcom Fighting Collection - Every Game, And Why You Should Be Excited
Fightin' in the streets
As great as the Street Fighter series is, pugilism fans with longer memories will tell you that it’s about ruddy time some of Capcom’s somewhat lesser-known games are getting their time in the spotlight. Arriving on Switch on 24th June, Capcom Fighting Collection showcases not just the entire Darkstalkers series, but also...
News Capcom Teases New Armour Sets Coming To Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak
Take a look
It's absolutely packed out with game releases and announcements this month, and one other thing you won't want to miss out on is Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak - a new DLC for the latest entry in the Monster Hunter series. Ahead of the release later this month on 30th June, Capcom has revealed the new armour sets based on the Gore Magala...
News Capcom Has Officially Announced Dragon's Dogma II
"Sorry to have kept you waiting"
Earlier on, Capcom held a special 10th anniversary Dragon's Dogma video broadcast. At the very end of the presentation, director Hideaki Itsuno announced Dragon's Dogma II is currently in development. "Sorry to have kept you waiting! Dragon's Dogma 2 is currently in development. Everyone in the development team is...
News Capcom Fighting Collection's 'Red Earth' Used RPG Systems To Narrow Genre's "Growing Skill Gap"
The first home console port
Update [Fri 17th Jun, 2022 12:45 BST] A previous version of this article stated that Red Earth had not been released outside of Japan before. This was an error as the game did release in arcades in North America in 1996. The article has since been corrected. Original article [Wed 15th Jun, 2022 19:00 BST] Capcom...
News Capcom Announces Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak Demo, Now Available
Sample some battles & multiplayer
Update [Wed 15th Jun, 2022 03:00 BST]: This demo is now live - head on over to the Switch eShop to download it. Enjoy! @monsterhunter - The Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak demo is now available to download on Nintendo Switch and Steam! Find it on the Monster Hunter Rise store page on your platform of choice. To...