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Capcom spoke out in a informal capacity lately and expressed their feelings about the PSN outage and how it is greatly affecting their bottom line. Check out the full story for all the details.
"Capcom is known for pushing out strong franchises like Resident Evil, Dead Rising, and Street Fighter. These series have become staples of the Capcom name, offering quality gaming experiences that keep players entertained, enthralled, and eager for more. According to Christian Svensson, vice president of Capcom’s US branch, western audiences shouldn’t expect brand new franchises anytime soon, but Capcom Japan will be “taking some major IP risks.”"
"Xbox LIVE Arcade has already taken in over $46 million this year according to analyst firm Forecasting & Analyzing Digital Entertainment, LLC (FADE) as the digital distribution of games continues to grow. Through the end of June, they forecast that sales on Xbox LIVE Arcade has 36% over the previous year thanks to special promotions like the LIVE Arcade Block Party and discounts on games."
"Microsoft has had a pretty good run with its Summer of Arcade for Xbox Live Arcade since it started in 2008. The yearly promotion spotlights a handful of high quality downloadable games for the Xbox 360. Now, they are looking back at the 2009 Summer of Arcade for this week's Xbox Live Deal of the Week by providing deep discounts to the five games that were released. for the promotion last year."
"PlanetXbox360.com Exclusive: Over the past couple days gaming publisher Capcom Entertainment have been holding it's annual Captivate press event over in Hawaii (don't ask me why it must be so extravagant) and we have all the juicy details on exactly what was unveiled. Everything that came out of the event was not mind-blowing or even surprising at all; the attendees got to go hands-on with near final builds of Lost Planet 2 and Dead Rising 2 - something we expect to see much more of over the ..."
"Capcom Europe has today announced a brand new price promotion for five of its most popular downloadable titles. European PlayStation Network members will be able to get hold of Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD, Marvel VS Capcom 2, Super Puzzle Fighter, Age of Booty and 1942 for a reduced price over a set period in the coming months."
Capcom intends to become a major international publisher by the end of the next fiscal year. Given all the titles that are being pushed back, they certainly have the resources to do so. But here's what their three-pronged strategy for success looks like.
"Below is a list of the top downloaded items from the PlayStation Store for the week ending October 22nd. This week Call of Duty: World at War and Fallout 3 both dominate the chart. The number one spot is occupied by the latest COD: WAW Map Pack for the second straight week. Fallout 3’s add on content has been very popular over the past few weeks. Check back each week for the lastest and most popular downloads from the PlayStation Store."
Its been a few weeks since the release of Marvel vs Capcom 2. During E3 it was announced that Marvel vs Capcom 2 will release a Hip Hop mixtape to accompany it. Today, that mixtape has been released for the world to download for free.
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 has been out on the XBLA for nearly 2 weeks now. Its PSN counterpart was supposed to be released along with it on the same day; however, it was pushed back to an August 13 release date. So what happened? Apparently, this rumor was true. Capcom planned a retail version of the game (only available at Gamestop) for the PS3 packed with plenty of bonuses and for the same $14.99 price.
"PC
All Aspect Warfare (Digital Distribution), Angle of Attack (Digital Distirbution), Joint Ops: Combined Arms Compilation (Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising, Joint Operations: Escalation)
PS2
Madden NFL 10
PS3
Madden NFL 10, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (PlayStation Store)
Xbox 360
Madden NFL 10, Trials HD (Xbox Live Arcade)
Wii
Active Life Extreme Challenge, Groovin' Blocks, Madden NFL 10, Monster Mayhem: Build and Battle, Real Heroes: Firefighter
DS
C.O.R.E., Fossil Fighters, Im..."
If you have an Xbox 360 and love blowing money on Xbox LIVE Arcade, then Microsoft wants you. Apparently, buying all five "Summer of Arcade" titles by August 31, 2009 will get you a bonus 800 Microsoft Points to spend.
All games include:
So that's basically spending $65.00 USD for $10 back, almost 15 percent.
"This is an exciting week because of all the new Dashboard preview but there’s more new items to take a look at on LIVE. The Xbox Summer of Arcades continues for the second week with Marvel VS. Capcom 2 along with some rocking new Rock Band tracks, the Far Cry Fortunes Pack Deal of the Week, Gears of War 2 map packs and more."
"Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes (XBLA)
I can appreciate the fact that Capcom was able to pull off the impossible and get Marvel to allow it to re-release the game, even if it is only through digital distribution. I'm also impressed that Capcom had the foresight to use the original Dreamcast code when porting instead of going the easier route and using either the PS2 or Xbox version as a base. Having an arcade perfect (or nearly arcade perfect) port is pretty important if they want t..."
Here's a list of this weeks game releases, both on- and offline. The most popular retail titles are Wii Sports Resort on Wii, The King of Fighters XII on PS3 & Xbox 360 and BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Standard Edition on PS3 & Xbox 360.
At long last, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 sees re-release this week on Xbox LIVE Arcade -- get your fight sticks ready, boys and girls.
Aside from that, Capcom delivers more with the ad-ridden Bionic Commando on PC, the very unique and atmospheric adventure Memento Mori (means "Remember you shall die"), SNK and Ignition brings us the twelfth iteration in the King of Fighters series, and Nintendo brings us some sports...thing (hey, I never said these lists weren't biased).
Until next time!
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 won’t be able to make its expected released date on the Playstation Store and Xbox Live Marketplace at the end of June. The Playstation 3 and Xbox 360 enhanced port of the popular 2D fighting game has been delayed by a least a month.
For those who didn't enjoy the jazzy soundtrack featured in Marvel vs. Capcom 2, Capcom will be offering an alternate hip-hop soundtrack to go along with this month's re-release. The soundtrack features tracks by Talib Kweli, MC Supernatural, Planet Asia, and others. The songs are supposed to be originals which were inspired by the game. How do you get your hands on these beats, you ask? Capcom will be offering these tracks for download through XBLA and the PSN near the game's release. Keep y...
"Are you excited for Marvel vs. Capcom 2 yet? We know we are. We can barely contain our excitement from overcoming our brain and forcing us to dress up like a cross between Mega Man and the Incredible Hulk. Which is why we’re so pleased to finally have a release date to focus our attention on: June 29th.
Which is in fact a Monday. Whether Capcom will make an exception to the usual Thursday Playstation Store update, we’re not sure, but either way, we know we can expect the game to come in an..."
Marvel vs. Capcom 3 has been on the radar for some time now, and with the legal issues cleared up for MvsC2's re-release, many of us were hopeful that meant all was go for a sequel.
According to Capcom's Community Manager Seth Killian, this is not a definite, and the possibility depends on how well MvsC2 does. Y'all better buy it!
Sidenote: Tatsunoko vs. Capcom, which looks fantastic, is suffering similar legal boundaries due to 13 different companies holding rights.
""We'll definitely be looking at a lot of titles that have things like Street Fighter and Resident Evil in the title," Kramer said. "We're thinking about putting together a long list of the titles we're looking at, and then releasing it on Capcom Unity and having people vote on them. Ultimately we're looking at bringing between 20 and 40 titles to the PSN over the next several months.""
A regular old Capcom extravaganza is what we have going on over on Neoseeker, in light of their CAPTIVATE 09 press event yesterday.
Needless to say, if you are a fan of the company's stuff, we've got heaps of new content to check out -- trailers, news (Resident Evil remake remake, oh yeah), screenshots...nummers.
Links here:
![Box shot of Marvel vs Capcom 2 [Europe]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvRHJlYW1jYXN0L0FjdGlvbi9GaWdodGluZw==/marvel_vs_capcom_2_frontcover_small_cR8brkAAx7ujIBh.png)