June 6th, 2008 Seth Killian
In addition to the press and members of our Capcom community, CAPTIVATE08 also got a surprise visit from MMA World Champion Cung Le. The champ (and his belt!) came through to check out all the new games, but he was of course specially interested in SFIV.
We took him down to some private machines where he went one on one with SFIV producer Yoshinori Ono himself. Ono-san fought bravely, but when he went down in the third, he tagged me in to put the champ on his back.
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June 2nd, 2008 Seth Killian
As you may have heard, this past week was our epic CAPTIVATE08 press event. Held in the Palms’ hotel + casino’s “Sky Villa” (aka the 20k/night suite detailed here), CAPTIVATE is where we show off our latest and greatest inventions to an elite group of press from around the world. Well, elite press, and… you.
This year we were proud to invite 5 specially selected members of our Capcom Community to join us in Vegas, where they got all-access passes to our darkest secrets. After threatening them with zombie dismemberment if they leaked stuff early, I’m happy to report that they all turned out to be fun, delightfully-scented, supremely well-informed, and just overall cool. Basically our idea with community is to treat them like… gasp… real people who love Capcom as much as we do, and as people who occasionally even have non-idiotic ideas. Beyond that, we just want to have as much fun as possible, and I think this week was a big success.
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March 31st, 2008 Seth Killian
With the recent announcement of Capcom and MotoGP’s glorious 5-year partnership, it was safe to assume the deadbeats from Capcom Europe would be at the big MotoGP event in Jerez Spain, cluttering up a perfectly good motorcycle race with videogames. Pictured above is Capcom Europe’s Michael Pattison trying unsuccessfully to get an autograph from Dorna Sports (they own MotoGP) CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta.
Check out the flickr pool (thanks Ben!) for bikes, babes, and shot-cluttering bald heads, and pick up MotoGP 2007 here.
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March 14th, 2008 Chris Tou
As you probably already know, our recent Capcom Digital Day event was a media event. Meaning, the invites were extended only to gaming press and media folks, as opposed to the general public. What you probably didn’t know was that we actually extended a few “community” invites to the Capcom community: Loyal Capcom community fans who happened to be located around the San Francisco area.
I followed two of them, Tony and Alex, around for most of the event, getting their informal impressions on what they saw and taking pictures of the whole thing. At the end of which held a special surprise for them!
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Posted in Community, Bionic Commando Rearmed, Street Fighter® IV, Event Pictures, Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix | 5 Comments »
February 28th, 2008 Seth Killian
A buncha pics from the Capcom WonderCon installation, courtesy of Capcom intern Lily. Despite owning some kind of fancy SLR she opted to go with a more “street” feel to these pics, which include plenty of Capcom game stations, UDON Street Fighter artist Long Vo doing custom drawings for da fans, and of course lots and lots of cosplay.
We have no excuse for Gerald.
Click here for the full set.
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February 26th, 2008 Seth Killian
The rumors are true–a new build of SFIV has hit Japanese arcades. Though still far from complete, the new build does have some additional content beyond the version recently on display at GDC, and we have some pictures of a few of the machines with people playing on stages never before seen publicly.
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February 25th, 2008 Seth Killian
Giant hotel suite + free drinks + food (okay, pretty much just pizza and maraschino cherries) + the only SFIV cabinents on the continent = instant party. There was plenty of shouting, some money matches broke out, and we kept everything in check with some anti-stink spray. The tournament was won by “Debonair” Dan Boutros (pictured above) playing a filthy cheap Blanka.
While suite access was limited to press and some special guests, there will be more of this to come soon. Check out the flickr set for the full story.
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February 15th, 2008 Seth Killian
Day 2 in Tokyo but the first official day of AOU. The kids–they are crazy for the SFIV. What’s worse is that these aren’t even really kids–today the show is open only to business people but it was hard to tell from the lines waiting to play. Check out today’s flickr set here for some shots of the mobs waiting to play, mysterious cute stuff, and plenty of cheesecake.
Most of the photos speak for themselves (translation: I am so tired I could cry and am too lazy to talk them up), but beyond the sound of 12 billion “hadokens” ringing in my ears, the days highlights included running into a bunch of Tokyo-area Street Fighter personalities, including Mr. Matsuda, Mr. Sawatari (Editor-in-Chief of Arcadia), Chamu Chun, famous Necro player PinoAB7, and the irrepressible Miu.
Also from the Capcom booth–we apparently endorse the product line of an excitable guy in briefs. Probably there’s an explanation for this but I prefer bemused mystification.
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December 27th, 2007 Seth Killian
Manga magnates Shonen Jump held their annual Jump Festival at the Makuhari Messe convention center just outside of Tokyo, on December 22nd and 23rd. As far as I can determine, few, if any, were caught actually jumping at the Jump Fest.
The relatively XBOX360-indifferent Japanese waited over 3 hours to play the 360 version of Devil May Cry 4, and the line to play the PS3 version was nearly 4 (count them! four!) hours long. As you can see pictured above, producer Kobayashi-san also took the stage to demonstrate, playing as both Nero and Dante.
The fest also had the first playable version of the new game Rosario + Vampire, which, in a shocking move, Capcom has decided isn’t quite right for release in the Western market. There were also predictably well-attended panels with voice actors and actress from the forthcoming Rosario + Vampire anime series. Attendees were also treated to the first showing of an exclusive trailer for Monster Hunter 2nd G.
Click here for more pictures from the event.
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December 11th, 2007 Lindsay
Sub-zero temperatures and at least a 45-minute wait didn’t stop Devil May Cry fans to play Devil May Cry 4 on the PS3 and Xbox 360 at this year’s New York Anime Festival. Yes, actually play DMC4 before it hits stores on February 5th!
Thank you to all of you that came by our booth. And sorry for not letting in all the under-17 year olds to play—I know you understand even though you were hating on us.
P.S.: Ashley—we’ll see you at the next festival, and first in line to play Devil May Cry?
P.P.S.: Mom and Daughter team—we’re still waiting for you to post that video of Mom playing DMC4!
The line to play DMC4 stretches around the corner
If only you took life so serious, too
A visit from Nero himself
I Object! Go wait in line!
Hey, isn’t that Mario playing Zack & Wiki?
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