Thanks to the hard work of Internet researchers, bits and pieces of one of the better-left-forgotten Mega Man conversions for the PC have been found in Duke Nukem 1, the original. Thus proving originality was never a strong point for video games (Capcom excepted):
It’s no secret that Capcom’s got an amazing year (actually: three, at least) of games ahead. Our titles range far and wide, from family-friendly Wii (We Love Golf!) and DS (Mega Man Star Force 2) games to decidedly non-family friendly faire for the PS3 and 360 (Resident Evil 5).
What the heck is a “Digital Day”? On Monday, we rolled out the red carpet to some of our friends in the local gamer media as well as a couple of dudes (just like you!) from our community for an event we dubbed “Capcom Digital Day.”Fortuitous development timing and a huge slate of hot titles combined with an excellent public relations opportunity to form like Voltron and produce a half-day of announcements, updates, interviews and hands-on time with almost all of the games. We ended up with over 50 members of the San Francisco Bay Area games press in attendance, including folks from EGM, 1up, IGN, Gamespot, Gamespy, Gametrailers and Games Radar, as well as ladies and gentlemen from Wired, Joystiq and Destructoid and many, many more. Read on for titles announced, a brief lesson in “PR” and some other fun bits!
Andrea Campton is A) female B) a gamer and C) runs a cool Nintendo fan site, Nintendo Gal.com. Sorry, fellas, but this pretty much automatically makes her cooler than 90% of the girls you’re ever going to meet. Nintendo Gal got herself hitched this week, in a court room, no less. Guess what she did? Oh no, she didn’t!?! Oh yes, she did!!1 Follow the link for the pinnacle of Ace Attorney fandom (until someone else decides to do a whole AA cosplay wedding, that is). Congrats, Andrea and Mr. Nintendo Gal!
Update: spelling is hard and fact-checking on the internetz is simply not done. Sorry about the name typo, Andrea!
Every now and then, student animation projects are just downright amazing. This one is from a French animation project. Called Mauvais Rôle, or Bad Role, it follows a fantasy RPG demon as he looks for a new job. Just try and count the video game references, there are a ton! If you pay attention, you can even see Mega Man. Enjoy and remember: subtitles improve reading skills!
The whole Devil May Cry 4 PS3 install-time issue continues to garner attention in the gaming media. Mainly, what, people are confused with all that free-time and what to do with it. Well, Penny Arcade to the rescue! By clicking on the image above, you can see some of their handy-dandy suggestions on how to use your newfound free-time wisely.
So, congratulations if you can read this, it means our servers are momentarily working. I’d like to personally apologize to the internet at large for our current inability to get our nonsense sorted. Our blog, various portions of the website and the forums are going up and down like trained seals at Sea World (I could have opted for something dirtier here, but we follow the spirit of the ESRB guidelines, if not the letter).
You may have noticed the time (and money) that Capcom has put into growing our online community presence over the last year. The good news is that in the last 16 months, our traffic and registered users has jumped by a huge factor, something along the lines of 4x where we were when Seth and I started here in Nov. 2006. The bad news is that this huge growth in traffic means that our poor, cranky servers are as overwhelmed as Jessica Simpson at a spelling bee. Bright side is that new servers have been ordered, so we should be rocking some serious hardware next week. Until then, please bear with us.
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