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Investigate a Flash demo of Miles Edgeworth's new game
by JC Fletcher 
{ Nov 12th 2009 at 11:30PM } 
It doesn't take a brilliant deductive mind with excellent taste in cravats to puzzle out that this demo contains spoilers, since it reproduces the first scene in the game. However, we suspect that you won't be able to resist, after almost two years of no Ace Attorney games.
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles trailer makes a mess of your browser
by David Hinkle { Nov 12th 2009 at 6:15PM }
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Done? Good. Now go enjoy yourself some zombie de-faceification.
Ghosts 'n Goblins now punishing iPhone players
by JC Fletcher { Nov 11th 2009 at 11:50AM } 
We're going to assume that the difficulty of the series is tuned for iPhone play: Ghosts 'n Goblins games tend to be nightmarish in difficulty even with real d-pads and buttons, and porting that experience directly to the iPhone could only lead to tears. The lifebar from the PSP game will help, but even so we expect Arthur to spend most of the game in his boxers, as usual.
One aspect that is definitely tuned to the iPhone: paid DLC. For 99 cents a pop, you can power up Arthur or Lancelot, get unlimited lives or unlimited access to magic, or even reduce the strength of enemies and eliminate magicians from the game.
If you're feeling brave enough to take on the armies of Satan with just a touchscreen, Capcom is offering the game for $2.99 -- a discount of $2 -- until November 23.
Ghosts 'n Goblins: Gold Knights ($2.99):
Net sales down for Mad Catz, Q2 earnings show rise in PS3, Xbox 360 biz
by David Hinkle { Nov 10th 2009 at 9:32PM }
When comparing its gross sales by platform, Mad Catz only managed to lose a small fraction of its PC platform business, while simultaneously building its PS3 and Xbox 360 revenue streams by ten and four percent, respectively, and growing its specialty controller business nearly 20 percent. The company did take a considerable hit in its Wii business -- sales dropped eight percent -- as well as in other platform markets, however.
Citing what its key products were during its fiscal Q2 2010, Mad Catz obviously had a lot of love for Capcom, as several of the fight sticks it offered for 2D fighters were top earners. Aside from that, it pointed to its new line of Rock Band accessories and some Wii items such as its Remote and z-Chuk as other successful ventures.
While this quarter may not have been the best for the company, all signs point to it being a successful fiscal Q3 2010 for Mad Catz. With its collaboration with the biggest game in the universe and its venture with Capcom to offer new fighting game stuff -- the company also confirmed that Marvel vs Capcom 2 stick is legit -- we have a feeling our next post on its earnings will probably have an image of Scrooge McDuck in it.
Super Street Fighter IV getting 8-person lobbies for online multiplayer
by Ben Gilbert { Nov 10th 2009 at 9:01PM } 
SSFIV's Masahiro Taguchi let the cat out of the bag on the official Japanese blog for the game (translated by Andriasang), saying that the regular ol' Street Fighter IV did not properly convey "the feeling of players gathering together for fights." He says that the ability to create multiplayer lobbies was on the table before creating SFIV, but was scrapped in favor of the one-on-one model currently in place. As frame rate can be a particularly important issue with fighting games relative to other genres, Taguchi makes a point to dispel any worries of online stuttering while observers look on to games in progress, though admitting that the process of making this lag free was a bit of a "technical feat." We're looking forward to putting Taguchi's claims to the test in 2010 when Super Street Fighter IV lands on our consoles.
[Via Andriasang]
Resident Evil 4: Mobile Edition ported to Zeebo
by Justin McElroy { Nov 10th 2009 at 10:30AM }
You know, it's funny, we know Resident Evil 4 was a classic, but we never expected it to become the new Tetris -- ported to every system imaginable. Which reminds us: Shinji Mikami, be forewarned: You're probably going to have to grow a beard.
Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition content coming as DLC
by Griffin McElroy { Nov 9th 2009 at 4:20PM }
Considering Alternative Edition is going to Japan in a retail box, this move is fairly surprising. Perhaps even a little upsetting, if you've gone ahead and traded your copy of the game in towards the cost of Horse Life Adventures. Even more upsetting if you did that today. Like, right before writing this post. Gah!
Super Street Fighter IV trailer unlocks bonus stages
by JC Fletcher { Nov 6th 2009 at 12:20PM }
It's all great stuff, but we know what you came here to see: If you skip to about the 2:30 mark, you can watch Ryu car bashing and barrel bashing! Check out how excited the kilted barrel-dropping machine operator is -- he loves watching his barrels get smashed!
[Thanks, Vince]
Confirmed: Car-bashing bonus stage returns in Super Street Fighter IV
by Ben Gilbert { Nov 5th 2009 at 3:18PM }
USK: Phoenix Wright holding court on Wii
by JC Fletcher { Nov 5th 2009 at 9:45AM }
While it's true that future Ace Attorney games will probably be on handhelds, the series has already been ported to PC, proving that someone within Capcom -- and not necessarily anyone involved with actually making the Ace Attorney games -- has no issue with porting the existing titles, which is extremely likely to be what is happening here. And this is the same Capcom that said that Resident Evil 4 would be a GameCube exclusive.
Our guess would be an episodic WiiWare presentation of the first Phoenix Wright. Or a mistake in the rating description.
Dark Void dev diary focuses on that guy in front of the jetpack
by David Hinkle { Nov 5th 2009 at 6:30AM }
The above video diary also shows us how Nikola Tesla ended up in the game. Tesla is just one cool dude, whether he's being played by David Bowie, building super awesome defense towers for the Russians, or -- in the case of Dark Void -- spearheading an entire rebellion by inventing jetpacks and gigantic airships.
Rumor: Car punching returns in Super Street Fighter IV
by Justin McElroy { Nov 4th 2009 at 9:45AM }
While Street Fighter may be the perfect symbol of man's inhumanity to man, we always considered SFII's bonus stage (which used the punching of a car as a John Henry-esque metaphor for the struggle to maintain humanity in the face of an industrial age) as the more poignant symbolism. Capcom appears to agree, as some new Famitsu scans seem to indicate that the car-punching bonus stage will return in Super Street Fighter IV.Also depicted is the barrel smashing mini-game, though that doesn't represent anything ... except that it's fun to smash barrels.
Zombified Londoners take to the streets for Resident Evil
by Ben Gilbert { Nov 4th 2009 at 1:00AM }
As you can see in the image above captured by The Tanooki, the event erred on the side of Shaun of the Dead rather than 28 Days Later. Though now that we think about it, we're not sure if it's more or less terrifying if zombies are smiling. We're thinking more.
Ghost Trick returns to haunt us with new trailer
by JC Fletcher { Nov 3rd 2009 at 4:50PM }
We say new-ish because it features the same intro animation seen in the TGS trailer. But this extended video also has brief snippets of gameplay footage, in which we can see Sissel possessing and "tricking" things like a cabinet door (to make a dog move). Check out the trailer after the break.
Gallery: Ghost Trick (TGS 2009)
[Via GoNintendo]
The Street Fighter II HD Remix intro that never was
by Richard Mitchell { Nov 3rd 2009 at 4:05PM }
