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Preview: Nyko Wing and Mega Man 9

Nyko takes us beyond the papercraft with a hands-on demonstration of their new Wing controller. We spoke at length with Nyko representatives about the design decisions and motivations behind bringing a new, wireless Classic Controller solution to gamers everywhere at a special retro-themed event.

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Virtual Vednesday: Fatal Fury 2

After last week’s two-hour tour of Burning Fight barely steamed my knuckles, I was hoping there might be some more satisfying SNK fisticuffs in my future. So I was more than happy to put this week’s sole Virtual Console title, Fatal Fury 2, to the test. Fatal Fury 2 certainly deserves credit as the birthplace of [...]

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Just the Links, Ma’am: 6.4.08

Today’s top news revolves around the growing market for in-game advertisements… and the works of Uwe Boll notwithstanding, big-budget video game films. Gaming: Sony cancels Eight Days, The Getaway (CVG) Jun Takeuchi finally talks about RE5 racism allegations (Kotaku) MIT develops rhythm-based PC title for the blind, playable using Wiimote (CNET) Tecmo responds to Itagaki’s departure, lawsuit (IGN, Tecmo [PDF, [...]

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Street Fighter IV TV Promo, Website, Console Preorders Kick Off May 31

They may not be able to throw a proper Hadouken, but this Saturday the mixed martial artists of EliteXC will promote the Street Fighters that can on network television. Sometime during the 9PM program on CBS, Capcom will debut television spots for Street Fighter IV, and open up a brand-new Street Fighter website primed to [...]

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Capcom Confirms Street Fighter IV Headed to Consoles AND PC

Yesterday, JeuxVideo (via BigDownload) claimed to have discovered a leaked Capcom document that indicated (unsurprisingly) that Street Fighter IV would find release on Xbox 360 and PS3, but also (quite surprisingly) that the hotly anticipated fighter would make its way to the PC. But the rumors didn’t last long. Today, Capcom confirmed them all in [...]

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Capcom Discloses Impressive Life-To-Date Sales for All Franchises

Next Generation noted today that Capcom has revealed the life-to-date sales for all their major franchises and best-selling platinum titles, as part of their annual report. The Resident Evil series is on top, with sales of 34.5 million across its fifty titles, of which the PlayStation’s Resident Evil 2 contributed nearly 5 million. Mega Man [...]

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Capcom Seeks Synergy with Future Film Plans

In a Bloomberg report today, Capcom president Haruhiro Tsujimoto disclosed that the Japanese game publisher is currently “working out contracts” and evaluating Hollywood offers to produce even more game-inspired films.

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Interview with David Sirlin Discussing Game Balance (Part 2 of 2)

Backbone's David Sirlin discusses some of his philosophies on game balance with GameCyte.

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GameCyte Interview with Backbone’s David Sirlin (Part 1 of 2)

GameCyte had the chance to sit down with David Sirlin, a game designer working on re-balancing Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix.

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Uwe Boll: A Constant Source of Comfort

Uwe Boll is an angry man. He’s a violently angry man who challenges critics to boxing matches. He firmly believes his video game movies can beat out Steve Spielberg. He has produced such reprehensible dreck as House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark, and BloodRayne. And let me tell you something: Uwe Boll is [...]

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