Who knew the classic Godzilla theme (and a black-and-white filter) would go so well with the Lao-Shan Lung intro movie?
Apparently, Kogath knew! Excellent idea and execution. =)
Last week I was finally able to announce Ultra Street Fighter IV’s release date as well as show off a nifty trailer that had the five new characters in special costumes only available to those who preorder Ultra Street Fighter IV.
Today I’m here to tell you how to go about reserving the digital upgrade. PSN users can go over to PSN Store now and reserve the upgrade, which will in addition to giving you Ultra SFIV, you also receive the five preorder costumes for the new characters. For Xbox users, we will be setting up the digital upgrade with pre-order incentive via GameStop which should hopefully be set up by the end of this week.
So be sure to pre-order the digital upgrade and get the costumes now as Ultra will be here sooner than you think!
If you’re a fan of high quality figures and statues, you will have undoubtedly seen the wonderful work of Tsume, famous for creating video game characters in the form of stunning 3D models that not only look fantastic, but also stay true to the original designs of each character.
You’ll be excited to see that Tsume have created not one, but two ‘ultra’ high quality Street Fighter statues. Both Chun Li and Vega are available now to preorder on Tsume’s Website:
Vega: www.tsume-art.com/en/product/vega-hqf
Chun Li: www.tsume-art.com/en/product/chun-li-hqf
These statues will be ready early Summer, but pre-order now to avoid disappointment, once they sell out, that’s it!
Looking for something to make your jacket look totally rad ? Today’s raffle can do just that! For only 200 Unity points (think 100 per patch) you enter to get TWO Bionic Commando patches ! Hurry; you only have till Friday!
IGN is looking to identify the 100 best games of the last console generation (PS3, Xbox 360, Wii), and they need your help.
Simply go to their slick and user-friendly poll site , vote for and rank your ten favorite games of the generation, leave a comment about your number one pick if you’d like, and let IGN sort out the rest.
To my excitement, a stunning 19 Capcom games have been nominated. The list is as follows:
Asura’s Wrath
Dead Rising
Dead Rising 2
Devil May Cry IV
DmC
Dragon’s Dogma
Lost Planet 2
Lost Planet 3
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
Marvel vs Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
Monster Hunter Tri
Resident Evil 4
Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil 6
Resident Evil: Revelations HD
Street Fighter IV
Street Fighter X Tekken
Tatsunoko vs Capcom: Ultimate All-Stars
It is too bad they didn’t place a bit more of the spotlight on great digital titles like Bionic Commando: Rearmed and Mega Man 9 and 10, but it is great to see such a vast variety of Capcom titles up there.
Thanks for voting and don’t forget to tell a friend!
The folks over at Sumthing have posted some gushing praise for the Final Fight soundtrack, and as a fellow VGM advocate I gotta agree with their kind words!
One of the key differences that separates Final Fight from other game scores, and scores of this same kind of formula (i.e. Double Dragon, Crime City, Burning Fight, River City Ransom) is that those compositions are at best contrived, composed on some expensive piano, directed by screenshots and written to convey something foreign to its creator. They read books, watched films, and talked to people associated with the undesirable element. Final Fight on the other hand sounds authentically criminal, crafted, bred and born by the hands of gifted sociopaths who have meticulously projected the odor of gas burning flesh, the blight of trash laden alleys and the corner peddler of illicit trades. When these composers get together, you either pay tribute or get out of their way.
Yowza! Head on over to their blog for the full write up . And while I’m here, I gotta give a shout out to the Sega CD version and its updated OST. So good!
Ever since we dropped the Ultra SFIV change videos last week, all I’ve been hearing is “When’s the next batch?” Since everyone has suddenly become a change video fiend, I’m well overdue to give you the next hit. That said, in today’s batch I give you Makoto, Dan, Balrog, Yang, T.Hawk, and C.Viper.
For all those wondering when a final change list is going to come out, all I can say is stay tuned for it a little later this month. And for those wondering about the next hit, come back on Wednesday, I might have something for you.
MAKOTO CHANGE VIDEO
DAN CHANGE VIDEO
BALROG CHANGE VIDEO
YANG CHANGE VIDEO
T.HAWK CHANGE VIDEO
C.VIPER CHANGE VIDEO
UPDATE: Our Twitch recording is now on YouTube … huh.
Monday is upon us again… and while we’re always hunting monsters, there’s a designated time and place to do that LIVE for the world to see: 3pm PT and twitch.tv/capcomunity .
There’s also a place for you to JOIN US: Help D Lobby 10 (MH3U Wii U). See you there!
Tomoya Kishi (Lost Planet series, Dragon’s Dogma) , who is an audio director as well as Senior Manager of Audio Design and Production at Capcom, just linked me to a very in-depth, even somewhat esoteric interview in which he participated alongside Media Molecule’s (Little Big Planet, Tearaway), Head of Audio Kenny Young.
The interview, much like Kishi-san’s previously posted interview , is full of interesting tidbits and insights on video game audio production, and sheds some light on the differences in culture from one game company to another. Did you know Capcom employs more staff in its audio department than Media Molecule has as a whole? That’s a whole lotta mixer knobs. Well worth a read if you’ve interested in learning about game development.
Anyone seen any good giant monster movies recently?
Well, this Deco movie poster by Thalmazor is so cool it makes me fantasize about a filme featuring Dire Miralis destroying an entire village… then two characters look at each other and one of them says: “I guess we’re monster hunters now”
A zombie figure? Ew, gross! Who would want that???
Wait; you do? Well, it could be yours for only 300 Unity points… per raffle ticket ! You only have this weekend to enter though!
And here’s a closer look at the zombie and his best friend, a zombie dog!
Good luck!
Dozens of artists spent weeks contributing to the Mega Woman gender swap collaboration… and the results are in!
Huge congrats to Andrew for arranging and following through with such a task, and of course to the artists who made the project a success!