The jazzy soundtrack of Breath of Fire III remains one of my favorite RPG scores out there, and the talented folks at Materia Collective just spiced things up even further with a newly released remix album !

Breath of Fire III (Remastered Tracks) is a 14-track arranged album whipped up by Materia Collective’s Sean Schafianski , who, together with performers Matthew K. Mukerjee, Marc Papeghin, Wilbert Roget, II, Felipe Salinas, Mikutan, and Tiago Rodrigues, pay homage to the delightfully fresh tunes originally composed by Capcom alumni Akari Kaida and Yoshino Aoki.

From arranger Sean Schafianski:

“This album holds a very special place in my heart, as it is one of the first PlayStation RPGs that I played as a child, and the jazzy, upbeat soundtrack stuck with me ever since. I hope that listeners will feel the same energy, joy, and nostalgia that I did while revisiting this amazing soundtrack.”

The album is now available on Bandcamp , iTunes , Spotify , and Google Play Store , so grab it and give it a whirl! It’s also worth mentioning that we released the soundtrack for Breath of Fire III as part of the Breath of Fire I ~ III Original Soundtrack Collectionon the Capcom Store just last year !

You can also relive all those tender moments with Ryu, Teepo, Rei, Nina, Momo, Peco, and Garr on-the-go, as Breath of Fire III can be purchased on PlayStation Store for your PlayStation Vita, PSTV, and PSP. Get those zenny pouches ready.

Here’s a tracklist breakdown of the album, along with streaming samples of the game’s bass-groovy battle theme and an absolutely beautiful vocal rendition of the game’s credits theme, “Pure Again”, to get you pumped:

“Fight!” (“Do Your Best!”)

“Pure Again” (“Pure Again ~ Staff Roll”)

Breath of Fire III (Remastered Tracks)

Get ready to have your heart stolen by the magnificent dragon Grigori once more. Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen is now available on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Those of you who already journeyed through Gransys and reclaimed your heart from the dragon, back when the game first launched in 2012, will know exactly what to expect here. This is the complete Dragon’s Dogma experience, including all the content and updates added in the Dark Arisen expansion.

But if you’re a brand new Arisen… welcome! Here’s a quick summary of the game:

Story Setting

Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen is an awesome Action RPG set in an expansive open world where you get to create your own character, the Arisen, and set out on an epic quest to fight the dragon Grigori, who quite literally steals your heart. It is up to you to prevent the destruction of the world.

Gameplay

Game direction comes from the hands of renowned Devil May Cry series director Hideaki Itsuno who managed to combine the deep customizability of fantasy RPGs with incredibly satisfying combat mechanics, and topped it all off with an innovative party management system that lets you create and share AI-controlled controlled characters with other players across the globe.

PS4 & Xbox One features

As we bring this beloved Action RPG to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, our development team took great care to keep the core game intact, and, for a smooth combat experience, we locked the framerate at 30FPS. The game runs at a higher resolution on PlayStation 4 Pro and can be upscaled to 4K resolution. Here is a video comparing the new PS4 version with the original PS3 release:

Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen is available now on PS4 and Xbox One for $29.99.

Hello, everyone. I’m Michael Martin, the new Esports Social Media Manager at Capcom.

Twenty-six years ago, when I dropped that first handful of quarters into the Street Fighter II cabinet, I had no idea what I’d be doing over two decades later. I’ve played a lot of fighting games during that time, but Street Fighter has always been the most important and influential to me. That’s why it feels so surreal to be here in San Francisco, talking to you about Capcom’s fighting games and the Capcom Pro Tour.

If you’re familiar with me, you know I’ve made a little career out of talking about fighting games. I started out freelance writing for various media outlets like IGN and GamesRadar+. As esports media grew, I dug into my little niche and covered competitive Street Fighter and the Capcom Pro Tour for Red Bull Esports. I got to do a lot of cool things, like talk to many players I admired and travel to various events. I went to my first Evo back in 2015, where I was lucky enough to meet Ono-san for the first time.

That work caught the eye of Yahoo Esports when it launched in 2016. There, I got to cover the Capcom Pro Tour as it transitioned over to Street Fighter V. I also got more involved in video production at Yahoo, something I’d wanted to do for a long time. Some of my favorite interviews include talking with LI Joe and his dad at Evo 2016 during LI Joe’s unlikely top 8 run and going to Singapore for SEAM 2016, where I got to hang out with Xian and take in some of Singapore’s culture.

So when it came time and Capcom opened up a position in its esports division, it seemed like a natural fit. I will continue to create content, such as doing a weekly video series called ‘Wake Up Wednesdays,’ where we recap the previous weekend’s tournaments and discuss notable topics for the week. The show will continue to evolve, eventually adding player interviews.

Obviously, the social media part of the job will be running the Capcom Fighters social network. But I’ll also take an active role engaging with the community. My goal is to build on the relationship with the community so we can continue developing a high quality CPT experience for everyone involved. I should mention though that I am not on the dev team and any topics related to the development of our fighting games is mostly out of my jurisdiction.

This is an exciting time as we get closer to Capcom Cup 2017. Be sure to follow us on Twitter @CapcomFighters and @Bizarro_Mike . Thank you and I look forward to speaking and working with all of you!

New DLC info for Resident Evil 7 biohazard, character tutorials for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, improvements for Dead Rising 4,Puzzle Fighter begins soft launch, and more!

New Street Fighter V costumes, stage, and music packs available now

Meet Michael Martin, Capcom eSports Social Media Manager

Watch All 30 Character Tutorial Videos for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite

Puzzle Fighter soft launches

Fan-requested improvements coming to Dead Rising 4

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Dead Rising 4

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All times listed are Pacific Time:

• Tuesday , October 3rd @ 3PM – Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen

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Tokyo Game Show this year brought us a brand new gameplay trailer for the “Not a Hero” free DLC coming to Resident Evil 7 biohazard, as well as a release date: December 12, 2017! So turn off the lights, put on some headphones and watch this intense gameplay slice below:

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TGS 2017 also brought us a lot of Monster Hunter: World news, including the story intro for the game, character creation options and a number of gameplay quests. We even got some of our English-speaking development team members to provide additional commentary and context for one of their Special Stage presentations:

And on this side of globe, more precisely in Birmingham, United Kingdom, we had another gameplay presentation live stream (watch below!) and a public playable demo at EGX 2017. If you’ve had the chance to play the game, tell us what you think !

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And to wrap up the TGS 2017 weekend announcements, we’ve revealed the winner of the Monster Hunter: World weapon design contest! Behold the mighty IMPACT 702 Great Sword, equipped with a state-of-the-art propulsion system that will dish out some devastating blows! Big congrats and thanks to Frank Yang for creating this epic weapon. The development team is now hard at work to make it look and feel the best it can in Monster Hunter: World .

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STICKY NOTE: Did you make something cool? Send us a note or drop a comment below; we would love to feature your work here! Same goes for any awesome stuff you may see in the wild; we always welcome more fantastic fan work. =)

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‘Til next week!

Yuri

The fans have always been an important part of the Dead Rising series. From video Let’s Plays, to cosplayers becoming Frank West, to the players who share all of their feedback, our fans are a big part of what makes working on the series so much fun. All fans have things they’d like to see improved in their favorite games and we’ve been listening to our loyal Dead Rising fan base and have been making improvements to Dead Rising 4 that will result in the game being even better than before.

One important example was with the difficulty level of the game. The Dead Rising series is associated with a high degree of difficulty and many players felt that we let up on that a little too much in Dead Rising 4. Listening to that feedback, the development team at Capcom Vancouver added two harder difficulty modes as a free update to the game the month after launch.

As we began work on the upcoming release of Dead Rising 4: Frank’s Big Package for the PlayStation 4, our team took a look at some of the other reoccurring feedback from our players and got to work. We’re happy to share many of the new improvements that Dead Rising 4 players can look forward to.

Human Enemy Improvements

Maniacs are human enemies that Frank encounters during the course of his investigation into what’s happening in Willamette. The development team has spent time making these encounters feel more meaningful and rewarding. Maniacs will have new weapons that suit their character and Frank’s reward for defeating a Maniac will be wielding the new weapon. The AI that drives the Maniacs is also being improved to provide players with an even greater challenge.

Some of the Maniacs will also have new Maniac Minions who will attack Frank, making these fights more difficult. Human enemy AI is being improved for all types, making them better at using cover, blocking attacks with shields, and countering players who might rely on a single attack.

Distress Calls

While Dead Rising 4 always had human survivors in need of Frank West’s help, the development team is adding six memorable side missions that we’re calling Distress Calls. During Frank’s time in Willamette, he will have the opportunity to answer these Distress Calls and aid a survivor in a newly scripted mission, carrying out a quest for the survivor. Once he’s accomplished the assigned task, Frank will have to protect the survivor from the zombie hordes as they make their way to a safe location.

Each of these six all-new Distress Call missions will give players a unique variation on one of Frank’s outfits as a reward.

Other

The team is also looking at additional ways to improve the overall gameplay experience. These include improved controller responsiveness, faster attack speed, faster zombie horde awareness, more aggressive pursuit, rebalanced weapon distribution, improved zombie AI, mission tuning and more.

All owners of Dead Rising 4 will be receiving these gameplay improvements for free on December 5 ^th along with the new game mode, Capcom Heroes. Dead Rising 4: Frank’s Big Package will be coming to the PlayStation 4 on December 5 ^th and will be including these updates, Capcom Heroes and all previously released game content. It’s an update that’s not only going to give you something new to play in Dead Rising 4, but will also improve your experience playing it.

We are exceptionally grateful for all of the support and feedback that our fans have given us since Dead Rising 4 released, and throughout more than a decade zombie smashing action. So grab an orange juice and a Blambow and keep it coming!

Milan Games Week will feature The Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite – Battle for the Stones tournament this weekend!  The tournament will start at 11:00AM UTC on Saturday, October 1st with the double elimination open bracket. Registration for the competition is open now on  fce.gg/mvci_registration . On Sunday, October 2nd at 11:00AM UTC, the top eight players from the open bracket will face off in a double elimination bracket. The winner of the tournament will earn the “Soul Stone,” as well as a spot in the “Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite – Battle for the Stones” Finals, which will take place December 8-10, 2017 in Anaheim, CA.

Matches will take place on the official Capcom Pro Tour Twitch channel:  www.twitch.tv/capcomfighters  and will be casted by Femi ‘F-Word’ Adeboye and Jonathan ‘Tyrant’ Parkes.

Find more information and rules on the “Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite – Battle for the Stones” tournament here:  marvelvscapcominfinite.com/battle-for-th… .

The Servbots at Capcom Vancouver have been busy building the next iteration of Capcom’s classic Puzzle Fighter . After a lot of hard work the dojo is ready and E. Honda has opened his shop. If you are in one of the select countries that Puzzle Fighter is available in today you’ll be able to get it either in the iOS or Android App store.

These countries are:

• Australia
• Canada
• Hong Kong
• Malaysia
• Mexico
• Singapore
  

If you’re not in one of those countries have no fear, the Servbots are still hard at work and have assured us that we’ll be expanding soon. To be sure to be one of the first to hear when Puzzle Fighter comes to your nation pre-register on the game’s official site .

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite has finally launched! In order to help everyone get acquainted with the game, we’ve created 30 tutorial videos highlighting each character’s special moves, Hyper Combos, and Infinity Stone synergy. All 30 of them have now been published and can be watched on our official website or on the playlist above. If you’re not up to the task of sifting through 30 videos, we’ve chosen a few samples below from a variety of characters representing different playstyles.

Rocket Raccoon – If you like toying with traps, Rocket is your raccoon! Able to quickly set up traps, including one for a Hyper Combo, opponents will need to watch their step before falling victim to Rocket’s mischievous plans. Groot has also decided to come along for the fight to offer ground and aerial support when called upon. The Time Stone is perfect for setting your opponent up so they end up triggering a well-placed trap. 

Jedah – Hailing from the Darkstalkers series, Jedah glides into battle with a flurry of blades to match his tricky playstyle. His Spirale Divina projectile is perfect for controlling space as it stays stationary on the screen, increasing Jedah’s pressure game. Jedah’s dashes are one of his most devious tools as he’s able to cancel his back and forward versions into another, allowing him to approach at peculiar angles. Choosing the Reality Stone enables Jedah’s air movement to be safe, further improving his ability to find the hit on his opponent.

Thanos – The Mad Titan is an imposing force with a multitude of defensive options and combo extenders. Titan’s Shield and Emperor’s Stance allow Thanos to have a counter for projectiles and incoming melee attacks alike. Though he comes with a teleport and air dash to improve his movement, activating the Time Stone’s Infinity Storm can further enable Thanos’ terrifying strength with his high-damage combos.

Dante – The half-demon son of Sparda, Dante’s delivers more than just style to Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. Boasting the most special moves in the game, creativity is vital when choosing Dante as the demon hunter can effectively zone out opponents while unleashing an astonishing amount of combo hits. Choosing who to pair him up with may either be the most or least difficult decision depending on your own playstyle. The Space Stone’s Infinity Storm allows Dante to take more risks to open up his opponent.

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite is available now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. Purchase the 2017 Character Pass to unlock Sigma, Black Panther, Monster Hunter, Winter Soldier, Venom, and Black Widow when they’re ready to join the battle later this year.

Last week, Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite arrives on PS4, Xbox One and PC, Monster Hunter: World sets sights on January 26 ^th , 2018 and more!

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite available now on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC!

Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite – Battle for the Stones

Check out some of the amazing Capcom products at Tokyo Game Show!

Monster Hunter: World gets TGS 2017 trailer, release date, Collector’s Edition and more!

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• Wednesday , September 27th @ 3PM – Dead Rising 4
• Thursday , September 28th @ 3PM – Mega Man Legacy Collection 2

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Patrick Kulikowski: We at Capcom USA adore internet memes as much as everyone else, as silly and corny as some of them might be. Last week, a classic meme dubbed “elf on a shelf” resurfaced on the internet, and naturally places like Twitter were showered with some clever takes.

The basic format for the meme goes as such:

“You’ve heard of elf on a shelf, now get ready for _____ on a _____”.

The blanks have to be something that rhymes. Naturally, some clever Capcom fans have taken it upon themselves to drop some funny Capcom-oriented elf on a shelf memes on Twitter. Here are some of the amusing ones we’ve found; we’ll let you figure the images out.

I now eagerly await some of your own in the comments!

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Yuri

Summer may be over, but there’s plenty of ways to welcome in fall. From new school and Halloween costumes, to a majestic English Manor, check out the new content that will be available in Street Fighter V on September 26.

It’s back to school season and the start of a new academic year. Cammy, Menat, and Ed are prepared to walk the school grounds in their scholarly attire – hopefully, not looking for too much of a fight. Let these costumes remind you to always stay in school!

Cammy also has two additional costumes from her past that will be available for purchase. The Dolls Costume harkens back to her days as one of the brainwashed bodyguards for M. Bison, a point in time Cammy has battled with since she broke free from his control.

The Nostalgia Costume was Cammy’s alternate outfit from Street Fighter IV, and is now being brought over into Street Fighter V. Just in time for the cold weather to begin!

Chun-Li has three new costumes for all walks of life designed by Akiman. As an INTERPOL agent, Chun-Li often finds herself going undercover to take down Shadaloo.

When Chun-Li has time for a vacation, you may see her in this relaxing outfit. Don’t let the flip flops fool you, her lightning legs are still as deadly as ever.

Though she spends most of her time keeping the peace, even Chun-Li needs sleep to recover for the tough trials to come. Bring her sleepwear into battle to become your opponent’s worst nightmare.

The spookiest month of them all is upon us, which means more Halloween Costumes to bring in the fright for Dhalsim, M. Bison, Urien, Birdie, and F.A.N.G! We’ve got a mummy, a demon, a sibling doppelganger (for all you Gill fans), a butcher, and a mad scientist to make your opponent cower in fear.

2016 Halloween Costume Bundle – If you missed last year’s Halloween Costumes , they’re back again this year with the option to buy them all in one bundle! Last year’s costumes consisted of Alex, Cammy, Nash, Necalli, Juri, Ryu, and Vega. All of these can also be purchased individually. The Spooky Arena stage is included in the bundle, as well!

New Stage: English Manor – This castle from Street Fighter II  overlooks a sweeping landscape with the Northern Lights hovering up above. It’ll take all your willpower to not be distracted by the beauty of this picturesque stage. You can purchase the English Manor with 70,000 Fight Money or $3.99/ €3.99.

Background Music Packs – These packs will add a personal touch to every battle, especially since music can change how you approach each fight. If you’re feeling nostalgic, there’s a Street Fighter II version available!

You can pick up the new costumes on PlayStation 4 and Steam for $3.99/ €3.99 each starting on September 26.

As always, make sure to follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest Street Fighter V news.

As we revealed last week, the Battle for the Stones Tournament Series is an epic one-time competition for Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite. Past EVO champions will face off against nine winners from future tournaments, six of which will have an Infinity Stone as its prize. SoCal Regionals 2017 is the first of these tournaments and will grant the winner the Space Stone.

The Space Stone allows the wielder to control space itself by swapping their position in the bracket to face a different opponent. The position must be in an equal place in the tournament. All Infinity Stones can only be used in the finals this December in Anaheim, CA!

For more information, head to the official website: marvelvscapcominfinite.com/battle-for-th…

On the last day of  Tokyo Game Show 2017 , the  SFV SHORYUKEN TOURNAMENT  will commence. Eight renowned worldwide players, including the winner of EVO SFV, will compete for over 1 million yen in prizes!

Participating Players:

(TOKIDO, NEMO, FUUDO, BONCHAN)

(GamerBee, NuckleDu, Snake Eyez, Xian)

You can watch the streams on the following channels on 9/23 at around 10pm PT

– Capcom_Channel

– CapcomFighters (after SoCal Regionals 2017 finishes)

There will be live English commentary from Zhi and Majin Obama.

Make sure to follow the @StreetFighter Twitter for more updates as they come in!