Umbrella Corps pits players against one another in dangerous battlefields brimming with bio-organic threats likes zombies and Ganados. Outfitting your mercenary with powerful gear is critical for dominating in battle against both human and inhuman enemies. Today we’ve got new details on how players will be able to customize their own weapons, armor, and character emotes.

For the uninitiated, Umbrella Corps is a competitive, online third-person shooter set in the Resident Evil universe. Match types like One-Life Match and Multi-Mission Mode generally involve up to three-on-three shootouts that reward quick reflexes and steady aim. Zombies, infected canines, and other B.O.W.s will also swarm players if their Zombie Jammers take damage during a shootout, adding the tension of a looming threat to every battle.

Defeating rival teams of mercenaries and eliminating zombified threats on the battlefield are examples of ways players earn points that can be used to unlock parts to customize your mask, helmet, shoulder armor, body armor, and Zombie Jammer parts. Players can swap out different designs of their zombie-nullifying backpack. You can also express your inner merc by plastering your body armor with awesome decals like B.S.A.A. patches, Umbrella logos, and deep cuts like the Spencer Family crest.

Powerful new weapons can also be unlocked and customized. For example, the Doberman Pincer is a lethal shotgun that devastates enemy players and creatures alike, and is perfect for shutting down attempted Brainer melee assassinations. The K-12 AX is a well-rounded SMG, delivering a balance of range and fire rate. The Samurai Edge is a legendary firearm from the Resident Evil series – a modified, enhanced S.T.A.R.S. handgun designed by the Kendo’s Gun Shop of RE 2 fame. Each weapon can be decked out with a range of helpful scopes to boost accuracy or suppressors to keep your location concealed during matches.

Players can also customize their emotes using a system called I.C.O.N. (Interconnected Communications Operations Network). These interchangeable I.C.O.N. emotes let players use sounds and gestures to nonverbally communicate with other players quickly, whether that means leaping into the air with the celebrator “Woo-hoo” emote or even utilizing animal noises. Whatever gets the job done.

Umbrella Corps is coming to both PC and PlayStation 4 as a digital download for $29.99. Originally scheduled for release in May, Umbrella Corps is now launching just a little later on June 21 so the development team can spend some extra time optimizing the game to bring you the best experience possible.

For more on the customization options of Umbrella Corps, watch the video below.

Check out the new screens, too!

The “Woo-hoo” gesture demonstrated in full force

Check out more screenshots of mercenary customization in Umbrella Corps at our Facebook Page .

UPDATE: The game is now available on PS Vita!

Boy, do we have a treat for you today. Much like a fine wine, some game releases just can’t be spoiled – they simply improve with age. It’s my distinct privilege to announce that the beloved action adventure game Mega Man Legends 2 is available now for download on PSN for $9.99, and playable on PS3! Joining the original Mega Man Legends and The Misadventures of Tron Bonne, all three games are available for purchase on PSN in North America! 

Highly regarded by fans and critics alike as one of the best games on the original PlayStation, Legends 2 polishes the gameplay of the first to a mirror shine, shines it up just a little bit more, then removes that finger print it left, then sends you on your way to earn your first Digger license and get to exploring in search of legendary treasure! Much like the first game, you’ll explore various dungeons, equip a variety of weapons and parts to progress, and meet a vibrant and colorful cast of characters – including Tron Bonne and her Servbots – as you uncover a plot that digs a lot deeper than what the opening might suggest.

Of course, if you’re already familiar with all that, you’ve DASH ed off to PSN to grab the game already! But if you haven’t… there’s a monkey. A monkey! A robot monkey. It’s wearing a diaper and everything!

There are a lot of unsung heroes in the video game industry, and today we’re happy to bring you a very special look inside the Capcom Japan sound studio. The team has been experimenting with the latest in 360-degree camera and sound technology so take a peek at some examples of how they design the various sounds that bring Capcom games to life – in “real time!”

If you’re in a desktop browser, use your mouse to drag the view around, or if you’re on a newer mobile phone, just move your phone to change the view. Pretty incredible how they do it, huh? What? Don’t give me that look.

Okay, okay, confession time – you might have noticed that maybe this isn’t exactly how they design the sound for games, but that is really one of Capcom Japan’s sound designers “making” the sounds on Foley Stage, a stage built last year for future projects. The team wanted to have some fun with the latest tech, and we thought it’d be great to share it with all of you. Hope you enjoyed the video!

Our yearlong celebration of the Resident Evil series 20 ^th anniversary continues with a video featuring Resident Evil 0 mastermind, Koji Oda. Although his work on the series began with the 1996 original, Oda-san is most known as director of the 2002 GameCube prequel, Resident Evil 0. In this anniversary video, Oda-san remembers his time developing the last entry to follow RE’s classic formula, comparing the foreboding fixed-camera angles to film. Oda-san also discusses the philosophy behind writing Rebecca and Billy’s prequel story into the existing storyline and the team ’ s original plans for adding Wesker Mode into the recently released Resident Evil 0.

As the director of Resident Evil 0, Oda-san offers interesting insight into how Capcom’s Japan-only NES horror game, Sweet Home, influenced t his title and the rest of the series. Oda-san also dives into Capcom’s goal to make fugitive Billy Coen a dark, mysterious character that didn’t have previous connections to the series storyline.

For more videos featuring Oda-san discussing his time working on Resident Evil 0, including the original prototype build, watch our Developer video series. To watch the first RE 20 ^th anniversary video from producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi, click here . Stay tuned for more macabre mementos celebrating Resident Evil’s 20 ^th Anniversary.

We see you, glancing at us wondering why in 2016 we decided it was finally time to tell you that we have a Twitter account. There’s cats that have Twitter accounts these days, so why are we so proud of having one?  

We’ve actually being sharing what’s been going on inside the studio for years now, we just wanted to make sure everyone knew all the options in the “Follow Capcom Vancouver” free buffet that is the internet.  

  You can connect with us on:  

• Facebook : for regular updates on jobs, studio life and Capcom projects
• LinkedIn : for details about our open jobs and how you can become part of the team
• Twitter : where we talk to fans of our games and provide a look behind the curtain here at one of Vancouver’s biggest game studios
• Instagram : our newest social network will offer a behind the scenes visual look at what we’re doing both in Vancouver and around the globe
• YouTube : for our game trailers and other longer form videos

 We really believe that our fans are a big part of what makes our games special and we’re excited to have so many venues to connect with you. There are cool things happening inside the studio and we’re growing to work on some great projects.    

We’re glad to have you with us on this ride.¹      

  ¹ Your cat can come too, as long as it follows us on Twitter.

If you’re anything like me when it comes to Ace Attorney, you probably read that headline and are desperately looking for a link. So here it is ! Need more details? We’re very happy to present to the court that our partners at Crunchyroll will be bringing Gyakuten Saiban (literally “Turnabout Trial,” the name of the series in Japan) direct to your faces, with the first subtitled episode debuting this Saturday, April 2 at 4:00AM PST, just a short time after it airs in Japan, with new episodes each Saturday after! Surely you can’t object to that, Wright?

Touching on the beginning and early stories of the series, the anime will reintroduce fan-favorite characters, including the ace attorney who always turns things around, Phoenix Wright (Naruhodo Ryuichi), the cool and pragmatic prosecutor, Miles Edgeworth (Mitsurugi Reiji), the spunky spirit medium in training, Maya Fey (Ayasato Mayoi), and a whole cast of the colorful characters that make up the world of Gyakuten Saiban. I mean, who doesn’t want to see Winston Payne (Auchi Takefumi), the Rookie Killer himself, in action?

On second thought… don’t answer that. Since the episodes will be subtitled, each character’s Japanese names will be used. It might take a bit of getting used to, so we’ve compiled a quick list for you all of some of the characters’ names that you just might see and hear (don’t forget, surnames are first in Japanese):

Naruhodo Ryuichi (Phoenix Wright)

Mitsurugi Reiji (Miles Edgeworth)

Ayasato Mayoi (Maya Fey)

Ayasato Chihiro (Mia Fey)

Yahari Masashi (Larry Butz)

Itonokogiri Keisuke (Detective Gumshoe)

Auchi Takefumi (Winston Payne)

Oh, and don’t forget to water Charlie!

UPDATE: Not quite the same with Japanese names? We have evidence that shows if you right click on the Crunchyroll web player, you can find an alternate subtitle track that includes each character’s English names. Isn’t that right, Wright?

What happens when two legends of Street Fighter meet? Working with PlayStation, Lucy Walker brings us a documentary on two major figures of the storied franchise – Darryl “Snake Eyez” Lewis, regarded as one of the best Zangief players in the world, and Yoshinori Ono, Executive Producer of Ultra Street Fighter IV and Street Fighter V. The documentary explores both what it takes to play a game and what it takes to make a game, and the ever-changing relationship between the two. It’s well worth your time, so if you’ve got a few minutes, check it out!

What’s up World Warriors!

Hope you all have been enjoying 8-player lobbies, the rematch option and all the other cool features included in Monday’s patch! As promised, we have another content drop today that includes everyone’s favorite Power Bombin’, Flash Choppin’ street grappler Alex! The Fight Money In-Game Shop also launches today which will allow you to purchase Story Mode costumes and other items as well. Hit the jump for more details.

The In-Game Shop for earned currency (aka Fight Money) will let you spend your hard earned Fight Money to purchase extra game content, such as new characters (100,000 FM each) and Story Mode Costumes (40,000 FM each). Guile, Ibuki, Balrog, Juri, and Urien will be releasing later this year and each will have a Story Mode costume available for purchase using Fight Money. Keep an eye out though because that’s just the beginning as we’ll have details on additional items in the future!

Check out more screenshots of Alex at our Facebook Page.

Since the In-Game Shop for real currency (aka Zenny) is not available just yet, we’re offering Alex as a free trial period to all players, until the Zenny shop launches. This also applies to any future DLC character that releases prior to the Zenny shop launching. Once the Zenny shop launches, the free trial for DLC characters that released prior to the Zenny shop opening will end, and you’ll need to use Fight Money, Zenny, or the Season Pass to access those characters.

That about does it for today! For more details on Alex and the March update check this post .

The deadly C-Virus has now been unleashed upon a new generation of systems. You can now download Resident Evil 6 and embark on a massive co-op adventure for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. The game is available digitally everywhere for MSRP $19.99, and U.S. Resident Evil fans can also grab physical versions at the same price for their collections.

Resident Evil 6 stars a collection of extensive, action-packed campaigns, including series veterans Leon S. Kennedy, Chris Redfield, Sherry Birkin, and Ada Wong. The C-Virus is spreading at a rapid rate across the world, forcing the hand of anti-bioterrorism operatives to eradicate the outbreak and its deadly mutations. Players can team up with a friend for two-player cooperative action throughout each campaign (split-screen or online). When playing online, special battles bolster the number of player-controlled co-op allies from two to four, which is helpful when facing off against foes like the powerful, persistent Ustanak.

This release of Resident Evil 6 comes packed with all the multiplayer and Mercenaries modes released via DLC for consoles (including No Mercy mode originally available only on PC). In addition, the new Cycle Mode automatically places you in recommended multiplayer modes, like 3 vs. 3 Siege Mode or Survivors Mode, which is playable as a free-for-all or team battle. Resident Evil 6 also includes each character’s alternate costumes, including polygonal classic PlayStation-era variants and stylish EX versions of each character, such as a swashbuckling Leon.

Not only is Resident Evil 6 out now, but you can look forward to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions of Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil 4 coming later this year.

You can also take a look at Resident Evil 6’s new box art below. Be sure to check out the rest of the screenshots in our Facebook gallery.

Your ticket to the Gransys just got cheaper, as  Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen is being discounted by  25% until April 4th!

If you missed the original back in 2012, or the  Dark Arisen in 2013, this is definitely the best place to start. Running at 60FPS, and capable of going all the way up to a 4K resolution (if your PC can take it there), this version is by far the prettiest this game has ever looked. Not to mention, we’ve added mouse+keyboard support. =)

This sale will end next Monday, April 4th at 10am, so head on over to Steam and start your journey today!

“I met the sons of Sparda – both of them. Though the same blood of their father flow through their veins, the two battled each other fiercely like arch enemies. It seems as if they drive some twisted pleasure from this brotherly fighting.”

The masters at Kinetiquettes are at it again, bringing together the two sons of Sparda as they appear in Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition! In their human forms, Dante and his brother, Vergil (who first appeared in DMC1, but is perhaps best remembered from DMC3, quoted above), are depicted with weapons at the ready – Dante with his twin handguns, Ebony and Ivory, and Vergil with his katana, Yamato. But those who know about these two brothers know that it isn’t just human blood running through their veins….

The Devil Trigger versions of both Dante and Vergil feature them with their signature weapons – Dante striking with Rebellion, and Vergil with an unsheathed Yamato – already on the offensive! We’ll have more information on these dioramas for you soon, but in the meantime, enjoy some (very!) high-quality shots of the dioramas below, and turnaround shots of the individual sculptures available at Kinetiquettes’ site (fair warning if you’re on mobile data, it’s 11MB!). Pre-orders for Dante, Vergil, Devil Trigger Dante, and Devil Trigger Vergil are expected to open later this year, so stay tuned!

Now, on to those images….

Hey everyone!

We have some exciting news to share today: the long awaited March update that contains Alex will be releasing next week in two separate drops. Hit the jump for more details!

The first drop will take place on March 28 (MON) and contains the following content:

• Challenge Mode
• Demonstrations: Learn the ins and outs of Street Fighter V through helpful demonstration and tutorial content. Contains content for each of the 16 characters, as well as advice geared towards players of all skill levels:
  • Beginner Tutorials: 12 lessons covering, movement, normal attacks, special attacks, V-System, throws, counter hits, chip/recoverable damage, etc.
  • Intermediate Tutorials: 11 lessons covering projectiles, invincibility frames, armor and armor break, recovery, cross-up attacks, anti-air options, etc.
  • Advanced Tutorials: 4 lessons covering back dashing, frame advantage/disadvantage, combo potential, button priority, etc.
  • Character Tutorials: 16 lessons covering each individual character.
• Trials: Put your skills to the ultimate test with combo trials for all 16 characters, ranging from basic to pro combos.  Completing Trials will also earn you some extra Fight Money. 

• Online Rematch Option
  • Salty from a close loss online? Want revenge?  Players can now play a 2/3 set in Ranked Match and Casual Matches, provided both players accept the rematch.

• Battle Lounge Improvements
  • Enjoy up to 8 person lobbies, complete with match spectating.
• Bug fixes and gameplay balancing
  • Various game bugs have been fixed, along with minor gameplay balancing. For more details please see the previous post .

The second drop will take place on March 30 (WED) at 10AM PT and contains the following content:

• Alex + related character story content
• In-Game Shop
  • Fight Money Expenditure: Spend your hard earned Fight Money to purchase extra game content, such as DLC characters (100,000 FM each) and the Story Mode Costumes (40,000 FM each).

One feature that will not be making it into the March update will be the Zenny (real money) functionality of the in-game shop. We have taken a long hard look at this part of the store, and after much review, have decided it is not ready to launch just yet. As Zenny is purchased with real money, we wanted to be extra careful and make sure it’s fully tested and optimized before launching it. There is currently no ETA on the Zenny store and we will release it as soon as it’s ready.

We realize that this causes an inconvenience to fans who want to purchase the DLC characters, such as Alex, but do not have enough Fight Money or own the Season Pass.  To address this, we will be making Alex available for free as a trial period to all players, until the Zenny shop launches .  This also will apply to any future DLC character that releases prior to the Zenny shop launching. Once the Zenny shop launches, the free trial for any DLC characters that released prior to the Zenny shop opening will end, and players will need to either use Fight Money, Zenny, or the Season Pass to access those characters.

Any DLC character related content (such as costumes) that is purchased with Fight Money during the trial period will remain in your account once the trial period ends, but you’ll need to purchase Alex to use that content. The same goes for colors and character progress, etc. that are earned during the trial period; everything will be saved, you’ll just need to purchase the character to resume your progress once the trial period ends.

As a special bonus to our Season Pass users, they will be the only ones who will be able to access the premium costumes of the DLC characters until the Zenny shop launches, and they also get to keep character access once the free trial period ends. Additionally, we will be giving all Season Pass users a free, brand new stage in the near future!

Finally, as a way of saying thanks for everyone’s patience and understanding throughout the beta phases and game launch we will be making Ryu and Chun-Li’s story mode costumes available for free to all users on March 30 as well.  This is an 80,000 Fight Money value, almost the full value of a DLC character.  

Thank you for continuing to support Street Fighter V and we promise that the game will continue to improve from here on out. More new updates, fixes and support for other pressing issues like rage quitters are in the works and we hope to have more information to share soon.

Until next time!