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announced that its next Partner Preview showcase will go live later this week. The show will be streamed live on YouTube and Twitch and feature third-party games coming to PC and Xbox consoles.

We’ve already had an unusual number of showcases and announcements this year, and it seems this particular train is going to keep right on rolling. Today Microsoft announced an Xbox Partner Preview, which will showcase over a dozen trailers for games coming to PC, Xbox, and/or Game Pass.

Xbox has announced its latest Partner Preview broacast will air this Wednesday, 6th March at 6pm UK time, showcasing upcoming third-party games.

Earlier this year, Microsoft’s first-party focus Xbox Developer Direct returned with a second edition, and so, too, is its third-party focused Xbox Partner Preview coming back for an encore. The company has announced an Xbox Partner Preview focused for later this week, on Wednesday, March 6 at 10 AM PT.

Microsoft will stream its latest Xbox Partner Preview event this Wednesday, March 6.

Microsoft has announced another Xbox Partner Preview event, this time focusing on upcoming games from third-party developers, including Capcom, EA, and more. 

Microsoft has announced its next Xbox Partner Direct scheduled for Wednesday, March 6th, at 10am PT / 1pm ET.

Monster Hunter fans should mark March 12 on their calendars, as Capcom has just announced a «special program» commemorating the series' 20th anniversary on that date. Although the event is confirmed not to include any new game announcements, it may yet prove a treat for Monster Hunter fans.

Capcom's Dragon's Dogma 2 will feature some adult content involving the player character and sex workers, according to a newly published rating by the ESRB. Players will also be able to explore the world of Dragon's Dogma 2, hone their magic spells and skills, and battle huge and menacing monsters, such as Chimera and Talos.

Capcom has revealed that a new Mega Man-themed Fighting Pass is going live in Street Fighter 6. The fighting game's third DLC fighter, Ed, joined the roster last month, bringing with him balance changes to characters like Jamie, Ryu, Luke, and more. The Psycho-powered fighter was also added to Street Fighter 6's single player World Tour mode, where he can be found in a Metro City subway station at night.

Capcom will host the Monster Hunter 20th Anniversary Special Program on March 12 at 4:00 a.m. PT / 7:00 a.m. ET / 20:00 JST, the company announced. You will be able to watch it on YouTube (English, Japanese).

The variety that Dragon’s Dogma 2 is promising with the ten Vocations that it will allow players to play as has looked like one of its biggest selling points in the lead-up to its release (not unlike its predecessor), and Capcom’s marketing team has certainly been trying its best to hammer that point home. Multiple trailers over the last couple of weeks have shone the spotlight on a variety of Vocations, and Capcom has now released another one of those.

Capcom announced Monster Hunter Wilds in December at The Game Awards, handing the action RPG a 2025 launch window- which, of course, means that it might not quite be time for new details on the game to start emerging just yet. Nonetheless, many had hoped that Capcom would be talking about the next Monster Hunter instalment as part of the series’ upcoming 20th anniversary celebrations- though the company has confirmed that won’t be the case.

Just days after the conclusion of Capcom Cup X, Capcom has dropped a new update for Street Fighter 6, adding Street Fighter 5 alum Ed as the game’s latest DLC character. The update also includes a number of balance changes, though they’re a bit narrower in scope than we expect to see later on.

With Dragon’s Dogma 2’s March release date fast approaching, Capcom has been releasing new trailers showcasing the game’s various vocations. This week, players got a look at two of the game’s advanced vocations: the Sorcerer and Warrior.

So far, 2024 has been incredibly solid with its big AAA releases. Multiple companies like Atlus, SEGA, Capcom, and Square Enix have been dropping quality titles for gamers to enjoy. And then, there’s Ubisoft, who has been trying to spin the release of Skull and Bones into something positive. Their pirate-themed multiplayer adventure title has been in development limbo for years, and then when the beta finally released, it didn’t exactly spur people to try it out for full price. Ubisoft has been going overboard, pun intended, to sell it as a AAAA title, which many know by now to be nothing more than a puffery statement.

The Resident Evil 4 remake's director has said that he was worried the game would be delayed due to its many bugs during development.

If you want to play as an Archer in Dragon’s Dogma 2 but with some magick sprinkled in, good news – the Magick Archer from the first game returns. A new Vocation trailer is available, highlighting their skills. Check it out below.

Every game has its share of ups and downs. When a studio finally has everything figured out and progresses toward full production, there’s typically a barrage of changes that happen. This is something that was happening even towards the very end of Resident Evil 4. The latest installment to a series of remakes from Capcom had caused quite a few headaches within the team.

A new documentary has shown the brutal reality of quality assurance work on Resident Evil 4 Remake a month before it launched.

Street Fighter 6 releases its latest Battle Change Update, bringing the newest DLC character to the roster while also balancing the entire character roster with buffs and nerfs. Since it launched last June, Street Fighter 6 has seen substantial success for Capcom, in terms of critical reviews, sales, as well as player count. To keep that momentum going, Capcom has made sure to keep the game stocked with new content through battle passes, new content to check out, and an ever-expanding roster of fighters, which has already added Rashid and the snake-like A.K.I.

Capcom’s third DLC character for Street Fighter 6 is out now for Year 1 Character Pass owners. Debuting in Street Fighter 5 as a playable fighter, Ed is a brawler who can throw out flicker jabs from afar but excels at close-range combos. Check out his launch trailer below.

Ahead of Dragon's Dogma 2's launch next month, director Hideaki Itsuno has revealed how the team at Capcom went about giving players a fighting chance in battles with the RPG's huge enemies.

Tekken 8 has sold over two million copies in the first month after launch, publisher Bandai Namco has announced.

Capcom revealed new details and gameplay for Street Fighter 6’s next DLC character, Ed, during the IGN Fan Fest. Director Takayuki Nakayama and producer Shuhei Matsumoto were on hand to discuss changes made from Street Fighter 5 and how he’s changed. Check it out below.

Street Fighter 6 fans can look forward to Ed’s addition to the roster on February 27th. As the third DLC character, his release brings a new stage, Ruined Lab, with hints regarding M. Bison’s current state. However, fans are probably looking forward to the arrival of Akuma, the fourth and final DLC character in the Year 1 Pass.

We’re enjoying the heck out of Helldivers 2, despite its glaring queue-related issues. Since the game launched, its developer has struggled to meet demand with adequate server space, resulting in many players sitting in the queue rather than on the battlefield. However, we think the game’s worth buying because of its frenetic, bug- and robot-crushing co-op action.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a game of many Vocations, whether you’re fighting on the frontline as the Warrior or using ranged attacks as the Archer. The Mage focuses on magic but plays a more supporting role, healing and buffing the party. If you’re keen on destruction, the Sorcerer may be more fitting.

Yesterday's Nintendo Direct got rather overshadowed by a certain trailer for Elden Ring: Shadow Of The Erdtree, but there were still plenty of good news nuggets to be had in there for us PC folks - which I've summarised for you below. The long and short of it is: more release dates! Loads of 'em! And they're all coming in the first half of 2024 as well. I love it when a schedule comes together.

Capcom announced on Wednesday that will be coming to a handful of other platforms, including the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC later this year.

The original Monster Hunter Stories, the turn-based take on the long-running hack-and-craft series, will finally see a release on PC this summer in the form of an upcoming remaster.

During a Nintendo Direct: Partner Presentation today, Capcom had a special announcement to make that certainly surprised the Monster Hunter community. The Japanese developer/publisher is bringing back the 2017 3DS game,Monster Hunter Stories, to the Nintendo Switch, PS4, and PC (via Steam), but it's not just a straight-up port. Capcom is not only enhancing the visual fidelity of the 7+ year old RPG, but there are other bonuses being made available for die-hard fans coming back for another playthrough or for series newbies.

During today’s Nintendo Direct, Capcom announced a remastered version of the 2006 handheld Monster Hunter-themed RPG. Originally only on mobile and Nintendo 3DS, the remastered Monster Hunter Stories will now come to Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam this summer.

The original Monster Hunter Stories has been announced for Nintendo Switch, PS4 and PC.

Nintendo's February Direct Partner Showcase has come and gone. This presentation was focused around third-party games so, as expected, there was no news on any homegrown Nintendo titles or the Switch 2's expected arrival in early 2025. However, the broadcast was still full of annoucements for games headed to Nintendo Switch from other publishers over the coming six months. Here's a roundup of everything which appeared during the 25-minute show.

Monster Hunter Stories, Capcom's first — and surprisingly successful — stab at adapting the series' classic monster battling action into a family friendly turn-based RPG, is getting a Switch remaster sometime this «summer». Seperately, Capcom has confirmed it's coming to PS4 and PC too.

First releasing for the Nintendo 3DS back in 2016 (2017 in Western markets), Monster Hunter Stories put a unique, Pokemon-inspired, turn-based spin on Capcom’s action RPG franchise, and though it was very much a niche product (especially in comparison to mainline Monster Hunter games), it had its fair share of fans.

Capcom has announced a remastered version of its 2016-released 3DS RPG Monster Hunter Stories for PlayStation 4, Switch, and PC (Steam). It will launch this summer.

While the Fighter Vocation in Dragon’s Dogma 2 can dish out strong melee attacks, it pales next to the Warrior. In a new trailer, Capcom showcases some of the hard-hitting strikes that the Vocation is capable of. Check it out below.

Nowadays, it’s sadly rather common to find titles that were launched prematurely. They’re launched thinking that “no one will mind the state that they’re in” and that they’ll simply “be fixed with patches later on. But back when Street Fighter V launched, things were much different. It was rare for a “big name franchise” to have a launch that made people question the developer, as gamers still had plenty of trust in them at the time. Yet, with this fighting title, almost everything about it was “off,” and Capcom should’ve known better than to try and do this franchise so dirty. The irony is that they’re finally truly apologizing for it eight years after its release.

Capcom has apologised to players for the way it handled the launch of Street Fighter 5.

Dragon's Dogma 2 is out next month on PS5, and the game's frame rate has been a hot topic as we creep towards launch. Last month, the rumour mill was in full swing, with social media sources claiming that the title would be capped at just 30 frames-per-second on console — which obviously isn't ideal for an action-heavy RPG releasing in 2024.

Capcom loves a good pre-release demo, and fans think they have found evidence of one for Dragon's Dogma 2 ahead of its PS5 launch next month. An update to the PC version on Steam apparently now brings up an extra app that's listed as «free on demand»; this is supposedly the text associated with demos uploaded to the digital marketplace. Due to that, a Dragon's Dogma 2 demo is thought to be on the way, presumably for all platforms.

Dragon's Dogma 2 will mark publisher Capcom's first foray into the world of $70 games, an apparent necessity the industry at large is grappling with. But where Ubisoft has been quite bullish about this brave new world, Capcom is taking a more thoughtful approach, quietly considering a pricing review of its catalogue. Still, we don't get the feeling there will be any discounts incoming.

You'll have to forgive us for not spotting this sooner, but Capcom has been releasing (mostly) new Dragon's Dogma 2 gameplay trailers over the last week or so — the latest of which has just arrived. These short videos focus on individual character classes, with the first four trailers showcasing base vocations Fighter, Thief, Archer, and Mage.

A recent SteamDB listing seems to indicate that Dragon’s Dogma 2, the much-anticipated sequel to the best “recent” IP in Capcom’s catalog, might be getting a demo soon.

It’s been eight years since Street Fighter V hit PC. As you might recall, the fighting game landed with the poise of someone shattering both kneecaps on impact, as complaints about a small roster of characters and barebones story mode - to be filled in later with DLC - were made more egregious by a number of technical issues, including bugs and online issues caused by its wobbly servers.

The drumbeat towards launch continues with two new videos giving Dragon’s Dogma fans a look at how some of the game’s basic vocations will play in Dragon’s Dogma 2. This time, Capcom’s put a focus on the Archer and Mage vocations.

Capcom may be preparing to release a Dragon’s Dogma 2 demo.

Changes to the Steam listing for Dragon’s Dogma 2 suggest it will get a demo.

Announced back in 2022, we've been drip fed a steady stream of Dragon's Dogma 2 news, with the latest pointing to the potential of some actual playable content. According to a post of the Dragon's Dogma Subreddit, we could soon be getting a demo for the long awaited game. 

CAPCOM might be preparing to release a Dragon's Dogma 2 demo on PC. Reddit user CannedBeanofDeath spotted an interesting new Steam app related to the game that will be 'free on demand'.

While Capcom reassesses its pricing strategy for future titles in the wake of “rising development costs”, it should be interesting to see how Dragon’s Dogma 2 fares. As the first title from the publisher priced at $69.99, it’s on a much larger scale than the original and arguably carries more hype.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 is the next major release for Capcom, capping off the current fiscal year. It’s garnered attention for its massive world, unconventional mechanics (including restrictions to fast travel) and emergent gameplay. However, it’s also the first title from the publisher to be priced at $69.99, joining the likes of Sega and major Western publishers like Microsoft, Sony, Ubisoft and more.

Capcom has shared a post to celebrate the eighth anniversary of Street Fighter 5, where it apologised for the game's original state at launch.

Sharp-eyed Dragon's Dogma 2 fans have noticed something pertaining to the action role-playing game in the latest SteamDB update.

After the Fighter, Thief and Archer, the Mage Vocation in Dragon’s Dogma 2 has received a dedicated trailer. Capable of wielding the elements and other mystic arts, they can pelt enemies from afar with projectiles or cast spells to buff their allies. Check it out below.

Capcom has celebrated Street Fighter 5's eighth anniversary by apologising for its rough launch and thanking fans for sticking all the way up to Street Fighter 6.

A demo of the highly-anticipated Capcom RPG Dragon's Dogma 2 could be on the way, according to data discovered within a recent Steam update. Capcom shocked the gaming world in 2022 when it announced the beloved Dragon's Dogma will be receiving a sequel, coming more than 10 years after the original game's launch. The cult-classic RPG had been heavily requested to see a comeback from fans, receiving praise for its combat system and unique «Pawns» mechanic. Now, fans could be getting a chance to try out the sequel soon.

It looks like a demo for Dragon's Dogma 2 could be on the way.

The first few weeks of 2024 have been packed full of major new releases (and a couple of big surprises that came out of nowhere), and the coming weeks look like they’re going to keep that momentum going. Of the games lined up for launch in the near future though, Dragon’s Dogma 2 is perhaps among the biggest ones, and it seems like players might soon get the chance to dip their toes in its waters before the full game launches.

An update to Dragon's Dogma 2's Steam page that lists a "free on demand" product could indicate that a playable demo is going to be released in the near future.

Capcom's upcoming Dragon's Dogma 2 has recently confirmed that it won't require a PS Plus subscription in order to use its online features. Dragon's Dogma 2 is one of Capcom's most anticipated releases of 2024. One of the biggest features in the RPG is the Pawn system, which is enhanced through online play.

Former Bayonetta series director Hideki Kamiya has stated that he would love to do a remake of his older projects, including the first Devil May Cry and Viewtiful Joe games. Hideki Kamiya was first hired by Capcom as a designer for various projects, one of them being Resident Evil 2. After RE2's monumental success, Kamiya would continue directing games at Capcom, which included the first Devil May Cry, Viewtiful Joe, and Okami. Kamiya then formed PlatinumGames alongside Atsushi Inaba and Shinji Mikami, which led to the creation of Devil May Cry's successor series, Bayonetta.

Dragon's Dogma 2 will be CAPCOM's first $70 game, but it may not be its last, judging from what the company said recently.

Dragon’s Dogma 2 is the first Capcom game priced $70, but it sounds like there’s more to come.

Capcom has suggested that it could release more $70 games after Dragon’s Dogma 2, which is the Japanese publisher’s first title to carry the increased price point.

Capcom has released a new trailer for the newest upcoming addition to the Street Fighter 6 roster, Ed. The trailer acts as a guide for the upcoming character, explaining to players how his various moves, attacks, and specials work, and how they can be used together.

Those who adore retro fighting and arcade games should check out this month’s Capcom Humble Bundle. It provides 70 games, including Street Fighter V: Champion Edition, Final Fight, Ghouls ‘n Ghosts, Darkstalkers: The Night Walkers, and many more Capcom titles.

Humble is currently offering a massive bundle that includes every mainline Street Fighter title and over 50 other classic Capcom arcade games for just $20. While the list of games included is truly massive, you’ll also get a 34% discount coupon for Street Fighter 6, the most recent entry in the legendary fighting game franchise.

If you like spending money, I have heaps of bargain priced things to buy today. However, you might wanna skip all that entirely by simply downloading FlatOut for free on GOG. Why? Because it's the physics-heavy racer where you fender bend with other POS cars (or try to slingshot your driver through the windshield at a giant dartboard). What's not to love there?

Dragon's Dogma 2 will have an uncapped frame rate from day one, a senior Capcom official has said, albeit while leaving some finer details about that statement open to interpretation. This exciting feature confirmation arrives mere weeks ahead of the AAA RPG's release, with Dragon's Dogma 2 being scheduled to hit the PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC on March 22.

Capcom has confirmed that Dragon's Dogma 2 will have an uncapped frame rate at launch.

Capcom recently teased Ed, the penultimate character release of Street Fighter 6’s Year 1 Character Pass, with a trailer featuring cutscenes from Ed’s World Tour section. The trailer gave us hints at how Ed would translate over from Street Fighter 5 to 6, but this latest trailer released by Capcom gives players the full rundown.

Dragon’s Dogma II director Hideaki Itsuno has announced that the game will have uncapped framerates.

Continuing its trend of standalone trailers for each Vocation in Dragon’s Dogma 2, Capcom has released one for the Archer Vocation. Armed with a bow and arrow, it prefers to fight from range, though there’s plenty of versatility. Check it out below.

As part of its recently quarterly earnings briefing, Capcom revealed updated sales figures for a number of its titles, and as traditionally tends to be the case, several Resident Evil titles have continued to exhibit impressive legs with their sustained sales.

Dragon's Dogma 2 is roughly a month away from release, and while all the trailer, previews, and gameplay footage we've seen so far is leading us all to believe we'll get an excellent sequel, one question has been on the minds of fans for a couple of weeks. It was claimed last month that Dragon's Dogma 2 would be capped at 30fps on consoles, something which immediately disappointed fans that have been used to 60fps gaming on consoles so far this generation.

Amid rumors that Dragon’s Dogma 2 would be locked to 30 FPS on consoles, director Hideaki Itsuno has tweeted that the open-world action RPG will release with an uncapped frame rate. On the one hand, this is good news for PC players since it could mean achieving +120 FPS at higher resolutions.