Kenichiro Tomiyasu is a freelance concept artist and designer at INEI, Inc. He’s worked for the likes of Square Enix, Sega and Capcom. I’d describe his work as bold that makes careful use of colour. These are pictures that have depth and the ability to lure you in. You should check out INEI Studio and […]
Dazzling martial arts: A review of Street Fighter – Assassin’s Fist
You have to be kind to The Assassin’s Fist when you start to watch. If you can’t be kind then you’ll never overcome the suspension of disbelief required to accept that maybe, just maybe, this could be a Street Fighter movie that works. You won’t be able to make it past Ken’s flowing blonde hair. […]
Samurai Kings – Sengoku Basara: The Last Party
Sengoku Basara began life as a Capcom video game franchise and has characters named after real people from the Sengoku era of Japan. The series spawned two anime seasons in which the various samurai warlords and their armies faced off a larger army led by a more powerful warlord. Sengoku Basara: The Last Party is […]
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara out today
I don’t think this is what the hobby means by Old School Renaissance. That said; if you fancy a bit of retro clone action with D&D then you can download Chronicles of Mystara. The download is a revamp of two classic D&D comptuer game titles; Tower of Doom and Shadow over Mystara. It’s a feast […]
Chronicles of Mystara combines two old school D&D scrollers
At PAX East Capcom announced Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara. Is this anything new? Not at all. This is very old. Chronicles of Mystara combine two ancient scroller beat’em ups from the Golden Axe era. In this case we’re talking about Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom and Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara. […]
Fantastic Okami plush
Okami is Capcom game for the PlayStation 2 which features a wolf hero that’s become very popular among geeks. The name Okami, depending on how you write it, could mean “great god” or “wolf”. The wolf is called Amaterasu who is based on the Japanese sun goddess. Melita Curphy, also known as Miss Monster, has […]
Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Chess Set
To mark the 25th anniversary of the computer game Street Fighter Capcom will be setting a limited edition chess set. Only 5,000 will be made. It’s a 18″x18″ sandblasted glass chess board and pieces are made silver and pewter-colored resin. The chess figures themselves include Ryu and M. Bison as Kings, Chun-Li and Juri as […]
Steel Battalion launches low-tech mecha Kinect game
This is an interesting idea for a game. Capcom have made Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor look very real and there are a few twists too. This is a world without the semiconductor thanks to a microbe that started eating them all. The knock-on effect is that technology stagnates in some areas but continues in others […]
E3: Devil May Cry
Hack and slash video game that made it as an anime – Devil May Cry also made it to E3 2012. DmC: Devil May Cry is still very much in development despite being announced at the 2010 Tokyo Game Show. It follows a parallel universe version of the hero Dante. It’s due out in 2013 […]
E3: Resident Evil 6
Resident Evil has transformed itself from a sneak and horror franchise to a game of action on an epic scale. Capcom’s latest in the series, Resident Evil 6, is due out in October 2012 for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. A PC release will follow. It’s expected to support between 1 and 4 players […]