So why does Capcom trust these Westerners so much? At a Gamercamp presentation, Jim Zubkavich, Creative Supervisor, explains that they are actually more concerned about keeping the look and feel of the old assets than Capcom are. It was also easier for them because they were such huge fans of Street Fighter. “Passion and hard work will pay off,” Zubkavich advises. As for other advice for aspiring comic and game artists, he had this to say: The industry is more accessible than you would think. Just talk to people about your passions with people and the business will come out of that naturally. He also cautions that most people don’t appreciate the work the industry they’re in, and think that all their problems would go away if they were in film or games or another industry they’re not currently in.

In the pipeline for Udon are some original works, including their own art book, VENT. They promise they’re not only a Capcom studio, but when asked if they were involved in the rumoured Street Fighter III: Third Strike HD Remix, he gave a stern “no comment.” He did say they were involved in another game he can’t talk about yet, but that it was not an original property. Here’s hoping it’s Strider: HD Remix. I would buy that in a heartbeat.

The first is a grittier Devil May Cry reboot featuring a dark-haired protagonist involved in general badassery. He looks less like a pretty boy, and a lot more like someone who just finished beating the crap out of you. Rough and tumble, the restart was done by Capcom to reach out to a more “Western” audience with their subject matter, and it seems to be working!

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The second is an intense, over-the-top brawler/action adventure with a heavy manga bent. The movement in the trailer will remind you of Street Fighter 4 or similar games, with long and exaggerated stretching and plenty of screaming with visual effects. Asura’s Wrath is it’s moniker. I think I personally would enjoy this more than the Street Fighter games, which I suck at. I found myself bothered because I loved the aesthetic but wanted freedom reminiscent of a third-person action adventure. This game seems to be in good hands, because from what we’ve seen of that trailer, which is purported to be all gameplay, it’s going to  “redefine the action genre” as described by Capcom.

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In Case Zero, you start off in a contamination zone wheeling a garbage bin with the base of a motorcycle inside. The objective is to navigate through Still Creek town to find other parts to put your motorcycle back together, all the while navigating through hordes of zombies and obtaining points for smashing into them with the garbage bin.  Once the garbage bin is placed within home base you begin the task of combating zombies, trying to locate people of interest who aid you on your journey, collecting money, and finding keys to unlock doors – all in order to collect parts and construct Chuck’s motorcycle. However, there is a catch as you must achieve this task within 24 hours, before the military arrives and Chuck’s infected daughter is put into quarantine.

There is a massive number of weapons available to kill off the zombies: guns, swords, chairs, and axes, just to name a few.  Each zombie kill is recorded which in return levels up our protagonist, giving him more fighting moves and abilities.  The experience gained in Case Zero will carry over to Dead Rising 2.

Case Zero has a ton of replay value and the game will give you a solid 20 hours of game play if you want to unlock everything.  Having said all that, it’s a great build up for the actual Dead Rising 2 game, which releases September 24^th, 2010.

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero is available now for download via Xbox Live.

The details are as follows:

Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles will be hosting a make up tent for those of you wishing to spend your afterlife on October 24th as a RESIDENT EVIL zombie. There will be a make up booth on site at the Park, starting at 12:30pm! Makeup services are free of charge!

The 2009 Toronto Zombie walk will commence at 3:30pm at Trinity Bellwoods Park, the meeting point will be the pit which is bordered by Dundas St. and Gore Vale Ave. After your 3 Kill-O-Meter lurch in quest of human flesh meet your fate at The DEAD END (Bathurst and Bloor).

In addition, Capcom is pimping a new set of ads for the video game here. They’re really gory and does not fit into the Wii demographic at all, but it’s refreshing to finally see something adult on the casual console.

If you’re in Toronto this Saturday and are looking for some fun, stop by and perambulate. I saw some zombies last year, it was pretty neat, and I am so proud that Toronto has such an event. If you are going, please send us some pictures of the event!

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Marvel vs Capcom 2, dubbed one of the most popular fighting games of all time, features a 56-character roster, with characters brought in from multiple Marvel and Capcom franchises.  A bit of a graphical update keeps it all running in widescreen HD, with optional visual filters to keep everything smooth and nice.  Online play is supported, and Quarter Match mode (support for games bigger than 1v1 by making losers watch) returns from Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix.  There’s even something about a more approachable four button control mode.

Seems like we’re getting a lot of 2D fighters all of a sudden!  We had back-to-back SNK releases with Garou: Mark of the Wolves and King of Fighers ‘98 Ultimate Match.  There’s been the new-style releases BlazBlue and King of Fighters XII as well.  My poor fighting stick!

Personally, I can’t wait to relive my failed attempts to do any single move while getting all three of my characters juggled by Cable and Iron Man, and the buttons jamming from my tears.  Anyone else looking forward to the madness?

Note to Dual Shock purists:  PSN version hits second week in August.

Oh, they’re also celebrating the July 7 release of Street Fighter 4 for the PC, which most certainly wouldn’t have been downloadable content in any era.

It’s a little hard to do some of the moves, but it’s all worth it to be reminded of the joy of cheesing out opponents for the first time with Bison.

Marvel vs. Capcom 2 is scheduled for release in late July for the PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE Arcade.

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That Akrid is big.

Check out these screenshots of protagonist Chuck Greene painting the town red.

Using a brand new game engine created by Canadian developer Blue Castle Games, Dead Rising 2 is capable of rendering 7000 zombies on screen at once – a sum 14 times greater than that of the original game. The game will also feature greatly improved physics, fully interactive environments and hundreds of weapons, like chainsaws and.. a moose head! Snappy dresser, indeed!

Developed by Foundation 9 and based on the original Dreamcast code, the game will feature an optional visual filter designed to make its pixelated graphics appear smoother on modern HD televisions, as well as online Ranked Match and Quarter Match modes. The original roster of Marvel and Capcom characters will remain intact, with all 56 characters being immediately accessible – no unlocking necessary!

Arriving this Summer, Marvel vs. Capcom 2 will retail for $15 on the Playstation Network Store and 1200 Microsoft Points on the Xbox Live Marketplace.

Capcom states that Dead Rising 2 will “take the franchise to a new level of zombie-killing fun, with tens of thousands of zombies,” and that the game will take place several years after the zombie infestation of Willamette, Colorado, in the Las Vegas-inspired Fortune City.

Dead Rising 2 will be released for the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC platforms.