Publisher Capcom is considering one or more of its in-development properties for release on the Nintendo Wii, corporate officer Christian Svensson revealed on the company's official forums.

Responding to complaints that few of Capcom's efforts on the PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 are also en route to the Wii, Svennson said that "one or two" titles in development at the company's North American-based studio Capcom Entertainment Incorporated are being considered for release on the Wii.

"We'd like to see how they do on their initial target systems before doubling down on additional SKUs," Svennson noted.

While the upcoming fighter sequel Street Fighter IV is internally developed at CEI, the remaining titles—Proper Games' Flock, Certain Affinity's Age of Booty and Airtight Studios' Dark Void—are part of the studio's publishing operations. Lost... Read more

As Capcom readies the Wii edition of its zombie-slaying action title Dead Rising (360), the publisher has begun hinting that more Dead Rising titles are on the way, including a possible PlayStation 3 release.

"You haven't seen the last of Dead Rising," Capcom's John Diamonon wrote in the comments section of the official PlayStation blog, responding to a fan's complaint that the original Dead Rising only arrived on Xbox 360.

Left, Dead Rising on Xbox 360. Right, Dead Rising on Wii.

Released in 2006, Dead Rising put players in the role of photojournalist Frank West as he attempted to survive 72 hours in a zombie-infested mall, with the option of rescuing numerous survivors. Rumors of a multi-platform sequel have long circulated, though until now, there has been little evidence to indicate another effort is in development.

Capcom corporate officer Christian Svensson revealed that the PC edition of the company's demon-slaying action title Devil May Cry 4 (PC, PS3, 360) saw poor sales since it debuted early last month, owing in some part to rampant piracy of the game.

"It's not doing as well as I would like in the US at retail," Svensson wrote on Capcom's official blog. "It's such a good version and it really deserves better sales. I know it's getting pirated to hell and back (it was up on torrents literally the day it shipped)."

The executive added that he had pushed for more prolific digital distribution of Devil May Cry 4's PC incarnation, but was stonewalled by Capcom Japan. Despite the frustration, Svennson reiterated his commitment to bringing more Capcom titles to... Read more

With rival DC Comics pitting its characters against the cast of Mortal Kombat in the upcoming Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe (PS3, 360), Marvel has begun teasing a new entry in the fan-favorite Marvel vs. Capcom fighting series.

"Yes [a new Marvel vs. Capcom game is possible], and maybe sooner than you think," Marvel Studios production presient Kevin Feige revealed at the San Diego Comic Con following a fan question, as relayed by IGN.

The tag team-oriented 2D fighting series, which hit arcades in 1998 following X-Men vs. Street Fighter and Marvel Super Heroes vs. Street Fighter, pits Marvel superheroes such as Wolverine and Spider-Man against various Capcom characters, including Mega Man, Resident Evil's Jill Valentine, Street Fighter's Ryu and Darkstalker's Morrigan.

Marvel vs. Capcom later appeared on PlayStation and Dreamcast, with a sequel released to arcades in 1999 and later arriving on Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 and Xbox. Both the PS2 and Xbox versions have since highly-valued collector's items.

Capcom is known to have two fighters in the works, Street Fighter 4 and Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Cross Generation of Heroes, with the latter pitting Capcom's lineup against the work of Gatchaman (G-Force: Guardians of Space) animators Tatsunoko.

Capcom's 8-bit downloadable revival Mega Man 9 (PS3, Wii, 360) could create new possibilities for developers if it proves a commercial success, Castlevania producer Koji Igarashi told Game|Life.

"I'm watching [Mega Man 9] very closely to see how it does," said Igarashi. "I'm a big retro gaming fan, so if it is successful that definitely opens up doors for what I can do."

Developed by ex-Capcom staffers at Japanese firm Inti Creates, Mega Man 9 made waves earlier this month when the title was revealed to be a stylized 8-bit endeavor making use of assets and gameplay conventions of the original NES Mega Man titles.

Mega Man 9 is developed from the ground-up as a downloadable title, and is the first game to be planned to hit all three platforms' respective digital storefronts... Read more

While publisher Capcom was silent regarding its zombie-killing mall-exploring Dead Rising series at today's E3 press conference, Japanese publication Famitsu has revealed that the formerly Xbox 360-only franchise is heading to Wii.The original Xbox 360 version of Dead Rising

The Wii edition of Dead Rising is apparently a port of the Xbox 360 release, with added motion controls and a new Resident Evil 4-esque behind the shoulder camera perspective. Going by NeoGAF translations, the port came about... Read more

Eyes not tired yet from the bombardment of E3 media? Good, because we have several items from Capcom for you. Check out the full story for screenshots and videos from Age of Booty, Bionic Commando, Dark Void, Flock!, Mega Man 9, MotoGP 08, Neopets Puzzle Adventure, Resident Evil 5 and Street Fighter 4.

Age of Booty (PC, PS3, X360)Videos: Shackvideo

Bionic Commando (PC, PS3, X360)Video: Shackvideo

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Confirming a report from last week, Variety reports that Warner Brothers and Capcom are teaming up for a movie based on the sci-fi action game Lost Planet.

The screenplay will be penned by David Hayter, known in the game industry as the English language voice of Solid Snake, and in Hollywood for the X-Men 1 & 2 and Watchmen screenplays.

Producers Avi Arad, Ari Arad and Steven Paul are quite familiar with fantasy properties - they produced several Marvel comic book movies before the comic book giant set up its own production firm, and their Seaside Entertainment company is also adapting Ghost in the Shell into a live action movie.

As with the upcoming Street Fighter movie, Capcom is expected to contribute to the financing of the Lost Planet movie.

Scans of gaming magazine Nintendo Power have revealed that a new downloadable edition of Capcom's original Mega Man series is in the works for the Wii. The company has since confirmed the game's development to Joystiq.

Titled simply Mega Man 9, the game was unveiled in scans posted by fan site The Mega Man Community. According to the article, the WiiWare-bound game is crafted in a classic 8-bit graphical style similar to the first six Mega Man games on the NES. Music and cinematic cutscenes will be similarly stylized.

Transcriptions of the article go on to reveal that Mega Man 9 returns to the series' roots with plainly-named bosses such as Magma Man, Plug Man and Galaxy Man. Using the Wii Remote turned on its side, the title employs a basic control scheme... Read more

Capcom frequently consults internet auction site eBay to assess the market for possible remakes or ports of its classic back catalog titles, product manager John Diamonon has revealed.

"To choose titles to revive, we see if we can give old franchises the modern touch, and we evaluate the fanbase and see if there's a market for it," Diamonon told MTV Multiplayer. "Sometimes we see games on eBay, and that's how you see what games people are willing to spend $80 on."

Diamonon stressed that going prices on eBay isn't the only means by which Capcom—creator of the Mega Man and Resident Evil series, among numerous others— measures interest in its franchises. In addition to the auction ... Read more

Tucked away within Capcom's recent financial results was a veritable goldmine of information on the company's worldwide software sales across the past 22 years.

The data is chock full of surprising revelations, such as the part where long-forgotten childhood favorites Chip'n Dale Rescue Rangers (NES) and Duck Tales (NES) have both outsold Dead Rising (360).

As pointed out by Next-Gen, Resident Evil is the company's best-selling franchise, amassing 34.5 million units in sales across 50 titles. The whopping 128 editions of Mega Man have sold 28 million worldwide.

Within the realm of individual software sales, the Super Nintendo edition of Street Fighter II reigns as the company's best-selling game ever, pushing 6.3 million units. Sadly absent from the million-seller list is Clover Studios' Okami (PS2, Wii).

Click through for the mind-expanding full list. ... Read more

Street Fighter and Resident Evil property owner Capcom is in talks with Hollywood to turn more of its franchises into full-fledged feature films, according to company president Haruhiro Tsujimoto.

"We are in the process of working out contracts for several offers we received at the Cannes Film Festival last week and hope to make an announcement soon," Tsujimoto told Bloomberg.

While no specifics were provided, Capcom properties ripe for adaptation include Dead Rising, Lost Planet, Devil May Cry, Mega Man, Dino Crisis, and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney.

Capcom has seen great success at the box office and home video sales with the three live-action Resident Evil movies. A Street Fighter film, starring Kristin Kreuk, is currently in production and due next year.

"We want to do with games what Marvel did with comics," Tsujimoto added, referring to Marvel's ability to transform fan-favorite franchises such as X-Men and Iron Man to the big screen. "If realized, the projects will have a big impact on the game and movie industries."

In its financial results for the 2007 fiscal year, Capcom has blamed the declining Japanese arcade market on the rising cost of fuel, among other factors.

As pointed out by Kotaku, the earnings report notes that while Capcom opened up nine new arcade plazas across Japan in 2007, the expansion showed "sluggish growth" under the ailing arcade market. Among several other factors, the company stated that bloating fuel costs played a role in reducing arcade patronage.

"There were several factors that negatively affected performance: the dissemination of home video game machines, intensified competition, declining popularity of card dispensing games for children, and the decrease of visitors to those arcades located in suburban shopping malls due to rising gasoline/petrol prices," Capcom said.

The company noted that arcade operating income took a 62.5% dive in 2007 versus the previous year, leading to a nearly 10% drop in Capcom's net profit for its arcade business.

Despite sluggish performance, the market is likely to see a boost when Capcom's Street Fighter IV hits Japanese arcades this summer.

In what might be today's most recursive April Fools gag, Capcom has revealed character art for the infamous Sheng Long on its official blog, touting him as an unlockable character in Street Fighter IV.

The update emerged from a translation of the latest entry on the Japanese Street Fighter IV blog, where project manager Natsumi Shiozawa issued details on the character's appearance in the upcoming fighter.

The roots of the Sheng Long gag stretch back to 1992, when the character was introduced in EGM's April issue as a secret boss in Capcom's Street Fighter II. It ranks among the most infamous April Fools gag in the history of gaming, sparking a tradition that would bring woe to game journalists for years to come.

According to EGM, if the player could complete the game untouched while playing as Ryu, Sheng Long would replace M. Bison as the final boss in Street Fighter II. In his post today, Shiozawa referenced similar conditions to attain Sheng Long within Street Fighter IV.

The whole supposed existence of Sheng Long ties back to an old mistranslated victory quote, in which Ryu would proclaim "You must defeat Sheng Long to stand a chance" instead of "You must defeat my Dragon Punch to stand a chance" after winning a battle.

Publisher Capcom has announced that, across two unrelated business deals, it has acquired developer K2 along with a four-year hold on the worldwide rights for MotoGP-branded motorcycle racing games.

K2, which is best known for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Xbox 360 entries in the stealth ninja action series Tenchu, will become a wholly-owned Capcom subsidiary as of May 1, 2008. In exchange, K2 will receive 201,720 shares of Capcom common stock.

Though K2 has developed several, but not all, entries in the Tenchu series, the studio does not own the property itself. The Tenchu property currently belongs to independent Japanese developer From Software, which acquired the franchise from publisher Activision in 2004.

The worldwide publishing rights for the MotoGP property, meanwhile, ensure that Capcom will be the only company with a licensed MotoGP title until 2012. Capcom noted its intent to publish a MotoGP title based on the 2008 season for PC, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii, though it did not name a development studio.

Previous MotoGP titles have been published by multiple companies--including Capcom, Namco and THQ--with different editions of the games developed by Milestone and Climax Studios.

Capcom today officially announced the North American release details for Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions Colonies Edition, an expanded version of the original Lost Planet.

The revamped third person shooter arrives on Xbox 360 and PC on May 27, priced at $29.99. The Xbox 360 edition of the game will be packaged as the Platinum Hits version of Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions.

Colonies features a number of additions to the game's multiplayer component, including new weapons, five new characters, new camera views, new maps and modes. It also packs three new single-player modes-- score attack, boss rush, and off-limit--with off-limit featuring increased movement speed, more powerful weapons, and unlimited ammo.

Saved games from the original will not be compatible with the new edition, and those playing the original will not be able to face off against Colonies owners online. However, Colonies will support cross-platform online play, allowing PC and Xbox 360 players to duke it out.

The title had been more or less confirmed by leaked achievements lists, trademark filings, and a recent blowout of the game in Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu. On the company's official blog, Capcom PR rep Chris Kramer called the title "the worst-kept secret at Capcom in recent memory."

As part of Capcom's deluge of media and announcements today, the company announced 1942: Joint Strike (PS3, X360), a reimagining of the 194X series of vertical arcade shooters of the 80's.

Taking place within an alternate world war scenario, 1942: Joint Strike will feature classic 2D gameplay within fully 3D graphics updated by developer Backbone Entertainment. The title also boasts new attacks, weapons, and power-ups, in addition to 2-player play locally or online.

Capcom also announced that 1942: Joint Strike is scored by Norihiko Hibino, whose previous composer credits include the Metal Gear Solid (PC, Xbox, PS2) series as well as Zone of the Enders (PS2).

Due for release this summer, 1942: Joint Strike will be available on both the Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Store for 800 Microsoft Points or $9.99, respectively.

The first details on Capcom's long-rumored Lost Planet: Colonies have appeared, revealing the title to be a beefed-up version of the original Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, which debuted on PC and Xbox 360 last year.

According to the latest issue of Japanese publication Famitsu, the revamped third person shooter will arrive on Xbox 360 and PC, packing new weapons, a new character, new monsters, and new multiplayer maps and modes. Of those new modes, one allows players to battle as the insect-esque Akrid.

Suppporting cross-platform multiplayer, Lost Planet: Colonies hits Japanese retailers in May. Capcom has yet to specify a date for the North American release, though it has already been rated by the ESRB.

There is no word yet on a possible PlayStation 3 edition, though the PS3 version of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition just arrived at retailers last month.

Capcom has released a new teaser for its upcoming sequel Street Fighter IV.

While the video doesn't contain gameplay footage, it does have a pink-dominant color scheme and plenty of flowers, two aesthetic choices that hardcore video gamers will surely appreciate.

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Street Fighter IV is set to debut in Japanese arcades this summer. No console editions have been announced, though PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions are likely.

Update: Capcom VP of business development Christian Svensson has stated that the Resident Evil Zero port for the Wii will be released only in Japan, noting that there are presently no plans for a Western release of the title.

"I bet we see all sorts of complaints about that fact, after pages of outrage on this forum and others that the title even exists," wrote Svensson on the official Capcom message boards. "We simply can not win."

Original story: According to the latest issue of Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu, Capcom is planning to bring a port of its zombie-slaying prequel Resident Evil Zero to the Wii in the summer of this year.

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