I'm behind the curve on this whole Olympics thing, maybe cause I find it... inadequately digital? The superjumps are pretty tame, practically no fireballs, and the achievements are unimaginative, to say the least.

Anyway Lily pointed me at a few pictures that helped put the whole thing into my language:

She also added one of her own creations:

Tournaments! Moviestars! Rockstars of the Art World… drawing live! Cosplay! Capcom producers running amok! Mega Man dancing with Bionic Commando in our boxing ring?

Perhaps we've gone too far, but it's a good time to be a Capcom fan, my friends.

Stay tuned for some sneak-peaks at some of our cool giveaways and the ultra-limited merch going on sale, and hit the jump for the full schedule of events!

CAPCOM COMIC CON SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

HIGHLIGHTS:

Leading video game publisher Capcom, proudly presents one of the biggest booths at the 2008 International Comic Con in San Diego. Over 1800 sq. ft. of interactive displays, exclusive merchandise, gaming tournaments, celebrity appearances and special events that are sure to thrill their diehard fans in the massive Comic Con crowds.

Foremost is the full-size, 20'x20' boxing ring that holds ten Street Fighter IV arcade units, direct from Japan. Comic-con fans will be among the first gamers in North America to play this much-anticipated sequel to the best-selling fighting game franchise of all time as it celebrates its 20th anniversary this year.

Meet Capcom's product managers, developers, and staff daily as they share with you all that Capcom has to offer!


The Games!
Be the first to play advance demos of the hottest new Capcom games coming out, including:

Bionic Commando
Bionic Commando: Rearmed
Dark Void
MotoGP 08
Mega Man 9
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Neopets Puzzle Adventure
Flock!
Plunder
plus Capcom Mobile games

Exclusive trailers:
Resident Evil 5
Resident Evil: Degeneration CG movie
SF IV CG animated mini-movie trailers

- plus, some surprise game demos and trailers!

Celebrity Appearances:

- Yoshinoro Ono (producer, SFIV)
- Ben Judd (producer, Bionic Commando)
- Andy Diggle
- Kristen Kreuk (star of Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li)
- Justin Marks (writer of Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li,  and the upcoming Bionic Commando comic book)
- Top comic book artists (contributors to Udon's Street Fighter Tribute Book) including Adam Hughes, J. Scott Campbell, Mark Brooks, and more!
- Mega Man – IN PERSON!!!1
- Bionic Commando – IN PERSON!!!1

- Bonus: awesome Bionic Commando arm that you might get to wear


Events:

SF IV Tournaments every morning at 11am, register early as soon as the show starts to get a berth to compete.

SFIV Tournaments at 3pm on FRI, SAT and SUN afternoons.

SFIV Grand Tournament at 3pm on SUN

Prizes include a Comic-con Exclusive limited edition SFIV Chun-Li action figure

Daily "Making of SFIV" presentation by Ono-san

Calling ALL SF cosplayers! SF Cosplay parade and contest on Friday at 2:30pm - winner personally chosen by Ono-san. Prize = Chun-Li statue


Panels:

THU 7/24, 3:15-4:15, Room 6 CDEF
The Making of Street Fighter IV featuring Ono-san

FRI 7/25, 2-3pm, Room 2
Capcom Presents: How to Get a Job in the Video Game Industry with Capcom insiders as well as industry vets.

SAT 7/26, 6-7pm, Room 2
The Making of Bionic Commando and Bionic Commando: Rearmed featuring Ben Judd, Andy Diggle, Justin Marks. Meet the BC himself!


Capcom Store:

Top-quality Capcom games and gear
Incredible bargains > grab bags and surprises
Exclusive Capcom Comic Con tshirt > limited!
Exclusive items:
- Limited Edition SFIV Chun-Li statue by SOTA Toys, supervised by Ono-san himself, limited to just 700 units made > 400 for sale ($100) at CC.
** Also 3000 mini statuettes for sale ($10).

- Street Fighter Tribute Book: Featuring over 300 pages of original SF art celebrating the 20 year legend of the franchise, featuring artwork by top names in the comic book industry including: Adam Hughes, J. Scott Campbell, Mark Brooks and more. Limited editions printed and only available at Capcom or Udon booths at Comic-con.

- Limited prints of Street Fighter Tribute Book artwork signed by artists for sale at Capcom booth


Sneak Peeks at upcoming Capcom licensed products including:

Prototypes of BC and SFIV action figures by NECA

Cool Giveaways when you Demo Capcom Games:

Exclusive SFIV Ryu headband
SFIV poster
Bionic Commando poster
Dark Void frisbee flyer
Capcom lanyards
Capcom mints (mmm…minty…)
Capcom character tattoos


For more information: capcom-unity.com

Gonna be in Los Angeles on Thursday, July 17th? Wanna come to E3, but don't have a pass?

At Capcom, no pass = no problem. We have pretty limited space, but we'd like to extend an offer to you--yes, actual humans--to stop by and check out our new stuff.

We're opening the doors on Thursday, July 17th, from 12pm - 1:30pm (after 1:30pm, we release the hounds).

If you just want to come by and hang out, send a note to CapcomContest with "E3" in the title.

As I mentioned, our booth is not big (though it's packed with goodness, including of course all our new games, and a mysterious Street Fighter IV rug!), so to get in, you MUST BE ON THE LIST!

If we don't reply to you saying "come on down!" then you aren't on the list, so don't just show up--we will have to bounce you with extreme prejudice :)

We want YOU! ...if you're in the San Francisco Bay Area and are free on the afternoon of July 10th, 2008. Selected participants will be coming here, to the flimflamfabulous Capcom HQ, to test a secret new game we've got in development.

You play the secret game, then we ask you questions, and later there will be cookies! Sometimes there are not cookies, but there will definitely be PRIZES, showered on you by us.

You must be:

-18 years old (or older), with valid ID

-interested in action, puzzle, and strategy games.

-in the SF Bay Area and free July 10th, from 1-5pm.

-able to travel to the aforementioned fabulous Capcom HQ on your own.

If you can jump those hurdles, send a message to CapcomContest here on Unity. Title the message "July 10th Focus Test" and give us your name, age, some examples of the games you like best, and a contact phone number.

**We unfortunately can't use anybody that's come to one of our earlier focus tests, so if you've helped us out before, give somebody else a chance!

As always, this is just the stuff coming across my radar, but there's already so much happening that I can barely keep up, so if you've got something hot, don't hesitate to drop me a line :) In no particular order, I present:

1) New rap from Hanibal lamenting years of beatings from Ryu:

2) Capcom VP and forum-hound Sven goes deep to answer the all-important fan question: "What does it take to get Game X remade/rereleased/sequel-ized?!?!"

Sven rules because he's a great example of the difference at Capcom Unity--where else are you going to find publisher's execs answering random questions from ordinary fans, and answering them WELL?

3) Mr Jared drops in to show off the new Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix art he found on Deviant Art:

4) And last but not least, LBD_Nytetrayn shows off his creation--a new and improved opening sequence for Mega Man X8!