Friday, the end of the standard work week, and the start of hopefully good things for your weekend. Being that Friday ususally brings good feelings, we're here to usher in some of those good feelings with some free stuff! As you know, we're going to be doing a give-away every Friday (when we can/remember). One of you will win said prize simply by telling us why it would mean the world to you.
This week we're giving away a Salamander plushie from Lost Planet 2. In the picture above you can see said creature of grace cutely devouring Vital Suits, of which will then be doomed to be digested in the plush filled guts for 50 years. Leave a comment and tell us why it would mean the world to you! If you win, we'll send Sir Om Nom Nom to you.
Who won the last give-away? Well, it was none other than Alex! What he said touched our hearts in that special place. No seriously. It did. "This hat is the essence of moisture...and moisture is the essence of beauty…
This hat would actually be given to my younger brother if I won. The two franchises that I absolutely love from Capcom are the Resident Evil and Mega Man franchises.
While I would be more than ecstatic to wear that hat in the morning while making breakfast, walking to class pointing at people incessantly (believing they know the true glory that is my hat), and ultimately walking into chipotle while wearing this hat and my RPD shirt to see if I would qualify for the "police" discount. After the likely rejection, I would still eat my burrito while still enjoying my mild cosplay portrayal courtesy of CAPCOM.
While this would be my ideal choice for such a fine hat, I would actually give it to my younger brother because he does not have any resident evil attire nor any collectible items of any kind and because he's my brother, I would gladly give this hat to him for his excitement any day.
Winning the hat would means the absolute world to him and I would guarantee that CAPCOM takes the credit for his happiness. "
It has become apparent to us that sitting atop our mountain of Capcom game branded goods is no good. In fact, we should be handing these treasures out to people who will love it, fans, instead of letting it stay cramped in our desks. In the spirit of giving, we're introducing a new contest that, in theory, should re-occur each Friday. Since I cannot currently think of a better name, it's the Friday Give-Away!
What it is: Every Friday we'll put up some piece of Capcom treasure that can be yours.
How to win: Leave us a comment in the blog. Tell us why this particular item would mean the world to you. We'll go through the comments, pick our favorite, and send them the prize.
Simple, right? Today's prize, and in fact the introductory prize, is a very hard to find STARS cap/hat. It's the only one I've seen in the office, and do not even know it's origins. So please, if you want this mysterious STARS head covering to rest comfortably on your noggin, write us in the comments to this blog.
Next Friday we'll announce the winner, and announce a new item to be given away.
It's the final day of PAX, but worry not, we're bringing everything from our booth to you live. Today you can expect more gameplay of Street Fighter X Tekken, with a tournament in the morning at 11:00am pacific. We'll fill in some of the afternoon with Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City, new looks at Dead Rising 2 Off the Record's sandbox mode, Asura's Wrath, and Dragon's Dogma. Then, at 2:00pm pacific, there will be a tournament for Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3. Tune in and enjoy!
We are moving full steam ahead to Comic-Con! Or should I say, full STREAM ahead… Ha! We are going to be streaming this year at Comic-Con, and it's going to be the biggest and most elaborate stream to date for Capcom. Building on our E3 improvements, we'll be streaming multiple camera angles, running interviews with producers, directors, designers, artists, voice actors, and much much more. And for the first time ever, we'll be able to stream EVERY game from the booth. In total, we're going to have nearly a dozen separate game and audio feeds, not including our standard cameras.
Look forward to new trailers, lots of surprise announcements, exclusives, and everything else Capcom related. If it's happening at Comic-Con from Capcom, you'll see it here on Capcom-Untiy.com and our Capcom-Unity Live Stream first!
Here's a rough taste of the schedule so far, but keep in mind it's still vague as we continue to plan and add fun content:
WED, JULY 206:00 PM-9:00 PM 6:00pm - 7:00pm Introduction to stream, trailers, booth tour. 7:00pm - 9:00pm Streaming of games and show floor.
THU, JULY 219:30 AM-7:00 PM 9:30am - 10:00am Introduction to stream, trailers, booth tour. 10:00am - 11:00am Interview: Jason Leigh, Dead Rising 2: Off the Record 11:00am - 1:00pm Live Tournament 1:00pm - 3:00pm Streaming of games and show floor. 3:00pm - 5:00pm Live Tournament 5:00pm - 7:00pm Streaming of games and show floor.
FRI, JULY 229:30 AM-7:00 PM 9:30am - 10:00am Introduction to stream, trailers, booth tour. 10:00am - 11:00am Streaming of games and show floor. 11:00am - 12:00pm Interview: Kobayashi, Dragon's Dogma 12:00pm - 1:00pm Interview: Niitsuma, Marvel vs Capcom 3 1:00pm - 2:00pm Streaming of games and show floor. 2:00pm - 3:00pm Ask Capcom Live with Christian Svensson 3:00pm - 5:00pm Live Tournament 5:00pm - 6:00pm Interview: Seth Killian 6:00pm - 7:00pm Streaming of games and show floor.
SAT, JULY 239:30 AM-7:00 PM 9:30am - 10:00am Introduction to stream, trailers, booth tour. 10:00am - 11:00am Streaming of games and show floor. 11:00am - 12:00pm Interview: Tsuchiya, Asura's Wrath 12:00pm - 1:00pm Interview: Ono, Street Fighter X Tekken 1:00pm - 3:00pm Streaming of games and show floor. 3:00pm - 5:00pm Live Tournament 5:00pm - 7:00pm Streaming of games and show floor.
SUN, JULY 249:30 AM-5:00 PM 9:30am - 10:00am Introduction to stream, trailers, booth tour. 10:00am - 11:00am Streaming of games and show floor. 11:00am - 1:00pm Live Tournament 1:00pm - 3:00pm Streaming of games and show floor. 3:00pm - 4:30pm Live Tournament 4:30pm - 5:00pm End of show, goodbyes.
Dark Void™ Zero rockets to Nintendo’s cool little handheld via the Nintendo 3DS eShop today!
In case you haven’t heard, in this critically acclaimed 8-bit de-make, you play as Rusty, warrior test-pilot and Nikola Tesla’s trusted ally. With the help of your state-of-the-art rocket pack, blast through three deliciously retro levels of baddies in your quest to close Portal X and save the human race!
Oh, and of course, music is (still) created and performed by the one-and-only Bear McCreary, of Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead, and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles fame. Curious about the score? Cruise on over to Bear’s blog and check out the insane-o antics that brought the music to life.
(Spoiler alert: It involves an NES, a MIDI interface, and lots of wires, switches, and flashing lights.)
And speaking of music, we might just have a few freebies lying around here that we’re looking to give away. Stay tuned in the upcoming weeks. Some fun and exciting news might just be headed your way. ;)
OnLive's Friday special has Dark Void for only $5! You can try it for free, and if you like it, it'll only set you back five of your digital currency. Not a bad deal at all… Click here to get it!
Hey folks! It's time for our yearly tradition of selecting some very lucky Capcom Unity members to join us for E3 in Los Angeles this year! Mark your calendars for June 7th-June 9th and be sure that you will be able to provide your OWN housing, travel, food etc because we are ONLY taking care of tickets for the show (yeah I know, we're terrible people). We'll be hosting an exclusive preview event for these hand picked folks at some point (details to be determined soon) during E3, so you will definitely want to be there!
At any rate, here's what you need to do: in the comments below, just let us know why you want to go to E3!
Yes, we know you are all big fans, but think about why we would want to choose you to go! One entry per Unity member.
Remember, you must take care of your own travel to Los Angeles, housing, and food and be over 18.
We will select the lucky few (very few) in a couple of days and contact the winners. Good luck!
Don't you just love running across a little secret in a game that is a tip of the hat to you? We do. You'll see little easter eggs littered through Capcom games, all because we're fans too. Just thinking about finding a little morsel of goodness gets me wanting to go exploring for something I might have missed… That got us thinking, and since it's near easter, why don't you tell us your favorite Capcom easter eggs?
I've included a couple of my person favorites to start you off, like the Tricell billboards in Bionic Commando, or the old school camera angle in Lost in Nightmares, and even a non-Capcom game, Frank West in Left 4 Dead.
Leave a comment and tell us your favorite Capcom easter eggs!
We're streaming live today from San Francisco's WonderCon! We'll be streaming Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 and Bionic Commando Rearmed 2! Snow and I will be hosting this shindig all day today and part of tomorrow. If you're here at WonderCon, stop by and say hi!
Every year for our Captivate event, we hand select five individuals to join us who have done an outstanding job with the Capcom Community: whether it's via forum moderation, maintaining a fan website, or something else entirely.
Today I'll be introducing the last of five invitees, none other than Capcom Unity member FH (frosted hunter)!
FH has been with Capcom Unity forever (well five years) and he’s played an integral part in the Monster Hunter community. His programming knowledge helped us develop and mainstream our brand wiki system and he’s been an amazing mod ever since! Hit the jump to find out more about FH! (PS worst photoshop job ever, FH)
How did you find out about Capcom Unity?
I honestly don't remember how I found out about Capcom-Unity, its been five years since my first post. I came to Capcom-Unity to get some help on a particularly frustrating guild quest in Monster Hunter Freedom. My question was answered quickly and I stuck around.
What do you enjoy about Capcom Unity?
I enjoyed the community, they were polite and looked out for each other, it was very different from any of the other sites I had found up until that point.
What are your favorite Capcom games?
My favourite Capcom games/series are Monster Hunter, Dead Rising, Lost Planet, Resident Evil, P.N.03 (never got to finish it :[). I'm trying to work my way through Devil May Cry right now, but my attention is being stolen by other games.
