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True story: I went to high school with Gary Gygax's son. When I figured out who he was, I almost wet myself. Episode 2 of "Scared of Girls" is now available. Check it!

You already know how a bill becomes a law, but here's a fantastic behind-the-scenes on how a game idea becomes a real-live development project, from Capcom's own Vice-President of Strategic Planning & Business Development, Christian Svensson! Bringing Back the Wolf (or How Okami Wii Came to Be) It’s not a mystery that Okami is a much loved game by its fans and the media. It’s won just about every award you can think of. It’s a testament to Clover’s unwavering vision and attention to detail. That said, it’s also not a secret that the game in its first outing didn’t fare as well sales- wise as a game of its quality deserved. There are many reasons for this, and I’ll touch on at least one, a bit further below. Your Opinion Matters (No, Really) But before I do that, I want to talk about feedback Capcom has received from our consumers and how we’re trying to be responsive to it. Okami Wii specifically exists because of that direct communication, especially those we receive on our message boards (even if they’re sometimes mean to us).

Assassins Creed. Rock Band. Call of Duty 4. Mario something-or-other. Yeah, yeah, yeah, whatever. More importantly, Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles for the Wii is finally out and is getting rock solid reviews from the online game reviewer-types. Have you picked up the best zombie-blasting, lightgun-stylee, cooperative arcade-flavored game for the Wii available? Get on it! Have you pickedup RE:TUC? Whaddaya think? Leave a comment and let us know how you like the game, por favor.

It took us awhile, because it was too hard to pick ourselves up off the floor after all of our ROFLing, but I can finally announce the winners to our Ace Attorney LOLCats Contest. I better do it quick though, before I regress back into fits of laughter again! We'll start off with our two runner ups, who will be receiving a Phoenix Wright plush toy along with an Ace Attorney poster signed by the producer of the series, Minae Matsukawa.

"Invisible Barbell" by Amanda Morrow

"I haz a parrit" by Michael Teague And finally we have our grand prize winner, who, along with the signed poster and plush-toy, will also be receiving a free copy of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Trials & Tribulations.

"Invisible Yo-Yo Convention" by Kimberly Powell This was by far one of the most enjoyable contests we have ever ran, and we rofled throughout, which you can do as well by checking out all the entries in our Flickr archive. Thanks to everyone who entered and all the laughter it brought us. As a show of thanks, everyone who entered will be receiving a 10% off coupon from the Capcom store as well!

Tired of all the Wii's fuzzy cuteness? Then maybe it's time you unload on endless waves of T-virus'd baddies by picking up Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles nownownow. ResidentEvil.com has also been updated with a bunch of new videos, including a review of the new weappns, trailers with Ada and Wesker, and more. Click here for the full press release.

[youtube Xo6XUDj7QEA nolink] Mashing up a speed run from the always mind-blowing TASvideos.org with some choice 80s commercials, pliskin has put together a great video for the track "Grow Up" from Capcom office favorite, rapper Random's Mega Ran album.

This may not really have anything directly to do with Capcom, but it's still nevertheless so cool that I can't help but post this video. Perhaps in celebration of the charismatic L-Block recently winning the character battle on GameFAQs.com, the Cal marching band performed a slew of videogame related songs during the half-time show of this past weekend's football game, starting with the Tetris theme.

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Here is a list of the videogames play/portayed in the show. 1. Pong 2. Tetris 3. Mortal Kombat 4. Pokemon 5. Legend of Zelda Overworld Theme 6. Super Mario Bros. Main Theme 7. Super Mario Bros. Underworld Theme 8. Super Mario World Yoshi's Theme 9. Super Mario Bros. Underwater Theme 10. Super Mario Bros. Theme that plays when you only have 99 seconds left to complete the stage 11. Super Mario Bros. Stage Complete Theme

...and we're back! This is part two in an extended series of articles from David Sirlin, detailing the changes we've made to the rebalanced mode of the new Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix project. The first article went into some details about the design philosophy behind some of the changes.This week we're taking an in-depth look at Ryu himself. How do you mess with arguably one of the most versatile and fully-realized character designs of all time? Read on for the answer!PS- remember, the changes to the rebalanced mode are OPTIONAL :) If you think our redesign team has messed with a masterpiece, the game's original mode is also included. Although "original" mode also features the HD art, original mode has NO changes to any of the characters. All of their move properties and hitboxes are exactly as they were, down to the pixel! This basically means you have two games in one, and if you don't like the new-fangled version, the old-school version is still there.

Mo' Milla, Mo' zombies, and in addition to the magic of Blu-ray, some pretty cool extras:

- Sneak Peek at Resident Evil: Degeneration, the first Resident Evil CGI feature film - Deleted Scenes - Filmmakers’ Commentary - Alice Vision: Preproduction featurette - The Big Bang: Shooting Resident Evil: Extinction featurette - Bigger, Faster, Stronger: The Undead Evolve featurette - Vegas Visual Effects: Miniatures featurette

Follow the link to read the full Sony Pictures press release:

You don't have to be surprised, but you've still gotta be excited: Apollo Justice is coming to America! Check out the photo gallery. Full fact sheet and press release are here.

CAPCOM® BRINGS APOLLO JUSTICE⁚: ACE ATTORNEY⁚ TO NORTH AMERICA

A Fresh Member of the Bar is Sworn In for the Popular Nintendo DS⁚ Legal Adventure Series

SAN MATEO, Calif. — November 9, 2007 Capcom® Entertainment, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced that the latest installment of its highly popular courtroom drama series, Apollo Justice⁚: Ace Attorney⁚ is scheduled for release in North America in early 2008.

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