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News from 03/29/2001 |
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Capcom vs SNK Pro announced as a Dreamcast release -Two characters revealed |
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Cacom has released images of the two characters to be included in their upcoming title, Capcom vs SNK Pro. The Two characters are Dan Hibiki and Joe Higashi, from the ending of the previous Capcom vs SNK. Both characters are also scheduled to be included in Capcom vs SNK 2 as well.
Capcom vs SNK Pro is scheduled for release
on the DreamCast, but is not currently scheduled to be released for arcades.
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GameSpot Japan: Sega and Namco collaborates on Newspaper Advertizement,
Hints to possibility of a joined project |
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Photo:GameSpot Japan |
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(GameSpot Japan) In today's Nikkei journal, a full 2 page collaborated advertizement by Sega and Namco has appeared.
An advertizement for the PlayStation2, one page is a portrait of Virtua Fighter's Akira, reading "Juu-nen Hayain da yo!"([You're] 10 years too early!). The other page is a porait of Tekken's Jin Kazama facing towards Akira, reading "Ichi-nen osoin da yo!"([you're] 1 year too late!).
Other than the Ad hinting to a possible joint project of the two games, no official word have been announced by either of the two companies.
[ Link: GameSpot Japan ] |
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Konami Online.com, to Start test operaton from April 1st |
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Konami announced today of their new total enterainment site, Konami Online.com.
Aiming for the broadband generation, Konami plans to utilize the site as a portal to all varieties of entertainment and contents provided by its company, including games (both home and arcade), music and sports. Konami aims to allow free site membership for users to enter the site. Within the site, there will be both free and paid contents. Free contents include game demos, promotion clips and information on new products; paid contents includenetwork games, mini games and other services. Konami plans to provide a variety of paying methods, such as flat rate and pay-per-game.
Test running of the site will begin from April 1st, on narrowband connection. 5 games will be serviced during the test, which will include "Age of Empires 2" for the PlayStation2, and "Jikkyu Powerful Pro Yakuu -Network version" for Windows.
[ Link: Konami -Press Release ] |
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Nikkei IT: Osaka- Major Game Companies Lose in Battle against Used Games
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(Nikkei IT) 3/29- The Osaka court today ruled out the suit filed by 6 major companies against stores selling used games. The suit -filed by Capcom, Konami, Square, Namco, SCEI and Sega, claimed that sales of used game software without permission of the maker invades copyrights. However, the Osaka court turned down the claim, concluding that the right to ownership of a game software (as a product) belongs to the user, and the company no longer has the right to that copy of the software once it is sold. Following the court ruling in Tokyo, this makes the second loss this month for companies acting agaisnt used games. An appeal to a higher court is scheduled by the game companies.
[ Link: Nikkei IT ] |
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Bloomberg: Microsoft partnerships with NTT Communications for X-Box; ADSL Service |
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Tokyo, March 29 (Bloomberg) -- NTT Communications Corp. said it will provide high-speed Internet access to Microsoft Corp. in Japan for distribution of online games for the Xbox home video- game machine in 2002.
The long-distance and international call unit of Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. said at a press conference it will provide Microsoft Co., the Japanese unit of the Redmond, Washington-based software maker, with ADSL access to distribute game software for online gaming with Microsoft's Xbox, which is set to be released later this year.
Plans call for online gaming to start in 2002 after the game machine is released later this year."
[ Article: Bloomberg ] |
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Bloomberg: Bringing 1,000 Samurai to Game Fans Gives Capcom Cost Headaches |
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"Osaka, March 29 (Bloomberg) -- It didn't take Keiji Inafune long to run over budget as he tried to make a sword-fight video game as compelling as a samurai epic. The super-fast computer chips of Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 2 allowed the 35-year-old head of development at Capcom Co. to let his imagination run wild. And it did. ...He ended up spending 1 billion yen ($8 million) on Onimusha, a sixth of Capcom's estimated group net income this year. That's about ten times the budgets of games for Sony's original PlayStation or Nintendo Co.'s Nintendo 64, analysts say. His 30-member team had a difficult time finding a computer graphic company that could make 1,000 samurai soldiers move smoothly simultaneously. Many companies just said no."
[ Article: Bloomberg ] |
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