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With popular franchises such asResident EvilandStreet Fighterdominating the worldwide arena, you’d think Capcom had broken into the Western market a long time ago.Mega ManandDead Risingcreator Keiji Inafune, however,has declaredthat Capcom never really made it before the Xbox 360 came along. “I think I can only get away with saying this now, but I really thought that the using the Xbox was only way to break into overseas markets, and I took that hypothesis all the way,” explains the designer....

Ask anyone what their most anticipated PlayStation 3 game of this year is and you’re likely to get an answer likeHeavy RainorGod of War III. Some, however, would give you the less obvious answer — Team ICO’sThe Last Guardian. I say “less obvious” because, despite the cult status ofICOandShadow of the Colossus, I’m not entirely sureThe Last Guardianhas the same “blockbuster” or marketing potential as many other titles. But make no mistake —The Last Guardianis going to turn some heads....

Capcom has launchedits teaser siteforMonster Hunter Tri, and that’s exactly what it is… a tease. The site’s splash page features a big, wooden door that you may “knock” on by hovering over the big, brass door knocker. Once you knock, you’re told to “piss off” (in so many words). You can do this as many times as you’d like, but you won’t get anywhere — the door won’t open. I spent a good 10 minutes knocking, getting a different “piss off” response each time....

Ah, the posh lifestyle of a high-profile Japanese game developer. Once you reach a particular echelon of fame and notoriety, you can dropall kindsof obscure hints as to what you may or may not be working on and drive guys likemeinto a ravenous frenzy. Plus, you get to do it at events called Snake vs Zombie withappropriately-designed and profoundly awesome flyer art. Snake vs Zombie, hosted byGrasshopper Manufacturein Tokyo, is a series of live talk shows featuring some of the biggest names in Japanese development: Hideo Kojima (MGS), Shinji Mikami (Resident Evil), Suda 51 (Killer7, No More Heroes) and Fumito Ueda(Ico, Shadow of the Colossus)....

At this point, it won’t be long until Xbox LIVE Arcade is nothing but multi-week promotions.Hard Corps: Uprisingis leading theHouse Partypack on February 16, and now it’s got a price. If you guessed “$15,” well, you certainly aren’t new to this whole console-based digital distribution thing. That’s indeed what the new not-Contragame from Arc System Works and Konam will cost. No word on when PlayStation Network will get some love, but you have to assume it’ll be a while after the XBLA release takes place....

A press release from Sony says that Latin America will get localized “blockbuster” games in 2011. That’s good news for them.Killzone 3andinFAMOUS 2are coming in Spanish.Killzone 3will also get 3D and Move support as well as a Portuguese language version.Killzone 3will be available there inFebruary 2011while inFAMOUS 2 will follow in the spring. Muy bueno. What’s crazy is that there’s still PS2s being sold. Latin America gets a new bundle called the PlayStation 2 Gamer Kit....

A few days ago, a blogger namedNetnoobclaimed that aPS3 left on overnight caused his house to burn down.Well, after a nasty call from Sony, Netnoob has come forth and confessed the whole thing was a scam.The PS3 never burned down his house, not that it could have in the first place, because Noob doesn’t own a PS3, let alone a house to burn down. Noob confessed to lying about his house fire on the same blog where he posted the original lie....

[Backlogis the ongoing quest to ridConrad Zimmerman’scollection of unfinished games. As voted on by the Destructoid community, Conrad plays each game from start to finish live onDestructoid’s Justin.tv channelevery weeknight at 8pm Pacific] In a game where the primary goal is to get yourself out of debt, perhaps this was not the best possible headline. Nevertheless, the Pikmin and I are going to make the final push towards getting Hocotate Freight out of hock tonight....

Once again, the people have spoken. After being given a list of five unfinished games in my collection, the Destructoid readers have selectedZone of the Enders: The 2nd Runneras the game to play in the fourth series of Backlog. My copy ofZone of the Enders: The 2nd Runneris still in its factory packaging, so it’s clearly of more value to collectors and I’ve been told that copies of the game go for as much as $100 now....

I’m so happy that I finally got to playDeus Exrecently, because the knowledge that the Mega64 crew didn’t have to exaggerate much of anything from that game to pull this video off makes it even funnier. After the jump, you can see the boys’ full SDCCDeus Expanel crash.

[Me again. Looks like I’m spending more time promoting articles than actually writing something here on the site. In the meantime, enjoy CosbyTron’s ‘shops and impressions of KUFCOD. — DMV] Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doomis the latest entry in theKUFseries that appeared first on PC and later on the original Xbox. This title drops the real-time-strategy trappings of its predecessors and dives directly into the fight in action-RPG style. At least… it saunters, somewhat politely, into the fight....

Remember how we told you aboutthe crap going down at Midway now that the money has run out? It seems that the people there were paying themselves millions in bonuses for selling off properties likeWheelmanandMortal Kombat. These bonuses were called “outrageous” by the government-appointed trustee overseeing the proceedings and the rest of the people they owe money to. And wouldn’t you be pissed if the company that owed you money was paying themselves (the leftover executives still there) almost $4 million in bonuses while closing up shop?...

This morning developer DICE announced thatMirror’s Edgewill ship for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on November 11. The PC version, as rumored, will not ship alongside it; it’s said to ship “later in the winter,” which translated likely means 2009. If you’re on the fence about the first-person action-adventure, no worries. A demo for the game will land on Xbox LIVE and PlayStation Network before the game’s release. Additionally, starting on September 26, pre-ordering the game at “selected retailers” will get you a code that unlock’s a Time Trial mode in the demo....