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Dragon's Dogma Quest jumps to Japanese Vitas next month
Following its iOS debut earlier this year, Capcom has revealed that Dragon's Dogma Quest will finally be available to Japanese Vita owners on December 19. Though the free-to-play spin-off was initially revealed for the Vita, that version has been a long time coming. We first reported on the free to play roleplaying game in June, at which time it was scheduled for a Fall release. For unknown reasons, Capcom decided to launch the previously unrevealed iOS iteration of the game first, during this past summer. Until now we had no word on the status of the Japanese Vita version. Fans of the original Dragon's Dogma will find a very different experience in Dragon's Dogma Quest. Instead of an open, 3D world, the free-to-play Quest is a 2D, online-only, traditional roleplaying game that asks players to command squads of eight Pawns. According to Siliconera, these Pawns can have up to 150 different character classes, and the strategic part of combat in Quest hinges on finding the best combination of classes to beat any given challenge. There is still no word on when or if Dragon's Dogma Quest will be released outside of Japan.
Capcom US, Japan's creative relationship with UK's Ninja Theory
DmC: Devil May Cry represents Capcom's focused, intentional effort to add western flair to a traditionally Japanese-styled game, left in the care of UK-entrenched studio Ninja Theory. Both Capcom Japan and US left the westernization entirely in Ninja Theory's hands, only providing advice on the game's core essentials and at times making strong suggestions about characters and controls. Otherwise, Capcom took a hands-off approach to the game's modernization.Among three branches of two studios in three disparate areas of the globe, creating anything successfully – let alone a new, yet familiar game in a popular franchise – was bound to be frustrating. According to Capcom producers Motohide Eshiro and Alex Jones, it certainly was stressful working with Ninja Theory, but it was also successful.Read their thoughts on Ninja Theory and the international DmC development process below.
Watch Ada Wong's playable role in Resident Evil 6 right here
Yes – surprise, surprise – Ada Wong is totally a playable character in Resident Evil 6. Capcom (finally) confirmed as much to Famitsu, and released the video you see above of Ms. Wong in action. It seems her portion is only playable once all three other campaigns are finished.In addition to Wong's big reveal, a new mode dubbed "Agent Hunt" was announced, wherein players control either one of the game's four protagonists or one of two enemy characters (a B.O.W. or a J'avo, according to Siliconera). We expect we'll see more Western-geared variants of these trailers in the not too distant future. For now, enjoy the Japanese versions.%Gallery-161731%
