1UP interviewed Kamiya at the time, and have rarely seen a game developer so happy. He was cracking inside jokes with other Platinum staff, making bold claims about his game, and seemed more interested in having fun than doing traditional bullet point interviews. It was a flashy event, complete with fireworks over the ocean, made particularly meaningful for Kamiya because just short of 15 years before that, he applied for a job at Sega and got turned down.
Capcom updated their all-time sales data at their investor relations site. Notably, two PSP games are in the top 10 (both Monster Hunter) and Devil May Cry 4 weighs in at 8th.
A recent poll on the official Capcom website suggests that gamers are most looking forward to Resident Evil 5. Out of the five options to choose from, RE5 received over 50% of the total votes. Devil May Cry 4 was second with just over 20% of the votes followed by Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles on the Wii with 17%.
Making its debut on the PS2 in 2001 and emerging as a highly successful franchise ever since, releasing a series of elaborated manga(Japanese comic books) and even in production for the fourth time as a PS3 actioner, the Devil May Cry series takes it to another media art form, and this time its the Japanese anime. A complete animated motion picture for the fans of gothic and stylistic action mayhem.
Several of Capcom and Koei's PlayStation 3 titles will be playable at next week's Tokyo Game Show, while Capcom has also spoken of new game announcements.