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Capcom Looking to “Nurture” ‘Dead Rising’ Franchise
Suffice to say, Capcom is on a roll. After revising their earnings forecast for the year a few weeks ago, the company has now announced that they’ll be looking to “nurture” a selection of their brands for growth. Incidentally, one of those brands looks to be Dead Rising.
According to the latest earnings report, Dead Rising, along with Devil May Cry, Dragon’s Dogma, and Onimusha, have been earmarked as brands for “the next engine of growth”. That seems to imply either remakes, ports or new entries in these franchises. Obviously, we have Onimusha: Way of the Sword coming later this year, and Devil May Cry is currently enjoying its second season of its adaptation (read Daniel’s review) on Netflix, but where does that leave Dead Rising?
Capcom had surprised everyone with the Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster a few years ago, and had also conducted a survey of fans to see just what other titles that they’d like to see get a similar treatment. Then there’s the rumour of Dead Rising 5 that popped up earlier this year that has fans’ tongues wagging, but obviously, Capcom has kept silent and (rightly so) focused on Resident Evil Requiem.
It’s an interesting turn of fortunes, since Capcom never did reveal the exact sales numbers for the Deluxe Remaster, nor has the franchise had quite the same success as other Capcom horror IPs. Still, for fans of the series, you can’t complain that Capcom is once again paying attention.
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Bloody Body Horror Revealed in ‘Stellar Blade: Blood Rain’, Currently in Development [Trailer]
Shift Up has shifted things dramatically from 2024’s action-adventure game Stellar Blade, offering up a body horror bonanza in the newly announced sequel, Stellar Blade: Blood Rain. The sequel is currently early in development, but if the trailer is any indication, players will be in for plenty of body horror.
Continuing the story from the original Stellar Blade, Blood Rain will star a new protagonist named Eve. Earth has been abandoned, and what is left of humanity has fled to a Colony in outer space.
Shift Up had mentioned during a Q&A following its latest earnings presentation last month that development on Blood Rain (which was still unannounced at the time) was progressing smoothly, and was on track to meet their targeted quality standards.
Shift Up stated that with this new title it would be transitioning to a first-party service model, effectively moving away from the restrictions the game experienced with original publisher Sony, which had the game under an exclusivity agreement for the PlayStation 5. “This will allow us to lead marketing strategies that fully reflect the distinctive identity of the Stellar Blade IP, and we expect to communicate the unique appeal of its universe to players more directly and effectively.”
Whether this means that Xbox Players will finally be able to play the original game (or its sequel) is still not clear. Meanwhile, Stellar Blade is reportedly being ported to the Nintendo Switch 2, but no official confirmation has been made.