News Tagged: Capcom
Out Today: Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor Demo
Stomp
Grab your pad and plug in your Kinect: there's a Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor demo to try out today. Capcom's hybrid game is all about vertical tanks and soldiers, which should help it stand out on Kinect. Queue up the demo and see what you make of it. Continue Reading »
News: Capcom Announces Steel Battalion Live-Action Film
Gosha
Today Capcom announced a collaboration with Mamoru Oshii, the award winning director behind Ghost in the Shell and Avalon. The renowned director has created a short live-action film entitled Steel Battalion Heavy Armor: Gosha to tie in with the release of the Xbox 360 exclusive, Steel Battalion Heavy Armor. Steel Battalion Heavy Armor: Gosha.. Continue Reading »
News: Capcom Reveals Steel Battalion Pre-Order Bonuses
Get tanked
If you've decided to make Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor one of your Kinect purchases this year, now the question is "where will you buy it from?" as Capcom's revealed three separate pre-order bonuses for three separate retailers. Here's what you get from each retailer: Amazon — Carbon Assassin ArmoryArmour: Savannah —.. Continue Reading »
First Impressions: Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor
Metal madness
Pack it up, folks: with Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor, we have reached the apex of video games as an entertainment medium. We now have the technology and, apparently, the desire to fist-bump our computer cohorts, and there's no going back. "Bro-op" aside, From Software's Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor's mammoth task is.. Continue Reading »
News: Steel Battalion Has Gut-Stuffing and Corpse-Dismembering
What more do you need?
Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor is Kinect's next mature game and it sounds like it may even give Rise of Nightmares a run for its money in the adult stakes. The ESRB rated the game M for Mature, citing "Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Sexual Themes" — not something you'd expect in a Kinect game about giant vertical.. Continue Reading »
News: Steel Battalion Gets Kinect's Most Opulent Special Edition
Includes a jacket
The original Steel Battalion is infamous for its enormous controller, but the Kinect-compatible Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor isn't going down the "massive equipment" route with its special edition. No, it's taking the "dress up" approach instead. The game's Japan-only special edition includes a cosplay outfit.. Continue Reading »
News: Stomp Stomp, It's a Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor Story Trailer
War inside and out
Capcom's Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor isn't just a game about enormous robots smashing things: it's also about humans and emotions and things. At least, that's what this trailer thinks. The video below sets the scene for the war ahead but be warned: it contains absolutely no enormous robots smashing things. Game's out in June. Continue Reading »
News: BBFC Dates Steel Battalion for June Release
Update: Capcom confirms
Update: Capcom has confirmed Steel Battalion will launch in Europe on 22nd June and 19th June in North America. We’re pleased to confirm Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor will be available exclusively for Xbox 360 on June 19 in North America and June 22 across European territories. Taking full advantage of Kinect for Xbox 360,.. Continue Reading »
News: Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor "Nearly Complete"
Not nearly enough
Kinect-exclusive mech-walker war game Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor — and people say there are no hardcore games on Kinect — is nearing completion, according to producer Kenjii Kataoka. The statement came at the same event that revealed Project Draco's new form as Crimson Dragon, but Capcom's robot sim wasn't in playable form,.. Continue Reading »
News: Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor Still Looks A Kinect Must-Have
New trailer stomps in
Capcom's mech warrior simulation Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor is one of our most anticipated games of next year, and this new trailer below just affirms that desire. The game combines Kinect controls with traditional control pad gameplay, hopefully delivering an experience that's impossible through conventional control methods. It certainly looks impressive too, as you can see.. Continue Reading »
News: Will This Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor Trailer Wow You?
Find out inside
The lumbering mechanical wizardry of Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor has finally emerged over the Kinect horizon, and we have a brand new trailer to share with you. The game will require Kinect and an Xbox 360 controller: you'll use the pad to control your mech with Kinect gestures for certain functions too, with Capcom promising Kinect's unique features will help you connect with your.. Continue Reading »
News: First Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor Screenshots Stomp In
Hybrid game confirmed
It's a worrying sign when a game goes quiet for months at a time; often it's a prelude to the revelation the game has been cancelled. Some thought that might have been the case with Capcom's ambitious Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor — first announced last year, the project showed no signs of life in the following months, but now the game's come crashing through the silence with.. Continue Reading »
Talking Point: From 40 Buttons to None - Can Steel Battalion Really Work on Kinect?
Is Capcom's mech-sim going to be a shocking success or noble failure?
In these very early stages of mud-slinging between Sony and Microsoft regarding their new motion-sensing technologies, one weapon that has been used sparingly is the notion of appealing to 'core' gamers. Neither company has shied away from pushing the 'casual' angle, but very few concessions have been made to those gamers who.. Continue Reading »
