Capcom News Articles
Thursday30th Oct 2025
News Capcom Drops 'Road To Requiem' Deep Dive As Resident Evil 9 Pre-Orders Go Live On Xbox
Coming to a console near you next Feb.
The Road to Requiem begins! Capcom has just released a short ViDoc building up to its Resident Evil Requiem launch next February - and pre-orders are now open on the Xbox Store as well. The new Road to Requiem video — which we've included up above — focuses on 'the story so far' with Resident Evil - well,...
Monday20th Oct 2025
Report Resident Evil 0 Remake In Development For Release After Requiem
Back to the beginning
This summer, Capcom finally revealed Resident Evil Requiem as its next mainline RE title, and now a fresh report details what we can expect from the series after RE9 drops on Xbox next February - and we'll be firmly back in Resident Evil remake territory by the looks of it. According to outlet
Thursday25th Sep 2025
News Capcom Is Bringing The First Two Monster Hunter Stories Games To Xbox In 2025
With Stories 3 coming in 2026!
During Microsoft's Tokyo Game Show 2025 broadcast, Capcom has revealed that Monster Hunter Stories and Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin are heading to Xbox later this year! These releases are an effort to introduce players to the MH Stories franchise ahead of Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twist
Tuesday19th Aug 2025
News Capcom Sets Up Resident Evil Requiem Story Ahead Of February 2026 Xbox Launch
RE9 is cooking
Earlier this summer, we got the surprise reveal of Capcom's next RE epic in Resident Evil Requiem - and now the team has detailed a bit more of the game's story ahead of its February 2026 Xbox launch. As part of the team's new Gamescom 2025 trailer, Capcom has showcased more of RE: Requiem's story campaign, including some additional...
Wednesday11th Jun 2025
News Resident Evil Requiem Will Be Playable In First And Third-Person At Launch
Some fresh details on RE9 have emerged
One of the biggest surprises during showcase season this year was the reveal of Resident Evil Requiem as part of Summer Game Fest 2025. Capcom gave us a tease at what it's building for the next mainline Resi title during the Geoff Keighley show, and while the initial trailer was light on details, some fresh...
Saturday7th Jun 2025
News Resident Evil Requiem Is Capcom's Next Horror Epic, Launches On Xbox In February 2026
RE9 has been announced!
Summer Game Fest 2025 has just closed out with the announcement of Capcom's Resident Evil Requiem — the next mainline entry in its famous horror franchise — and it even got a nailed on release date: Resident Evil 9 launches February 27th, 2026. What will also be known as 'RE9' in some circles (the trailer logo even...
Monday26th May 2025
News Capcom Is Expanding Its Dev Studios Following Years Of Record Profits
First new building opening in 2027
Earlier this month, we posted about another incredibly successful year for Japanese game maker Capcom, and now it's announced its intentions to expand considerably over the next few years in the wake of that success. As shared by the folks over at VGC, Capcom says it's building a new development base in Osaka; to...
Friday16th May 2025
Roundup Here's What The Reviews Are Saying About Capcom Fighting Collection 2
Bring the fight to Xbox
This week marks the launch of the Capcom Fighting Collection 2 on multiple platforms and this latest one has thankfully arrived at the same time on Xbox. Obviously, there was a delay with the previous Marvel vs. Capcom release. The reviews are now beginning to roll in, so we've put together the first lot of impressions so...
Wednesday14th May 2025
News Capcom Has Made Record Profits Again, For The 8th Year In A Row
Eight times' a charm
In recent times, it feels like we've been singing Capcom's praises fairly often - and in an industry that seems intent on consistently delivering bad news, we're going to carry on doing just that. This week, as part of its most recent financial results, the Japanese game maker has announced record profits for the eighth year in...
Thursday20th Mar 2025
News Capcom's Monster Hunter Wilds Is Off To An Absolutely Flying Start On Xbox
Much better early sales than Worlds & Rise
Analyst firm Circana has provided some fresh gaming industry figures & statistics this week, and aside from a slow start to the year for Xbox hardware, one thing's for certain - Monster Hunter Wilds is absolutely killing it so far. <related ids="179682"> Circana rep. Mat Piscatella has been...
Wednesday12th Mar 2025
News Capcom Says It's Going Through 'A Golden Era' As It Reinvents Monster Hunter & Resident Evil
"Hopefully we can extend it as long as we can"
It's no secret that Japanese game maker Capcom has been on a bit of a hot streak lately - the team has basically had a GOTY contender in the running for the last half a decade or more. In and amongst that hot streak have been complete reinventions of famous franchises like Monster Hunter and Resident...
Monday10th Mar 2025
News Monster Hunter Wilds Latest Xbox Update Now Live, Here Are The Full Patch Notes
A list of fixes as of March 10th
Developer Capcom has today unleashed its next Monster Hunter Wilds patch on all platforms, including Xbox, and it contains a nice list of fixes and changes for all of you early-bird monster hunters out there. The update contains quest fixes, changes to how certain mechanics work and some more general bug fixes - and...
Monday24th Feb 2025
Roundup Here's What The Critics Are Saying About Capcom's Monster Hunter Wilds
Out on Xbox this week!
Capcom's absolutely massive Monster Hunter franchise returns to Xbox this week with Monster Hunter Wilds - and reviews are now circulating online for the upcoming co-op action game. Those reviews include a Pure Xbox write-up - which we'll summarise down below alongside a selection of other critics' opinions. Without further...
Monday10th Feb 2025
News Another Classic Resident Evil Game Has Been Rated For Xbox Series X|S
Remaster? Remake?
Last month, an online rating was spotted for Resident Evil 6 on Xbox Series X|S, and although that's not led to a formal current-gen announcement from Capcom just yet, another classic Resi game has appeared on the ESRB ratings board this week. Resident Evil 5, 2009's mainline RE title that heavily featured co-op in prett
News Xbox's Monster Hunter Wilds Beta Extended Thanks To PlayStation Network Outage
Indirect bonus
Late last week, we detailed three upcoming Xbox betas including one for Monster Hunter Wilds, with another Capcom beta period going ahead this weekend. However, since then the gaming world has experienced a massive outage over on the PlayStation Network - which has caused the Monster Hunter dev to extend its test.
Wednesday5th Feb 2025
Roundup Capcom Spotlight (February 2025) - Every Game Coming To Xbox
Onimusha, Monster Hunter and more!
Capcom just held its first 'Spotlight' broadcast of 2025 including a Monster Hunter Wilds showcase, and if you didn't see the show but are curious to know what Xbox-related news was shared, here's a roundup. It included the shadow drop of MvC Fighting Collection, the surprise Onimusha 2 remaster announcement, and...
News Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection Available Now On Xbox
Download it today
Capcom's Spotlight showcase has officially wrapped and as many fighting fans expected, there's been an update on Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection: Arcade Classics. The big news is it's now available to download digitally on Xbox One (obviously, you can also grab it via your Xbox Series X and Series S). This follow
Monday20th Jan 2025
News Resident Evil 6 ESRB Rating Spotted Ahead Of Xbox Developer Direct
Could it be this "legendary Japanese IP"?
Today, a new ESRB rating for Resident Evil 6 has been spotted online, with Capcom's 2012 Xbox 360 title looking set for another re-release in some form. To be clear, the Japanese developer hasn't announced a new version of RE6 in any way at this time - so the exact nature of this rating is still quite...
Thursday19th Dec 2024
News Capcom Unveils Monster Hunter Wilds Performance Details For Xbox Series X And S
Launching February 2025
Monster Hunter Wilds is bringing plenty of co-op creature-slaying to Xbox platforms in February 2025, and ahead of launch, Capcom has dropped all of the game's performance details for Series X and S consoles. With the more powerful Xbox Series X, Monster Hunter Wilds will get two gameplay modes - a 'Prioritize Graphics'...
Friday8th Nov 2024
News Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Scores An Xbox Series X|S Demo
A game update has also been released
If you've been eager to check out Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, Capcom has now released a demo for Xbox Series X|S and multiple other platforms. It will allow you to play the start of Frank's zombie adventure, but apparently "some aspects" may differ from the retail version. Unfortunately, save data won't carry...
Saturday2nd Nov 2024
News Monster Hunter Wilds' Open Beta Is Off To A Monstrous Start
Steam alone hit almost half a million players
In case you missed it, there's an open beta this weekend for the upcoming release Monster Hunter Wilds and it seems to be getting quite a lot of attention. While we don't have player data for console platforms like Xbox Series X|S, according to SteamDB this new entry is already proving to be quite...
Thursday17th Oct 2024
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Performance Patch Adds New FPS Targets On Xbox Series X And S
Capcom has all the deets
Dragon's Dogma 2 was a huge hit for Capcom earlier this year, but one common community complaint was the game's performance - it was a bit all over the place at launch on pretty much every platform. Well, after multiple patches attempting to address this, the team has added new performance mode options on Xbox Series X and...
Wednesday25th Sep 2024
News Monster Hunter Wilds Coming To Xbox Series X|S February 2025
Let the hunt begin!
During the PlayStation 'State of Play' broadcast today, Capcom lifted the lid on the release date for Monster Hunter Wilds. It's officially coming to the Xbox Series X|S next year on February 28, 2025, with pre-orders now live. If you pre-order now, you'll also receive some bonus goodies like the Layered
Tuesday24th Sep 2024
News Capcom Asks Fans If They Would Like To See More 'Deluxe Remasters'
Following the return of Dead Rising last week
Following the recent release of the Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, Capcom has now put out a new survey, asking fans what other "deluxe remaster" titles they would like to see in the future. In this survey, Capcom asks "would you like to see more 'deluxe remaster' titles like this [Dead Rising] in the...
Wednesday18th Sep 2024
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Adds 'Casual Mode' As Game Gets Biggest Discount Yet On Xbox
Performance improvements also
Capcom has announced its next big Dragon's Dogma 2 update, live now for all players across all systems including Xbox. This latest title update adds a whole new 'Casual Mode' for those who want to tone down DD2's difficulty, while we're also seeing more performance improvements being made. Let's start with that...
Tuesday17th Sep 2024
Roundup Here's What The Critics Think Of Capcom's Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster
Double deluxe
Capcom's Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster is out on Xbox this Thursday, and as a result, a bunch of pre-release reviews have started popping up online as the Japanese developer prepares for its upcoming zombie-filled release. We've already shared our thoughts on this new remaster elsewhere on Pure Xbox, which you can also check out down...
Thursday12th Sep 2024
Roundup Here's What Critics Are Saying About Marvel Vs. Capcom Fighting Collection
Arriving on Xbox in 2025
In case you missed it, Xbox will now be getting the Marvel vs. Capcom Fighting Collection (as well as the Capcom Fighting Collection 2) following a special Capcom announcement earlier this month. Although Xbox players will have to hold out until 2025, the reviews for the MvC collection are now rolling in alongside the...
Saturday31st Aug 2024
News Dragon's Dogma 2 Director Hideaki Itsuno Leaves Capcom After 30 Years
"Please stay tuned for my next creation"
Capcom legend Hideaki Itsuno, known for his work on series like Dragon's Dogma and Devil May Cry over the years, has announced he's left the Japanese developer and publisher after "30 years and 5 months". In his announcement on social media, he thanked fans for their long-term support and noted how this...
Friday9th Aug 2024
News Capcom Drops Extended Look At Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster Ahead Of September Launch
Coming to Xbox very soon!
Capcom looks like it's about to deliver the goods once again! We're now just over a month away from the launch of Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, and as we close in on the date, the team has provided us with a lengthy look at the upcoming Xbox title. Up above, you can check out this fresh Dead Rising gameplay video from...
Monday29th Jul 2024
News Xbox's 'MT Framework' Issue A Hot Topic Again Following SNK Vs. Capcom: SVC Chaos Reveal
There's lots of confusion right now
In recent weeks, Capcom has announced multiple re-releases that are straight up skipping Xbox consoles, with the company's 'MT Framework' tech reportedly the reason behind some of these Xbox omissions. Last week's announcement of
