Capcom has a wealthy treasure trove of beloved IP which have been dormant for years, so regardless that the corporate proceed to get pleasure from rising success with the likes of Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, Road Fighter, and others, there’s all the time demand for it to be doing more- and it appears to be like like it is going to be. At The Sport Awards, Capcom made now one, however two main crowd-pleasing bulletins when it unveiled long-requested revivals of the Onimusha and Okami franchises. Apparently sufficient, such revivals are one thing we are able to count on to see extra of sooner or later.
In a press launch revealed on its web site to mark the announcement of Onimusha: Means of the Sword and the unnamed Okami sequel, Capcom has said that along with the 2 newly-announced video games, the corporate can be seeking to revive much more dormant franchises that haven’t been lively shortly.
“Along with frequently releasing main new titles annually, Capcom is specializing in re-activating dormant IPs that haven’t had a brand new title launch lately,” the press launch reads. “The corporate is working to additional improve company worth by leveraging its wealthy library of content material, which incorporates reviving previous IPs like the 2 titles introduced above, with the intention to constantly produce extremely environment friendly, high-quality titles.”
The checklist of Capcom properties which have been MIA for years but additionally proceed to have giant fanbases hoping for a revival is lengthy. Earlier this 12 months, Capcom despatched out a survey asking gamers if they might be fascinated by revivals of numerous dormant properties, and alongside Onimusha and Okami, a number of different Capcom franchises had been additionally talked about within the survey, alongside the likes of Dino Disaster, Breath of Fireplace, Useless Rising, Misplaced Planet, and extra. Learn extra on that by means of right here.
In fact, earlier this 12 months, we bought Useless Rising Deluxe Remaster, with extra Useless Rising titles additionally as soon as once more probably on the desk, whereas Dragon’s Dogma 2 additionally launched this 12 months, coming greater than a decade after its predecessor. Clearly, then, Capcom is prepared to convey extra of its properties again from the lifeless, and hopefully, we’ll be seeing lots extra of that within the close to future.
