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Akuma and Taskmaster Coming to MvC3

Well-known Street Fighter alumnus Akuma and much, much lesser-known Marvel comics supervillain Taskmaster are joining the robust character list for Marvel vs Capcom 3.

supremacy5604d ago

Another street fighter and task master? Sigh

Sandwich Bender5604d ago

I've never been a fan of the series, or fighting games for that matter, but to be honest this looks pretty great.

Perjoss5604d ago

visually this is the most impressive game i've seen so far this year. The characters do not seem to be made from high res models nor do the textures look high res, but the overall look is just sheer eye candy. I particularly like the puffs of smoke when characters land or jump, and the various over the top pyrotechnic effects. Its almost to the point where there is just too much happening on screen. Love it.

The music on the other hand is quite boring imo, heard some tunes from the stages on the official site.

deafwing5604d ago

taskmaster is actually an insane character

he can copy anyone - even capn america had to give him props (kick his sorry red white and blue a$$ a few times)

Optical_Matrix5604d ago

4 fighters from Capcoms FLAGSHIP FIGHTING GAME FRANCHISE, and you're crying? Look at how many other characters there are. I don't see the problem. They're both welcome editions in my opinion. And Akuma looks to play very differently to Ryu.

oricon5604d ago

This is why people who dont play fighting game should stfu, You try to play akuma like how you would play Ryu and Ken and i would rape you >> and secondly super skrull is basically all the fantastic 4 in one.

Baka-akaB5604d ago

yup again he says another as if there was an onslaught of street fighter characters in the game .

4 of them , and among those 2 shotos vastly different from each others , instead of just ken and ryu

RockmanII75603d ago

Dude, the internet is so funny. I just got done ranting at a guy who says there aren't enough SF characters and now your saying there are too many.

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Azfargh5604d ago

another LAME characters inclusions... geez... I wanna see someone of the Fantastic Four or Silver Surfer or anyone more cooler than "TASKMASTER" or the Ryu/Ken copy and paste "AKUMA".

Myst5604d ago

Akuma has to pretty much be in everything nowadays. As for taskmaster no clue on what to say about him as I know very little, but yeah it should have been known that Akuma was going to be in anyway...

Redempteur5604d ago

SINCE WHEN AKUMA is a copy of ken/ryu ?

Do you guys even play the street fighter games ?

Baka-akaB5604d ago

It's not about Akuma having to be in everything nowadays .

Akuma STARTED the crossover trend . he was the first capcom character featured in another license fighting game . So of course he's going to be in every VS game .

guzman5604d ago

Someone's complaining about Akuma's inclusion? Jeez, somebody get this kid a snack pack.

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Gen0ne5604d ago

So we get Skeletor and another run of the mill Street Fighter. Venom, Juggernaut, Psylocke ( especially Psylocke ) and Strider, all no shows. Still getting this game regardless, but dammit.

oricon5604d ago

Capcom cant make everyone happy stop your whining and i find it funny you mention Psylocke while im a fan of her you mention her over more important Xmen characters.

Gen0ne5604d ago (Edited 5604d ago )

Nope, still gonna whine. So, there. ;)

edit: I dunno, I always liked to start off my fight with her and I figured her inclusion was a no brainer. As with Venom. Juggernaut I loved just because just seeing him on screen is imposing, making it that much more fun to whip his ass. And Stider needs to be shown some love, just in general. Capcom KNOWS we wanna see him- what's the deal?

Baka-akaB5604d ago (Edited 5604d ago )

To each their opinion .

There was no way to please everyone from both the comics fandom and fighting game fandom (and capcom fandom) .

Had MVC2 been only released in our current era , all of you guys would be complaining about Marrow , shuma gorrath , and every other marvel or capcom characters that "shouldnt" be there .

Marvel have been pushing Taskmaster for a few years as a pretty cool character in their comics . he's even been a few times a hero or rather anti-hero .

he's been an important part of the last 3 major marvel event crossovers (Civil Wars , Dark reign , Siege) and even got his own comics right now .

Not pointing at you per se nor particular chars mind you , but some people ought to realize that of course Marvel is going (at least in part) to try and make the game tied and relevant to its current comics , instead of just catering to nostalgia for characters than havent done anything relevant and cool for them , since the 90s ...

EDIT :

Strider i believe can't be there because of the incredibly murky copyrights deals surrounding the character .
It's not really their creation

guzman5604d ago

I do miss Strider and Jin.

supremacy5602d ago (Edited 5602d ago )

lol thats exactly what i mean, akuma may be a cool character and all but the guy is essentially another ryu, his creation was basically an idea that came from ryu and ken.

So..whats the final tally 36? 40? characters? and below is a great example of how to misuse available space.

And it goes something like this... wolverine and x23, hulk and she hulk, dante and trish. christ, jill, wesker, and oh yeah throw in the tyrant while you are at it, i am sure most of these kids ill eat it up. "oh i almost forgot they almost did http://www.gameinformer.com... that didn't they?, thank god they didn't"

I mean whats the point of all this?

I think one character from each series is good enough, want more from that particular series? fine sell them to those who care enough via DLC.

Just to set the record straight for all you defenders in here.

I don't hate the game, the game in my opinion look and sounds fantastic.

However what i am not too fond about is the roster, which doesn't amuse me in the least thus far. And no i am not crying about it either i am more like disappointed and the same time getting this pathetic feeling towards it.

honestly i think that with a limited space available,whether thats a fact or intensional for monetary reasons ala resident evil co op scheme.

They atleast should had consider to cut the amount of characters coming from one or several particular series.

But again i probably stand alone on this, and i am perfectly content with that.

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AGamerOfConsoles5604d ago

This probably means lupinko and klennox are right. Expect Sentinel and Hsien Ko next.

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21 Capcom Classics Are Now Free in Your Browser for a Limited Time

All 21 Classic Games are playable for a limited time 🎮

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Metacritic's 2026 Game Publisher Rankings

Jason Dietz: "We reveal the past year's best and worst video game publishers (based on their 2025 releases) in the 16th edition of our annual Game Publisher Rankings."

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Christopher58d ago

Take note, Sony, you're falling behind by a lot.

-Foxtrot58d ago (Edited 58d ago )

I was just going to say this, their biggest and top rated game here is TLOU2 for PC….it’s embarrassing.

Even Ubisoft and EA are ahead

Kind of surprised Nintendo is pretty low aswell, their biggest game is also a rerelease with the Switch 2 version of TotK.

StoneColdCrazy57d ago

That’s what happens when you start shutting down your own studios and forget what actually made you matter in the industry in the first place. Sony used to set the standard — now it feels like they’ve lost that identity. And if they decide to walk away from the PC market too, that’s going to be another huge mistake — that platform is only growing, and ignoring it now would just put them even further behind.

1Victor57d ago

@christopher:” Take note, Sony, you're falling behind by a lot.”
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Why single out Sony? Microsoft didn’t do any better than the year before 5th same as Sony 9th and they have acquired activision and other mayor titles that have boosted their score massively from a 9th and Sony a 4th the year before the acquisitions.
Sony does need to do better without a doubt and I do hope they do take note but not the note of buying publishers is the way to succeed.

Christopher57d ago

1. Microsoft didn't get worse.
2. Sony got way worse.
3. Because Sony needs the criticism the most considering their publishing output this generation has been propped up by last gen ports and third-party developers for the most part.

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thesoftware73057d ago

1Victor,

I don't wanna speak for Christopher, but like most of us we recognize that Sony's output this Gen has been way below their own standards.

Also Sony did buy a fair amount of Devs, I know you will say they were not publishers, and don't compare in size, but they had their fair share of Aquisitions, including the very well established Bungie.

The overall point is with their stellar first party track record of the past, they should not be going down, they are singled out because they are some of the best videogame devs/publisher on the planet...no matter what reasons we attribute to the situation, they are moving in the wrong direction... period.

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KyRo57d ago

Its widely accept that Sony this generation has been underwhelming. We've had more peripheral releases, controller variants, PS5 accessories than games it feels like. The exclusives were also PS4 and what little output they have put exclusively on PS5 is nowhere near as memorable as what came in every generation before that.

This isn't a Sony hate post but anyone who's older and has been around for a long time gaming will agree that PS5 is by far Sony's worst generation. As much as Xbox is in the gutter, I pray the do bounce back in the hope we get Sony to wake up again.

darthv7256d ago (Edited 56d ago )

If you want to critique MS... you are doing so towards their management. The games output and their hardware have been much better than PS this gen. Sadly... people still hold a grudge against XB because of MS. Thankfully i am not that petty... I've been enjoying their games output in the drought of PS. And add in some NS1/2 games as well to balance things out. Things will change for me once Wolverine hits, and I start using my 5 more. That one I'm looking forward to. And the Marvel fighter... I'm not a GTA player so that has no bearing on my view of things.

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Profchaos57d ago

Big part of that has been the live service push resulting in cancellation or flop after flop but when they put out the games their fans want we get amazing stuff like astro bot

Leadership really screwed the pooch trend chasing

1Victor57d ago (Edited 57d ago )

https://www.metacritic.com/...

https://www.metacritic.com/...
Well I apologize I was wrong about not doing worse but my statement of Microsoft getting a boost still stand 🤷🏿

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1Victor57d ago

Well OBSCURED unlike you I’m honorable enough to recognize when I’m wrong and apologize.
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@ The software you know there’s no comparison between what Microsoft acquired and what Sony acquired that’s why you tried to get ahead of the conversation, yes we all know Sony can do better than what they have done this gen but they inhaled the poison GAS they thought would bring money for years but we make sure they got the message and quite a few games got cancelled you know as well a hit like that take years to be corrected and by now they hopefully will have taken steps away from the GAS and slowed their approach to them.

bsingle4057d ago

You will say anything when you are in denial that your hardware is dead and nobody wants your platform. Good luck with Helix because nobody will buy it.

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SimulationDaily58d ago

But... but... the garbage-mongers always tell us that Square Enix is in trouble! 😂

Christopher58d ago

Square doesn't help that it fear mongers itself with ridiculous 'goals' that they can't reach and then they proclaim failure if they don't reach it. They're quite freaking profitable and people act like they're dying.

SimulationDaily58d ago (Edited 58d ago )

Keep in mind that these "proclamations" are usually third-hand bad translations from somedude who was at the investor conference, posted on Twitter, and picked up by press and youtubers like they were gold, and then when the official translation comes out, they're much softer statements, but at that point, the damage is done.

gold_drake57d ago

to be very fair

being number one on these things does not indicate how "well" their games do selling wise.

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Capcom Insists It Won't Use AI-Generated Assets in Its Games, Will Harness Tech during Development

Capcom has clarified its current stance on generative AI in its videogames. The major Japanese publisher and developer behind popular series like Resident Evil, Street Fighter, and Monster Hunter has revealed that while it doesn't use gen-AI assets in their games, it is exploring ways to use generative AI to streamline the game development process.

Chocoburger58d ago

Using Artificial Intelligence (more like Realistic Stupidity) art assets in your games is a great way to get people to boycott your product. We don't need that ugly, unsophisticated, generic, fake art in our games, good on CAPCOM for not using that garbage.

blacktiger58d ago

Naw you can't fool us, You work with Nvidia, that's a fact! And here you wanted to advertise but now look stupid!