In an effort to modernize, Capcom has been taking great strides over the past few years to involve themselves with the ever-growing PC gaming market. Several announcements made today by the Japanese giant on their website provide testimony to their efforts.
First on Capcom’s list: Street Fighter V’s third beta testing period launches tomorrow for both PC and PlayStation 4. The beta will be live from December 18, 12:01 AM PST, to December 20, 10:00 PM PST, and will feature the following characters: Ryu, Birdie, Cammy, Necalli, Nash, and Laura, with Dhalsim and Zangief to be released later during the beta period.
Capcom teased additional characters in the above blog post by stating that “there might be a few more character surprises along the way!” Though unlikely, it is possible that SFV’s latest reveal, F.A.N.G., might make an appearance in the beta.
Ranked matches, casual matches, training mode, and leaderboards will be available during the beta.
A projected schedule for the beta can be found below:
12/18 00:01 PT (12/18 08:01 GMT) – SFV 3rd beta starts for PS4 and PC users
12/18 08:00 PT (12/18 16:00 GMT) – Servers down for 10 hour maintenance
12/18 18:00 PT (12/19 02:00 GMT) – Servers back online, play resumes
12/19 18:00 PT (12/20 02:00 GMT) – Servers down for 10 hour maintenance
12/20 04:00 PT (12/20 12:00 GMT) – Servers back online, play resumes
12/20 22:00 PT (12/21 06:00 GMT) – SFV 3rd beta concludes
Those interested in entering the Street Fighter V PC beta can do so by pre-ordering the game on Steam here.
Secondly, Capcom posted the minimum and recommended system specifications for the upcoming PC release of Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen on their blog. To the delight of fans, Capcom proudly announced that the game will be running at 4K resolution and at a silky smooth 60 frames per second.
Minimum Specs:
OS: Windows Vista or newer
Processor: Intel Core i5-660 CPU or equivalent
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Graphics: Radeon HD 5870 or equivalent
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 22 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX-compatible sound card or onboard audio chip
Additional Notes: 1) Supports Keboard + Mouse and XInput / DirectInput devices including Xbox 360, Xbox One, DualShock and Steam Controller. 2) Some high end integrated graphics chips and modern gaming laptops with a discrete GPU may work but have not been tested, nor are they officially supported by Capcom.Recommended Specs:
OS: Windows Vista or newer
Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K or equivalent
Memory: 8 GB RAM
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760 or equivalent
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 22 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX-compatible sound card or onboard audio chip
Additional Notes: 1) Supports Keboard + Mouse and XInput / DirectInput devices including Xbox 360, Xbox One, DualShock and Steam Controller. 2) Some high end integrated graphics chips and modern gaming laptops with a discrete GPU may work but have not been tested, nor are they officially supported by Capcom.
You can check out some gameplay of Dragon’s Dogma, featuring the PC port’s glorious 60fps, in the video below:
Pre-ordering Dragon’s Dogma on Steam will net you a digital artbook and a digital soundtrack for no additional cost. Among other features, the PC port will include all of the game’s DLC, achievements, controller support, and re-mappable keybinds for keyboard players.
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen’s PC port will release on January 15, 2016.
Finally, Capcom has announced that they have partnered with Valve to support Street Fighter V on Valve’s Linux-based Steam OS. Tomorrow’s SFV beta will support Steam controllers, as will Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen. All things considered, it will be interesting to see how Street Fighter‘s traditional move inputs, like quarter-circle fireball motions and zig-zag dragon punch motions, will play out on the Steam controller’s ‘tactile’ interface.
Peter “Combofiend” Rosas states in the above blog post that Capcom will be releasing more details on this partnership in the days to come. Whether or not this announcement is an indication of other Capcom titles making their way to Steam OS has yet to be confirmed, though it’s a very likely possibility, and is sure to leave Capcom fans eager for more news.