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The Japanese presentation should begin in a half hour. It looks like it’s a bit longer than normal, clocking in at 53 minutes. Another 11 minutes will showcase bonus content.

We’ll have coverage throughout and after the event, as well as updates from the North America/European presentations.

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THQ’s latest departure is Teri Manby, who has resigned from the company. Manby was vice president, corporate controller, and chief accounting. Come July 6, she’ll be gone from THQ.

The moved prompted THQ to promote Rose Cunningham to Vice President, Corporate Controller of the Company. CFO Paul Pucino will become the Chief Accounting Officer.

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Platinum Games released a behind-the-scenes video last week giving fans a bit of insight as to how it approaches game development and more. The issue was that it was only available in Japanese – until now.

English subtitles can now be seen in the video above. Just click the “CC” button and you should be good to go!

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Capcom isn’t holding onto all of its Mega Man 25th anniversary plans until December. Today the company announced the “Rockcan”, a special item being made for the commemoration.

The Rockcan is a 10-disc soundtrack item packed inside an E-Tank tin. Capcom will be adding in a full color booklet as well.

Mega Man 1-6 features the Famicom and PlayStation tracks, all of which have been remastered using the original sound sources. Mega Man 8 makes use of the PlayStation version while Mega Man 9/10 pull music from the Xbox Live Arcade releases.

Japanese consumers can purchase Rockcan from the e-Capcom shop on September 19 for 14,700 yen.

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Three Nintendo Directs in the same month?! That’s right, Nintendo of Japan isn’t the only one hosting a live-stream tomorrow if this tweet by Satoru Shibata, president of Nintendo of Europe is anything to go by.

The presentation will be streaming on Nintendo’s website an hour after Iwata’s Japanese one. Though the focus will be on the Nintendo 3DS, it wouldn’t surprise me if a few upcoming Wii games like Project Zero: Wii Edition are mentioned.

Nintendo of America, care to bring the number of presentations to four?

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Two Nintendo Directs in the same month?! Indeed, it’s happening, in Japan at least!

Unlike the last, “special” broadcast, the latest event will focus only on 3DS and Wii information. Sorry, no Wii U updates for you!

A live-stream will be available at 11:00 PM EDT / 8:00 PM PDT tomorrow. We’ll post a live-stream on the site once its ready to go.

You can follow the Japanese Nintendo Direct page here.

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Fatal Frame/Project Zero has found itself a new home on Nintendo systems as of late. Actually, the series has only appeared on Wii for the past several years.

Fatal Frame IV hit Japanese Wiis in 2008. A remake of Fatal Frame 2 will be arriving in Japan and Europe next week.

Given the platform choice for Fatal Frame’s most recent recent entries, it comes as no surprise that Nintendo is now rumored to be the co-owner of the IP. Developer Tecmo Koei also has a stake in the franchise.

This rumor is based on an apparent copyright update discovery which additionally shows that the company has the full rights to Spirit Camera: The Cursed Memoir, a 3DS spinoff of the Fatal Frame series. Nintendo nor Tecmo Koei has officially confirmed the IP’s status.

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Capcom has already started to go big on Street Fighter’s 25th anniversary with a Collector’s Set, celebratory website, and other promotions.

However, it has practically forgotten about another important IP that will be hitting the same milestone. Along with Street Fighter, Mega Man will be turning 25 this year.

Fans will be delighted to hear that Capcom still has plans for the Blue Bomber’s 25th anniversary. The thing is, there probably won’t be any news until December,

Community manager Brett Elston and Seth Killian commented on the anniversary during an “Ask Capcom” Q&A event, noting:

“I feel like December’s a good time. It also gives us time to focus on Street Fighter’s 25th anniversary which is in August.

“But yeah, we’ll most likely have something to say about the anniversary in December. But as to what it is, we’re still discussing that. We had a meeting not long ago… very much happening inside those walls.”

Seth Killian also joked, “Yeah that’s right; stay out of our anniversary, Mega Man weirdos!”

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Nintendo of Europe today announced that David Yarnton will be leaving the company.

While that name may not ring a bell for everyone, Yarnton has been working with Nintendo for nearly twenty years. He’s held positions at the UK and Australian offices.

Yarton most recently held the General Manager of Nintendo UK position.

Nintendo of Europe’s president, Satoru Shibata, and the UK senior management team “will be actively involved in the running of the UK office until a replacement is announced”.

The company prepared the following statement concerning Yarton’s departure:

“Nintendo of Europe announces with regret that David Yarnton has decided to pursue opportunities for a change of career outside Nintendo and therefore will shortly be leaving the company. David has had a distinguished career of almost 20 years at Nintendo, first as Sales Director of Nintendo Australia and then, since 2003, as General Manager of Nintendo UK. Nintendo wishes him every success in his choice of new career. Mr Shibata, European President of Nintendo, will be working alongside the UK’s senior management team and will be actively involved in the running of the UK office until a replacement is announced.”

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Seth Killian has become one of Capcom’s most-recognizable employees at the company’s US branch over the past few years due to his involvement with the community. He’s answered lots of questions on the official forums, participated in fan events, and more.

Today is both a happy and sad day for Killian. He announced that he’ll be leaving Capcom this Friday, but will move on to “a new path which will let me embrace a new dream”.

Killian delivered a final, lengthy goodbye to those who have been a part of his career at Capcom. It’s posted below.

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