CES 2009: Hot and Cold at Capcom
It's not every day that you get to play a videogame on the side of a building. It was that enticing prospect that drove Ricardo and me to head to the sixth floor roof of Planet Hollywood on Friday night to attend Capcom's CES 2009 games event. While industry and press were in attendance,...
It's not every day that you get to play a videogame on the side of a building. It was that enticing prospect that drove Ricardo and me to head to the sixth floor roof of Planet Hollywood on Friday night to attend Capcom's CES 2009 games event. While industry and press were in attendance, this was a community event, with hardcore fans of Resident Evil and Street Fighter in attendance to play the latest versions of their favorite series, as well as a handful of other Capcom titles.
The highlight of the evening was a massive projection setup that allowed two games of Resident Evil 5 to be literally played on the side of the Planet Hollywood hotel. I got a chance to check out the new level being shown off at the show, playing Sheva in a co-op match and staring up ten stories above me as I blasted T-virus victims and blew gas tankers to Kingdom Come. To be sure, even the biggest TVs on display at CES had nothing on this.
The only problem? The bone-chilling cold. Las Vegas may be known for its desert heat in the summer but, in the winter, it can get chilly and windy as hell. Combine those two and you've got conditions that made even die-hard Resident Evil fans looking to head indoors.
GameSpot's Ricardo Torres and Capcom's Seth Killian doing their best to stay warm, while RE5 plays several stories up in the background.
After an hour of braving the cold, the party moved indoors and down one floor to the London nightclub. With a full spread of food for Capcom community folks to enjoy, a DJ pumping tunes all night, and game stations running everything from Bionic Commando to Street Fighter IV, it was a great night for Capcom fans.
Capcom community members check out Street Fighter IV and the new SFIV arcade controllers.
@rav44 you forgot Russia
For real, I'd so be there if I could, man Capcom out does everyone!
i dont think it would look so good every time you play it.........
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cant wait. Demo needed!
Awesome.
I wished be there &
helbrec is right. Fun to see RE5 running on windows.
They probably should have tried standing under one of those heat lamps behind them.
thats gr8
Wow, I would have loved to have been there, not for the freezing cold game test but for the Bionic Commando and Street Fighter IV game stations, I really wanna try that game!
Playing RE5 like that is a sweet idea, be fun just to see.
how could you find it cold... it is minus 60 with the wind in Saskatoon. SK. CAN. anyway how big is the controller, how many buttons, and does the joystick click????
HAHAHAHAHAH!!!! All they need is a blanket???? Dude in North Dakota it gets to negative 30, 40 degrees on the winter, I've been to las vegas in the winter and its warm compared to ND!!! I'd be nude tanning in that weather! grow some...haha
Its times like these I become jealous of games journalists... Resident Evil 5 on a building in Vegas... I ask you...
i can't wait to play these games on my 360
awesome..
The weather reports in Vegas this week are all sunny with highs in the 60's and lows in the 40's, sack up.
Maybe if those guys didn't wear their dresses, then the wind wouldn't blow up their skirts and make their vaginas cold.
I want street fighter IV ;\
"Cold"... rofl. You people don't know the meaning of the word.
I can imagine an american using a projector to play this game on the side of the white house. :P
zombie.
So they actually played the game on windows there? Hmmm...
CAPCOM!!!!
Braving the cold?? Live in the Northeast! ;)
This is why I love living in Vegas. Well, not necessarily the winter weather, which sucks at night. But conventions like CES, SEMA, and AVN (hell yeah porn convention) rock. And where else in the world can you play RE5 on a hotel on the strip? Nowhere. Summers suck here though, it's like 120 degrees.
REALLY NEED THIS GAME NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!!!!
Sounds cool but can't even see the image of the gameplay.
Is they playing xbox... Cuz its looks very... diferent
I see.its so cold but if you play re5...
whowawea
Those people inside that house are experiencing some creepy horror - infected zombies everywhere
@rav44 So us Coloradians are woosies?
Omg how cool would it be to play any game on the side of a building nevermind the fantastic looking re5
well that's a pretty good sign that RE5 is gonna be awesome. if it has fans willing to freeze there asses off just so they can keep playing RE5 means allot.
well that's a pretty good sign RE5 is gonna be awesome. if it has fans willing to freeze there asses off just so they can keep playing RE5 means allot.
They must be from texas. As soon as it dips below 70 here everyone breaks out the sweatshirts.
They must be from texas. As soon as it dips below 70 here everyone breaks out the sweatshirts.
Wow , i prefer to play RE5 in my cosy home and on my HDTV.
wow! In all that cold! That's got to be hard core!
Great game... dumbest idea ever...
Wow, I wish I was there with them. 8)
It almost hurts how much I want this game. Long live RE and Capcom. Don't let Wesker die in this game so we can have RE6!
I wish I could play RE5 on the side of a building...
Oh my god, a little bit of cold never hurt anyone. I live in Northeast Ohio!!! The snow outside right now is 14 inches high, enough to go to your high shin! It's negative 3 degrees outside, and there is ice covering windows, topping the snow, and on the un-plowed streets. On top of that, I had to shovel my own 30 foot driveway today, and the 77 year-old neighbor's driveway! AND WE STILL HAVE SCHOOL TOMORROW!
So capcom.....when is the next Lost planet coming out, when is colonies coming to ps3, when is dead rising 2 coming out and is their any plans for a Devil may cry 5? just wanna know.
I used to work at Planet Hollywood. Take my advice and don't ever ever ever eat the food.
Windows hehe :)
These events must cost a lot. I wonder if it is really worth it.
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