Rumor: Darkstalkers 4 in the works, will use Street Fighter X Tekken's engine

Hope this turns out to be true.

WE IN THEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Don't know whether to be hyped or afraid as hell. (At least Niitsuma didn't get his hands on it)

wow... let this happen please

I'll pass on this one. VS has never been relevant to my interests. Best of luck to the dev team and I hope all of the fans get what they desire.

I can see them modding SFxT's engine for Darkstalkers, I just hope they capture the graphical cartoony stretch qualities that made Darkstalkers really pop.

@5 You are way too composed, you need more ALL CAPS and !!!!'s and mispellins.

we can only hope this holds up!

they better make the game look good, jedah pumpin blood into ppl in HD

Hopefully after they done this they'll make a new rival schools

Demetri better be in it this time. No excuses this time Capcom. I remember what they said about him being in MvC3.

"We just can't put Demetri in the game because he has too many frames and takes up too much space. Same with Human Torch"

If that was the case, how did Dark Phoenix make it in?

BB Hood is comin back :D

@6
LIK DIS
AH EM GEE DARKSTALKURRRR LES GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111111111ELEVEN!!!1112243454!!

I think capcom will be closely looking at the sales for street fighter x tekken before making any announcement for this game.

Bring it on Capcom.

I've been feverishly anticipating this happening for awhile, I hope they can do the franchise justice and beyond. It will be very interesting to see how they tackle all of the character animations, the general pace of the game, and any new mechanics that will inevitably be introduced into the works.

I look forward to playing as Demitri, Lord Raptor, Donovan, Hsien-Ko (DONE RIGHT THIS TIME), and Q-Bee in 3D, or whatever they're going for.

I'd really like this game to do well, but I don't have high hopes. Back when the online petition was going around people were already setting unrealistic expectations (It better be with 2D sprites! Ono better not touch it! I hope they don't make it casual!). Its style is also not very appealing outside of Japan. The fans already hate it and it's gonna be very hard to pick up any new audiences. If Darkstalkers isn't dead now, it will be after this.

Cool,

Time to saturate the market while u can i guess.

Darkstalkers 4 = YESSSSSSSSSSSS

Using SFxT engine = NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

holy crap!!! is it christmas? please PLEASE DONT FU@K with us wait.......................................................... i'm scared for DLC =(

You don't know how happy this article made me right now...

SF X Tekken engine, meaning the new Darkstalkers might get released on PC too.

SFxT engine.... I really hope the characters don't have big ass feet and hands

So sick.

why Street Fighter X Tekken's engine?

#17

The SFxTekken engine is awesome

Great news. Nostalgic game for me. Demetri! :)

@24

I have no complains about the engine in general. I just believe that it won't fix Darkstalkers.

I really hoped Capcom would stick to doing 2D sprites. It would fit the game 100% more than what SFxT's engine can do.

XD

Hmmm...

Hopefully the characters won't be as goofy looking as the SF4 characters...

@17
my thoughts exactly

@24
I personally really dislike the look of the sf4/xt engine. everyone looks like giant masses of muscle as opposed to actual people, and the XT engine has that awful unreal engine "everyone just got hugged by hakan" effect

still excited by this news though

I just hope it won't be as ugly as Super Steroid Fighter 4.

@MasterBP: "I personally really dislike the look of the sf4/xt engine. everyone looks like giant masses of muscle as opposed to actual people, and the XT engine has that awful unreal engine "everyone just got hugged by hakan" effect"

Those are art direction complaints. These factors are not determined by the game engine.

In other words, it could look very different.

I hope this is true.

(Gi gi gee!)

I know this sounds silly, but I'd be perfect for this game.

I hope Darkstalkers will be released for PC as the same time as console or within 2 weeks, cuz it sucks that SFxTekken PC is only released 2 months after consoles. SFxTekken is the last delayed release I'll accept.

Here comes the part where the ggpo Vampire Savior players, all 20 of them crawl out of the woodwork and talk about everyone being fake fans of the series.

Anyway I hope this turns out to be true. Seeing the Darkstalkers all with 3D models will be pretty sweet. And yes I'm so happy Ono will be handling this and not Nitusma.

Why not use the MvC3 engine instead? They already have 3 Darkstalker models ready to go.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!

My only complain is the fact that it's gonna use the SFxT engine, which probably means is not gonna be a next gen game. On the bright side, that also means we wont have to wait as long for it. :D

I just hope they use a good art style for the characters, because that's one of the key features of the franchise. The SF4 art style wouldn't fit in a Darkstalkers game at all.

if this is true..plz add ruby heart. Also hoping to hear some more of this at that capcom captivate event.

Morrigan in the thumbnail has a nip slip.

The only studio capable of making a game deserving the title of Vampire Savior is Reverge Labs. Capcom will make another SFIV clone in horrible 3d.

The mvc3 team did a much better job with the character models than the sf4 and sfxtk team. Either way I am excited by this 'news'

Sweet been waiting a long time for this... Capcom can saturate the crap out of the genre for all I care heck there are 50 billion FPS games and as a fan the more the merrier and the only time I ever regretted buying a fighting game was when I bought Capcom fighting evolution god that game was uuuhhhhh.

@21& 25. The same engine does not mean it's the same artstyle.

Just because they are using the same engine doesn't mean they are going to look the exact same. Look at MvC3. They used the same engine RE5 used but looks nothing alike. Using the same engine=Using the same structure to get the game going and moving, not how the game is going to look. And who ever asked for ruby heart in a DARK STALKERS game is silly

Personally I would like them to use a modified version of (U)MvC3's engine. Characters overall look better on the engine & there's already 3 Darkstalkers made on the engine.

dem titties

Whats so different from Sf and SF x Tk engine?

Shet I dont care, hopefully the game is worth buying and they add a couple of characters to the game. MAYBE EVEN SOME SCRAP CHARACTERS THEY WERE GOING TO USE IN SF4 AND JUST PUT THEM IN THIS GAME!!!

SEPTEMBER AND FORWARD MAY JUST BE CAPCOM WORKING ON DARKSTALKERS, EVENTHUBS GETS NO SLEEP!!!

maybe this is the end (for a while) of street fighter and marvel vs.
SF2 hd remix
sf4
ssf4
ssf4ae
mvc3
umvc3
sf3 strike
mvc2
sf x tk

Maybe, the summer/fall is all about TK vs SF and Darkstalkers as the only new info from new games

@47. From interviews, they red-did the netcode from the groud-up for one. Perhaps they optimized it more since they have four characters per match now.

Booooooo! I don't believe it. Lies! All Lies!

the thing im worried about is that ono doesnt really strike me as the person that would create something dark. i want dark stalkers to have a creepy yet cool dark vibe. ono is known to make stuff that doesnt make sense into a game. i mean morriagin is known to sleep with men before she takes their lives. i want that dark setting that is darkstalkers

Hope this is true, dying for a new Dark Stalkers ever since SF came back in 08. Imagine how sick this game can look with the SF X Tekken engine. Maybe in April we find out more.

@50

I'd like a darker fighting game too, but MvC3 who wasn't made by ono gave morrigan a cute look, so i think darkstalkers would look more goofy than dark.

Remember what happened to Megaman Legends 3?

That could happen to Darkstalkers at any given time, so if you want to see A new DS become a reality, I SUGGEST people hound the hell out of Capcom on a daily basis.

Today is a great day!

They'll release it with half or a quarter of the character roster missing and then sell it back to you like what they're doing with SFxT.

Capcom is a disgusting company.

I really hope Jedah and John Talbain makes it in. @55&56, you really should just be thankful that a darkstalkers 4 is possibly happening. Complaining about a game before it exists. Sigh.

would've prefer mvc engine,

at leas the girls' faces aren't pumped up like a basketball

J.talbain,lord raptor,Morgan and demitri! My fav characters in that game. Hope this ends up true

Yea!!!!!!!!!!!

Morrigan, Talbain and Dimitri is all I need. Don't care who else makes the roster.

I don't want Ono anywhere near Darkstalkers.

It will be interesting to see how Capcom f**ks this one up.
Good game before start Capcom.

@50

Have you played Darkstalkers? It's never been a dark and creepy game. It's always been goofy and over the top, just look at the character roster for examples. Ono is the perfect fit for a game like this because he is goofy and over the top. If you don't like that style then you've never liked Darkstalkers to begin with.

If one more kid confuses the ART STYLE for the GAME ENGINE I'm going to shoot myself in the head.

I'd rather have a new Rival Schools, Street Fighter EX, or *gasp* a new IP.

SFxT engine is cool and all, but come on, why use the same one for a completely different game? show some variety Capcom. smh. do something like how SNK is doing with the new KoF games. hand drawn 2d models over bulky buff 3d models.

^i prefer 2d over 3d models i mean

also rumored: Easy inputs, X-Factor, Gems, Pandora and more of your favorite comeback scrub mechanics! new characters that blow and replaces fan favorites, dlc already on the disc that will be hacked first day, and of course NO MEGAMAN

I hope it's true!
I just hope to God that they don't use the same ugly ass model style from SF4. I personally preferred MvC3 models over SF4 models.
They were too beefy and their mouths were HUGE.
Chun-li looked way too manly, IMO.
Still excited for this to be true! :D

@62 ono is the reason you can *have a darkstalker at all, like it or not

Capcom please keep this a true Darkstalkers game. I was excited for Hsien-Ko in MvC3....but she can't cancel pendulum? This is a true Darkstalkers now please let it be Bat (pun intended) Sh*t Crazy! And for God/Devil's sake let Hsien-Ko cancel the pendulum again!

I hope they don't release this until next gen. Releasing it now with all of these fighters, especially SFxT, would instantly kill the game.

By modified, I hope that means 'Not Teams'.

Guys its Ono, hes trolled Megaman, and locked the 12 Vita characters, on the discs of the console version.

Watch he is trying to take back his back the Troll of the Year Award from Nitsuma.

If it is real i just might wait for VAMPIRE DarkStalkers 4, or MEGA Darkstalkers 4: Vampire Edition! Trolololol

I can see it now! ^^

Ono is not the art director so the actual art style is not his call.

After announcing SFxT too early last year, I don't expect any announcement for Darkstalkers until the end of the year.

Malda are you serious? I guess you like your girls to have gigantic men hands and feet with bulky arms and legs with plumpy faces? Seriously, I wish there was a way block retarded post in the comment section...

I've already predicted who the guess characters will be (assuming that they do that) Firebrand, Nemesis and possibly Asura though he would be OP!!!!!!

Hope they don't release this anytime within the next 2Years, we already have enough fighting games out.. Let them die out first so it'll be reason to be excited for another fighter, as of now I don't care if this is true or not.

oh god I hope it's true! I hope the art style is similiar to SF4 and not as boring and generic as mahvels.

@ uguumachine WHAT? Im sick of SFIV graphics they look retarded since day one. Only a few characters look good on that engine, the rest looks like they have down syndrome. On Marvel most of the characters looks awesome: Dante looks like Dante, Chun-Li looks way better than her SFIV counterpart, Hsien-Ko Looks like the Hsien-Ko from the Darkstalkers series ect...

The difference is that on SFIV they had facial animation, on Marvel they don't. So maybe thats why it looked generic, but the overall model Marvel's are better than SFIV.

a "modified version" of sfxt engine doesnt mean its gonna look like sfxt. It cud look completely diff. I have faithin capcom to do wats right

yeah would be amazing to see this revived but i dont want a team based game so of course thats gotta go and use the ssf4 engine if ur gunna not make a new one for the game atleast itcould stand true to the series and bring back the old character flash and plz dont make it cutesie and plz if andything make it like mvc if ur gunna ruin it and use the sfxt engine

is this a party game too? dont recycle the engine

YES!!!!!! rather have them do this then a SF5. LOL art style and engine not the same thing so cool your heads people. In any case this is good news and i don't care if this might be rehash of SF. in this day and age with a crapload of similar shooters I'm glad this might be in the works

Like I said, I wish there was a retarded filter in the comments section

RIP 2D sprites ;_;

considering that it seems all the DLC content for SFxT has been completed already, it makes sense for the team to be working on a new title.

damn people are crying already geez people you guys should be happy that they are even making it I mean it could end up like legends 3 and we know what how crazy that got just chill and wait till we see gameplay or whenever we get our hands on it,I have sfxt and its the best fighter capcom's made since cvs2 easily

#65
Man F@ck you. i know everything about darkstalkers. you dont know CHIT about it. almost every character has a dark past. BB hood is tragic. my boy lord raptor is tragic yet awesome. he was a rockstar that went crazy and commited a great sin. Jon is cursed to stay a werewolf for ever.
and if you dont think this is dark

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt8672...
or this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lBx1Q...
and you dont think darkstalkers has a dark vibe your a loser. you think just because they got a few crazy moves its goofy. did you even read any of the comic? i bet you didnt because their really really Dark. so shut F@ck up

sorry wrong video in the second post
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzJZO-...

Lol @ everyone ripping on SF4/SFxT's art style. They look awesome IMO. Much more stylistic than the skinny plastic like models of MvsC3.

Btw. Darkstalkers/Vampire Savior ALWAYS shared the SAME art style as the Alpha series. And they were all muscle bound maniacs too!

Victor, Sasquatch, Dimitri! Even the Mummy looked like he was on Roids!

The SFxT engine would be a PERFECT fit for this "over the top" cartoon monster game!

Another big effing looooool a ppl who want Darkstalkers to suddenly look all "realistic".

Gtfo.

A sprite based game is what is perfect for this franchise, not a 3d engine.

Seriously?
I think the characters in sf4 and sfxt are just weird
some of them have eye problem
some of them have really terrible legs
some of them don't have necks

Game engine DOES NOT MEAN ART STYLE.

#92 maxs2d2ace dude you can make your point without getting nerd rage. seriously it sounds like youre throwing a fit over there

@67

I would imagine the main reason to use the SFxT engine is purely a cost cutting measure, as its pretty obvious that a new Darkstalkers title wouldnt carry the same budget behind it as a new SF title. And that was probably a strong part of the pitch if this rumour is true.

For all the people freaking about the art style, both Mirrors Edge and Gears of War were both made in the same engine, Darkstalkers could look COMPLETELY different to SFxT.

A lot of people don't seem to realise that engine does not equal artstyle at all... I agree that the SFIV/SFxT art style is ass ugly (though I've gotten so used to it it doesn't bother me anymore), but just because it's using the same engine doesn't necessarily mean it has to use the same art style... if it does then that sucks cause I really don't feel like it would be a good fit for some of the Dark Stalkers characters (imagine what Lilith would look like...), but gameplay wise it looks like it would be a good fit (provided they speed up gameplay a bit) so I'm not gonna write it off just yet.