Capcom Wants to Bring Back Classic IPs

After the recent announcement of Okami and Onimusha from Capcom, the publisher stated that they want to bring back their other classic and dormant IPs to life.

Classics Will Return from Capcom

Capcom recently announced the revivals of two dormant IPs at The Game Awards 2024 earlier this month. One of these was a new trailer for Onimusha Way of the Sword, a brand new title in Capcom’s classic Onimusha series, a dark fantasy game that takes place in the Kyoto period, which is set to release in 2026. The other game is an Okami sequel, with Hideki Kamiya once again at the helm, though a release date hasn’t been set yet for it.

In a post following these announcements at TGA 2024, Capcom revealed its plans to continue reviving its dormant IPs. It says that, in addition to regularly releasing new major titles annually, Capcom will focus on “re-activating” dormant IPs that haven’t had a new title launch recently. This includes working to further enhance the company’s corporate value by leveraging the publisher’s rich library of content, reviving past Capcom IPs in the same style as the aforementioned Okami and Onimusha sequels.

There are few series that fans want to return. First one is Dino Crisis, a survival horror game based around dinosaurs in a similar style to Capcom’s own Resident Evil. The second one is Mega Man, a classic platformer/shooter franchise. Darkstalkers, Breath of Fire, and the Vs. Capcom series were also few dormant series’ published by Capcom.

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