INTERNATIONAL SENSATION MONSTER HUNTER FREEDOM UNITE IS UNLEASHED

Capcom Brings Its Biggest Selling PSP® System Game to North American Gamers Beginning Today

San Mateo, Calif. — June 23, 2009 — Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, announced today that Monster Hunter Freedom Unite™ has shipped to North American retailers only on the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system. The game has sold over 3.4 million copies in Japan, making it one of the fastest-selling and most successful games on the PSP system. To date, the Monster Hunter™ series has sold over 8.5 million units worldwide, making it one of the biggest PSP brands of all time. Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is rated T for Teen by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) and will be available for a suggested retail price of $29.99.

With 500 hours of gameplay and previously unreleased monsters, weapons and missions, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is set to be the biggest game of the series so far. Players can experience this social gaming phenomenon by adventuring with up to three friends for thrilling multiplayer hunting parties utilizing the PSP system’s wireless Ad Hoc network. Throughout the strategic gameplay experience, players are rewarded for their combat maneuvers and tactics, encouraging players to seek out more experienced Monster Hunters to team up with in order to benefit from their experience. North American fans will be able to experience the incredible adventure with more than 2000 armor sets, 1400 weapons and over 400 missions to choose from.

New to Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is the fully customizable A.I. “felyne” companion for single player hunts. This helpful assistant will accompany players on quests and gather extra resources used for sharing and trading with other players. Also added is the improved “Media Install Option” which gives players the ability to save portions of the game from UMD to Memory Stick, resulting in much faster load times as well as improved PSP system battery life. Fans of the series will be pleased to hear that they can transfer their character and data from Monster Hunter™ Freedom 2 over to Monster Hunter Freedom Unite.

MONSTER HUNTER FREEDOM UNITE COMES TO NORTH AMERICA

TOKYO, Japan and SAN MATEO, Calif. — Oct. 9, 2008  Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today confirmed that Japanese multi-platinum selling Monster Hunter Portable 2G will be coming to North American gamers as Monster Hunter Freedom Unite. Since its release in Japan earlier this year, the game has sold over 2.4 million copies, making it one of the most successful games on the PSP® (PlayStation®Portable) system. To date the Monster Hunter series has sold over 7.8 million units worldwide. This phenomenon will be made available to North American gamers in the spring of 2009.

The epic Monster Hunter action/role-playing game series is the leading PSP system franchise in Japan, and has quickly become the fastest-selling third party portable game on the platform. Monster Hunters can prepare for incredible adventures with more than 2000 armor sets, 1500 weapons and 475 missions to choose from.

With 500 hours of gameplay and previously unreleased monsters, weapons and missions, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is set to be the biggest game of the series so far. Players can experience the social gaming phenomenon that’s gripping Japan, by adventuring with up to three friends for thrilling multiplayer hunting parties. Throughout the strategic gameplay experience, players are rewarded for their combat maneuvers and tactics, encouraging players to seek out more experienced Monster Hunters and team up with in order to benefit from their experience.

New to Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is the fully customizable AI “felyne” companion who will accompany players on quests and gather extra resources and can be shared and traded with other players. Also new to Monster Hunter Freedom Unite is the improved “Media Install Option,” which gives players the ability to save portions of the game from UMD to Memory Stick, resulting in much faster load times as well as improved PSP system battery life. Fans of the series will be pleased to hear that they can transfer their character and data from Monster Hunter Freedom 2 over to the new game.

For more information on Monster Hunter Freedom Unite and other Capcom titles, check out Capcom’s official site at www.capcom.com