Despite its immense popularity, especially in Japan, Monster Hunter 3 has one nasty little deal breaker that could jeopardize its success. If you wanted online play in Japan, you'd have to cough up and pay for monthly subscription fees to pay for servers. Luckily, Capcom now sees that that might not be such a good idea, and is now looking for alternatives to get rid of those fees.

Frank West may not know any fancy-shmancy Hadoukens or have bionic body parts, but apparently being caught in the middle of a zombie apocalypse has left him with a few moves up his sleeve. Watch the Dead Rising protagonist hit people with baseball bats and summon zombies in the video after the jump.

We know that when he's got good things to say, he'll say it. He was very vocal about his respect for Bungie. But when what he sees is not up to par, we now know he can be quite harsh about it. Keiji Inafune, father of Mega Man and Capcom's head of R&D, was less than impressed with what he saw at TGS 09, and this led him to believe that the Japanese gaming industry is finished.

Don't look now, but it just might be possible for us to see Wii games ported to the PS3 - if Japanese developers are to have their way, and thanks to Sony's motion controller. Capcom producer Jun Takeuchi (of Resident Evil 5 fame) divulged this information in an interview with 1Up, leading up to the TGS.

When a guy of Keiji Inafune's caliber agrees to have an interview with you and says he's interested in a collaboration, you will need more than a pinch and a slap across the face to get you back down to Earth. The guy is, after all, a legend. That's what happened to the guys at Bungie, who managed to sit down with Capcom's legendary R&D man.

Capcom Japan recently launched a Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Ultimate All-Stars website. The usual stuff is in there like info, movies, and characters, although the latter wasn't complete. Thanks to an intrepid fan, however, the final roster for the game has been blown wide open.

Capcom's surprise is finally out of the box. Well, rather, they're out of the box. Yeap, there's more than one, and it comes in the form of two challenges. If you win, you will be seeing your name included in the credit list of Monster Hunter 3. So what do you have to do to get their thanks? Details after the jump.

Watch out on Monday cos Capcom's promising a "monster" surprise on their European forums and Unity blog. Of course, as it is a surprise, we have no idea what this could be about. If you want to venture a guess, though, might as well try looking at Monster Hunter 3. They've got a brand new screenshot for it. More details too can be found after the jump.

With GamesCom out of the way, there's still another big gaming event on the calendar: the Tokyo Game Show. For this year's TGS, Sega will be showing off a pretty balanced lineup that includes handheld sequel Valkyria Chronicles 2, the PS3 and Xbox 360 RPG End of Eternity, and PS3 exclusive Yakuza 4.

We've got an even spread of game releases for this week's batch of On Shelves games, including a couple of downloadable ones. Big for handhelds this week would be Capcom's and Namco Bandai's brawler offerings on the PSP, Fate/Unlimited Codes (available via PSN) and Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny, respectively. Full list of game releases this week after the jump.