Rumor: Capcom Developing Darkstalkers 4

Yoshinori Ono, producer of the Street Fighter IV series and recently Street Fighter X Tekken had a dream. That dream was to make a 4th Darkstalkers game. It might be happening now that rumors started to slowly find their way out. Hit the jump to see what it’s all about!

Via GamesBeat:

In January, we posted a rumor citing a reliable inside source at Capcom who told us Resident Evil 6 was coming. The game would allegedly feature both Chris Redfield and Leon S. Kennedy as the main protaganists, as well as a happy mix between classic small-town survival horror and the franchise’s more recent action-oriented gameplay. Officially, PR told us, “Capcom has made no announcements.”

Shortly thereafter, Capcom released the world debut trailer for Resident Evil 6, confirming our source’s information.

Now our same inside source is telling us that Darkstalkers 4 has been in the works since last year, with Street Fighter IV and Street Fighter X Tekken producer Yoshinori Ono at the helm. The unannounced fighter would use a modified version of the SF X Tekken engine, which itself is modified off of the Street Fighter IV engine. Principal development on SF X Tekken was said to be complete towards the end of 2011, which is when Ono supposedly shifted his attention to Darkstalkers.

Rumor round-up:

• Uses a modified version of the Street Fighter X Tekken engine (which itself is a modified version of the Street Fighter IV engine…).

• Work on the game started a year ago.

• Ono shifted his focus to Darkstalkers 4 when principle development for SFxT ended near the end of 2011.

Capcom’s annual Captivate event takes part next April, where Capcom will give more details for SFxT’s DLC characters and might, just MIGHT announce Darkstalkers 4. As usual, this is only rumors and speculation we’re dealing with here, so take it with a grain of salt.