Representatives from Capcom have revealed that the swinging NES shooter Bionic Commando will not be released through the Wii's online Virtual Console service, owing the exclusion to unspecified problems with Nintendo.

"[The original Bionic Commando on Virtual Console] couldn't happen," Capcom producer Ben Judd recently told IGN.

"This is NOT, repeat NOT, a Capcom issue," Capcom business development VP Christian Svensson later clarified on that company's official forum. "Please remember, Nintendo calls the shots on what goes up on VC, not third parties."

An enhanced and digitally distributed remake of the first Bionic Commando, titled Bionic Commando Rearmed and developed by GRIN, is due to be released... Read more

Publisher Capcom has sent out another trailer and batch of screens for GRIN's reimagining of the grapple-friendly Bionic Commando franchise, this time highlighting the game's AA-9 HIKER (High-Impulse Kinetic Energy Round) armament.

No release date has been announced for Bionic Commando, which is slated to hit PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360.

GRIN's accompanying remake of original Bionic Commando, titled Bionic Commando Rearmed, is scheduled to arrive as a downloadable game on the same platforms this May.

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More environment renders than anything else, only two of these Bionic Commando screenshots have any shooting or swinging going on. Normally that'd be disappointing, but this game isn't looking too bad.

Developed by GRIN, Bionic Commando--not to be confused with Bionic Commando Rearmed, the 2D remake of the original title--will be released on Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.

Stockholm-headquartered developer GRIN will open a new studio in Gothenburg, Sweden, the developer announced today. The studio will open its doors on January 8, and GRIN will be hiring through the winter months to fully staff the new development house.

"The new studio is working on a very, very big Hollywood sci-fi brand," GRIN CEO Bo Andersson told Next-Gen, saying the project would arrive on PC, PS3, and Xbox 360. "It's a real triple-A thing."

GRIN's other project is the reimagining of Capcom's Bionic Commando (PC, PS3, X360), arriving at an unannounced date. Its previous works include the PC versions of Ubisoft's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter series. The fast-growing GRIN has 190 employees across its four offices in Stockholm, Sweden; Barcelona, Spain; Jakarta, Indonesia; and now Gothenburg, Sweden.

Capcom has released a new Bionic Commando gameplay clip, this one showing how you can smash your enemies by throwing objects at them. In case you missed them, we posted new screenshots yesterday.

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Developed by GRIN, the new Bionic Commando will be released for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. No ship date has been announced.

Capcom has just released three more screenshots of GRIN's modern update of Bionic Commando, depicting an enemy grunt in a red suit, a ruined cityscape, and an explosion.

Oddly, the main character and his bionic grappling arm were not featured in today's screens.

A release date has not been announced for the current-gen grappler, which is in development for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

Capcom has released four more Bionic Commando movies, focusing on gunplay, chain reactions, swing mechanics and wire mechanics. Since the videos are pretty brief, I've combined them into a three minute long video you can stream below.

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Capcom has issued a set of screenshots as well as this trailer for Bionic Commando, showing off the recently unveiled followup to the original 1988 grapple-heavy sidescroller.

In development at GRIN, developer of the PC version of Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter and its sequel, the new Bionic Commando will see the light of day on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. A release date has not yet been announced.

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A current-gen update to Capcom's 1988 grappling-hook sidescroller Bionic Commando will be coming to PC, PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360, Capcom has announced. No estimated release date has been given to the project.

Like the original title, players will use a grappling hook to traverse levels designed for vertical ascent. The new title will be in 3D, of course, and the grappling hook has been updated to feature more practical uses--like dispatching foes and heaving vehicles across the city.

Swedish developer GRIN, responsible for the PC versions of Ubisoft's Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter series, will head up the development of the title. Hopefully, GRIN will as skillfully implement the grappling hook as Capcom did in its third-person shooter Lost Planet: Extreme Condition.