For better or worse, it seems like big-budget live-action trailers for video games are here to stay. It's just as well that some publishers are doing them right, as seen in these 10 impressive examples.
In their attempts to reach a wider audience, survival-horror video game developers could be ruining what made their games great in the first place: the horror.
At a recent event, Capcom unveiled gameplay footage of Monster Hunter 4 for the 3DS. The publisher also announced the game will hit Japanese store shelves in spring 2013.
In recent years, developers and publishers have offered alternatives to "cat helmets" and night-vision goggles by giving away full versions of older games with the purchase of new ones.
Capcom is offering Resident Evil super-fans some special bundles for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 when the latest installment in the survival-horror series launches on October 2.