{"id":1225368,"date":"2026-02-24T09:56:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pragmata-is-a-fascinating-genre-mash-up-and-capcom-at-its-experimental-best-hands-on"},"modified":"2026-02-24T09:56:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:56:00","slug":"pragmata-is-a-fascinating-genre-mash-up-and-capcom-at-its-experimental-best-hands-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/pragmata-is-a-fascinating-genre-mash-up-and-capcom-at-its-experimental-best-hands-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Pragmata is a fascinating genre mash-up, and Capcom at its experimental best &#8211; hands-on"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/pragmata-is-a-fascinating-genre-mash-up-and-capcom-at-its-experimental-best-hands-on.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>I love it when Capcom experiments. It&#8217;s true that with a staple of franchises and characters like those it has, there isn&#8217;t all that much pressure on Capcom to experiment. It has most of what it needs to make that corporate profit line go up, in truth. But every now and then the company nevertheless experiments with something new &#8211; and usually, backed up by those successful franchises, the company can strike gold.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pragmata-is-a-fascinating-genre-mash-up-and-capcom-at-its-experimental-best-hands-on\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/pragmata-is-a-fascinating-genre-mash-up-and-capcom-at-its-experimental-best-hands-on\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I love it when Capcom experiments. It&#8217;s true that with a staple of franchises and characters like those it has, there isn&#8217;t all that much pressure on Capcom to experiment. It has most of what it needs to make that corporate profit line go up, in truth. But every now and then the company nevertheless experiments with something new &#8211; and usually, backed up by those successful franchises, the company can strike gold. 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