Capcoms Mark Beaumont passes away

MCV Staff 23rd February 2010 Business News

Mark Beaumont, Capcom’s COO of North America and Europe, has tragically passed away.

The popular industry figure suffered a heart attack in the early hours of February 23rd.

He was promoted to the role of COO at Capcom in April 2008 having served as both senior vice president and executive vice president.

Beaumont was a well known figure in the international games industry, dedicating over a quarter of acentury to the sector.

Prior to his stint at Capcom, which started in 2005, Beaumont served as executive VP of publishing at Midway.

He also enjoyed successful spells at Warner Interactive, Activision, Data East, Mindscape, Psygnosis and Atari.

Tags

About MCV Staff

Check Also

dfgdgdg [Industry news] Fireshine Games Expands Its Successful Portfolio with the Acquisition of Danish Developer Fair Games and Their Multimillion-Selling Game Necesse

[Industry news] Fireshine Games Expands Its Successful Portfolio with the Acquisition of Danish Developer Fair Games and Their Multimillion-Selling Game Necesse

Fireshine Games announced today it has added Danish indie studio Fair Games and its survival-crafting title Necesse to its growing portfolio. With plans to add key long-tail support to the PC title and its millions of players, the label also confirms plans to develop Necesse for additional platforms. Necesse, originally launched in December 2019, has amassed approximately 2.5 million players and a Very Positive user rating of 93% on Steam 

© Copyright 2026, MCV. BizMedia