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Capcom’s most popular fighting franchises will be part of the IGN Pro League tournament in 2013. Next year’s eSports competition will include Capcom’s Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition and Street Fighter X Tekken, putting fans of fighting games centre stage at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. Along with the …
Read More »Resident Evil: Revelations listed for consoles
A console port for Capcom’s well received 3DS effort Resident Evil: Revelations appears to be in the works for Playstation 3 and Xbox 360. Eurogamer reports PS3 and 360 versions of the game were recently listed on the Korean Ratings Board. Revelations launched earlier this year on 3DS, and if …
Read More »Fighters of Capcom trademark registered
Capcom may be looking within for its next crossover fighting series. CVG reports the company filed a trademark for ‘Fighters of Capcom’ earlier this month. The patent was registered under "computer game software", downloadable game software", "electronic game programs for mobile phones and smart phones", "downloadable game program for playing …
Read More »Capcom focused on internal growth, planning 1,000 new devs by 2023
Capcom has revealed plans to increase internal development staff by 66 per cent over the next ten years. The firm currently employees 1,500 on its development team, and revealed in a financial report Q&A that it intends to bring on an additional 1,000 staff members by 2023. "Our goal is …
Read More »Capcom: Resident Evil 6 "has been successful to some degree"
Critics may have largely written the title off, but Capcom insists that Resident Evil 6 has achieved a level of commercial success. The publisher does admit, however, that it’s too early to make a definitive judgement. Resident Evil 6 continues to generate repeat sales in Japan and overseas,” it told …
Read More »Capcom plots hiring spree of 1,000 devs by 2022
Publisher to expand its mobile and online gaming operations
Read More »CAPCOM: Rise in net profits aided by RE6, Dragon’s Dogma
Capcom has announced positive half-year financial results for the period ending on September 30th. Sales were up just over 55 per cent year-over-year, bringing in around $570m net. Resident Evil 6 shipped (not sold) 3.7m units during the period, with Dragon’s Dogma adding over 1m sales itself. The firm’s digital …
Read More »Bleszinski offers to help Capcom "fix" Resident Evil
Former Epic games designer and development star Cliff Bleszinski has expressed a desire to work on future Resident Evil titles. Hey, Capcom. Call me. We can fix Resident Evil. Together. :-),” he said on Twitter over the weekend. By fix”, of course, Cliffy B is referencing the lukewarm critical reception …
Read More »Darkstalkers resurrected with console-bound digital collection
Capcom has announced Darkstalkers Resurrection, a digital collection of the franchise heading to consoles next year. The title was announced during a Street Fighter 25th Anniversary Panel at New York ComicCon. It’ll be developed by Iron Galaxy Studios and include arcade versions of Night Warriors: Darkstalkers’ Revenge and Darkstalkers 3 …
Read More »Resident Evil 6 tops Japanese charts
The PS3 version of resident Evil 6 has debuted at the top of the Japanese charts. The SKU sold an impressive 635k units in its first week, eclipsing everything else in the listings. The Xbox 360 version claimed fifth place with unit sales of 42k. There was also a strong …
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