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Japanese firm plans to sign sports titles by independent studios to help grow its casual game slate
Read More »Resi 5 team: Music production at Western devs is ‘ahead of Japan’
But 'more Japanese production houses working with foreign companies' means it'll catch up, say Capcom's sound team
Read More »Bionic Commando’s week one sales ‘sends a message to developers’
Capcom and Grin's download remake has 'set a standard in digital gaming' with 130,000 units sold
Read More »Capcom to publish GTA IV in Japan
Grand Theft Auto IV will finally be released in Japan in October – and distributed under the Capcom label. The title will be made available in the Land of the Rising Sun in a Japan language version on October 30th, on both PS3 and Xbox 360. According to a Kotaku …
Read More »Dead Rising to bite PS3 next?
Its popularity on Xbox 360 was great enough to make its recently confirmed move to Wii a reality, but now developer Capcom has hinted that Dead Rising may also be upping sticks and heading over to Sony’s PS3. Speaking on the US PlayStation blog, Capcom’s John Diamonon responded to a …
Read More »Capcom sales up 15 per cent
Capcom’s net sales for the quarter ending June 30th has hit 16,352 million yen ($1.07 billion), a rise of 14.5 per cent when compared to the same period last year. The Resident Evil publisher also saw operating income leap 43.5 per cent to 2,978 million yen, with net income hitting …
Read More »Capcom refuses to cut the gore in RE5
Capcom has promised that Resident Evil 5 is not about to shy away from gore in a bid to get a lower age certification. We’re never going to create a gore-free Resident Evil title to try and get a lower rating as it’s a game about the horror experience and …
Read More »E3 08: Dead Rising on Wii shuffles into view
We know that Dead Rising 2 is in development, and if talk is to be believed , it may even be in development at a Western studio, but the E3 attention has turned to the apparent confirmation from Japanese games bible Famitsu that a port of the first title is …
Read More »E3 08: Capcom unveils Lost Planet: The Movie
Having sold over two million units worldwide, Capcom is taking its new IP Lost Planet to the movies. Screenwriter David Hayter, also known to gamers as the voice of Solid Snake in Metal Gear Solid, is penning the movie, which has yet to receive a release date. Capcom president and …
Read More »Capcom moves into France
Capcom has announced that it is to open a new office in France, joining the family of current European HQs in the UK and Germany. According to a company release: ‘Capcom positions the expansion of its overseas sales network as one of its highest priorities. The company believes that more …
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