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Street Fighter IV producer Yoshinori Ono has quit Capcom. I resigned from the director position about Capcom Vancouver,” he said on Twitter. Thanks good staff of Capcom Vancouver, and Dead Rising staff. I had take some time, I think over very carefully about next things. I’d like to watch TV …
Read More »Capcom refutes pay-to-win Street Fighter V comments
Street Fighter V won’t offer pay-to-win DLC, despite claims from one Capcom exec that it will. EventHubs reported that Capcom president and COO Haruhiro Tsujimoto told an E3 audience that the game’s developer is trying to steer away from making the next game such that skilled players will win, but …
Read More »VIDEO: New Deep Down video arrives, but European release not yet confirmed
A new trailer for Capcom’s Deep Down suggests the action RPG is coming on very nicely. The Dark Souls-esque short of the still un-dated PS4 title points to the game being a visual performer, offering tactical combat and a range of assorted monsters to tackle. Less positive, however, is confirmation …
Read More »Dead Rising 3 confirmed for PC, heading to Steam
Former Xbox One exclusive Dead Rising 3 will receive a Windows PC launch via Steam, Capcom has announced. The publisher included the reveal as part of its E3 2014 lineup unveiling, though only a release window of Summer 2014 mentioned. Along with Dead Rising 3’s PC edition, Capcom will also …
Read More »Remember Me dev making game for Square Enix
The team behind last year’s new sci-fi IP Remember Me has been signed by Square Enix to create a new game for digital platforms. There are no details on what Paris-based studio Dontnod Entertainment is actually working on, but judging from the comments below, we’re guessing it’s a different take …
Read More »PC Super Street Fighter IV owners face DLC loss
Capcom will tomorrow release a Steamworks version of Super Street Fighter IV, but it’s not all good news. Current versions of the game use Games for Windows Live, which Microsoft will be shutting down in the near future, thus robbing the titles of their online support. Capcom will tomorrow (May …
Read More »Capcom promoting female roles to bolster company diversity
Japanese publisher Capcom has said that it is looking to up the number of women in senior management roles. Capcom is fully recognising the importance of diversity of human resources in recent years while actively utilizing female workers and making evaluations according to performance and not based on gender, age …
Read More »Capcom actively promoting female staff to diversify
20 female employees already in management positions as Japanese publisher strives to differentiate its teams
Read More »Capcom profits up as Dead Rising 3 hits 1.2m sold
Xbox One exclusive Dead Rising 3 has sold 1.2m units, helping Capcom to a welcome boost in profits. Microsoft has shipped 5m Xbox Ones, and while actual sales remain shrouded in mystery that still represents at attach rate of anything between 1-in-3 and 1-in-5, which is potentially very impressive. Monster …
Read More »Capcom invests $80m in new R&D facilities
Capcom has put $80m behind two new research and development buildings in Osaka, Japan. The new offices are to boast state of the art facilities including motion capture and sound studios. No doubt this will be to house some of the 100 software developers that the publisher’s CEO Kenzo Tsujimoto …
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