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New instalments of popular gaming franchises are in the works as Capcom revitalises its portfolio. The company has brought several cherished brands back to the High Street in the last few years, including Bionic Commando and the best-selling Street Fighter IV. Now it plans to up the ante and revive …
Read More »Capcoms Western dilemma
Publisher Capcom has revealed the poor performance of recent releases Dark Void and Bionic Commando have lead to a strategic re-think of its Western aspirations. Speaking to The Financial Times, president Haruhiro Tsujimoto revealed that Dark Void has sold just 520k copies since its release – well below Capcom’s initial …
Read More »Capcom fires Move and Natal warning
The era of motion controllers could snap shut as quickly as it has blown open, one of the world’s biggest publishers has warned. The comments echo those made by Sega’s Mike hayes earlier this year. Capcom president Haruhiro Tsujimoto has welcomed the arrival of both Sony’s PlayStation Move and Microsoft’s …
Read More »Capcom fires warning on Move and Natal
Publisher says a strong business model must be Sony and Microsoftâ??s priority
Read More »Capcom president â??reluctant to invest westâ??
Dark Void and Bionic Commandoâ??s missed sales targets revealed
Read More »Capcom plans global development growth
Street Fighter studio seeks to outsource â??new products belonging to an existing series of gamesâ??
Read More »Capcom profits plummet 73%
Capcom has suffered a 73.1 per cent drop in profits over the last twelve months. The Resident Evil publisher saw net sales fall to 2.17 billion Yen (16m), down from eight billion Yen (60m) the year before. Sales decreased from 91.8 billion Yen (679.7m) to 66.8 billion Yen (494m), a …
Read More »Capcom launches two OpenFeint titles
Street Fighter studio works with Aurora Feint to create iPhone and iPod titles
Read More »Lost Planet 2’s ‘Kill Big’ marketing campaign
A blockbuster marketing campaign for Lost Planet 2 is in the works at Capcom to ensure the high-profile sequel is a success in the UK. The game is being billed as one of the publisher’s big three releases for 2010, alongside next week’s Super Street Fighter IV and the highly anticipated …
Read More »Inafune promoted at Capcom
Keiji Inafune, the veteran Capcom designer responsible for some of the publisher’s most iconic brands, has been promoted to a new role overlooking the firm’s global output. The Mega Man creator raised eyebrows at last year’s Tokyo Game Show by openly stating that Japan is dead” as a modern game …
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