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Not content with merely entering the ELSPA GfK-ChartTrack All Formats Top 40 in first spot , Capcom’s Street Fighter IV has also become the best selling All Formats Number One of the year to date. It’s sales success also makes it the best selling ‘traditional’ beat ‘em up since the …
Read More »Lost Planet 2 announced
Having teased a brand new title reveal last week, Capcom has confirmed that Lost Planet 2 is in the works. The announcement came via a movie download on Microsoft’s Xbox Live Marketplace service. The video suggests that the game will, unlike its predecessor, not be limited to snowy terrain and …
Read More »Two million copies of Street Fighter IV shipped
Following the UK release of next-gen fighter Street Fighter IV last Friday, Japanese games publisher Capcom has announced that it has shipped two million copies of the game worldwide, Edge reports. Its week one success in the UK will be revealed later today when GfK-ChartTrack announces the latest UK Charts. …
Read More »SOUTH AFRICA: Capcom appoints new distributor
Capcom has appointed Nu Metro Interactive as the sole distributor of its titles in South Africa. The agreement is effective immediately and will see Nu Metro Interactive be responsible for the distribution, sales and marketing for Capcom’s releases in this territory. Nu Metro Interactive will launch the distribution relationship with …
Read More »AUSTRALIA: Capcom signs THQ distribution deal
Capcom has confirmed that it has chosen THQ as its new distribution partner in Australia and New Zealand. The news comes following the closure of Australian distributor Red Ant after it went into administration. At the time, Red Ant’s key clients Capcom and Konami said they were confident a means …
Read More »Blue Castle developing Dead Rising 2
Survival horror sequel confirmed for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC
Read More »Dead Rising 2 confirmed
Just hours after apparent leaked footage of the game began to appear on YouTube, Capcom has revealed that Dead Rising 2 is in development for Xbox 360 and, for the first time, PS3 and PC. It has also been confirmed that the game has been handed out to a Western …
Read More »Capcom income drops 95% year-to-date
Japanese publisher and developer Capcom has revealed that net income for the nine months ending December 31st 2008 fell a massive 95 per cent to YEN 179m, down from the YEN 3.97bn in the same period the year before. Sales decreased by 8.6 per cent, reaching YEN 47,223m. Operating income …
Read More »Street Fighter IV tour visiting Gamestation and HMV
Capcom is to tour UK retailers with the original Street Fighter IV arcade release, giving the public a chance to sample the game in its original form before the February 20th console release. Starting in Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gamestation, Capcom has currently confirmed five dates, including a stop at London’s …
Read More »Dead Rising 2 to go multi-platform?
According to the latest issue of Famitsu , Capcom is well underway on multi-platform sequels to Lost Planet and Dead Rising. In an interview translated by Kotaku, Capcom veteran Keiji Inafune said: We’re finally putting out new Dead Rising and Lost Planet games! As a main principle we’re thinking about …
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