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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 »Shinji Mikami to launch new studio
New studio Tango set to expand fast, with 3D horror projects hinted at
Read More »Capcom: Resi Darkside Chronicles a disappointment
Capcom France’s Antoine Seux has declared Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles to be a disappointment” after it failed to meet sales expectations. Speaking to Gamekult (translated by Nintendo Everything), he attributed the game’s poor performance – 16,000 units in three weeks – to the lack of hardcore gamers within the …
Read More »Capcom renovates Resi 5 with PS3 motion-control
Resident Evil 5: Directorâ??s Cut to integrate Sony's new motion controller
Read More »Capcom taking Resident Evil to PSP
E3'09: Brand new game in popular horror franchise coming to Sonyâ??s handheld
Read More »SONY: Resident Evil Portable shown
Sony has just announced that a new chapter in the Resident Evil franchise will be coming to PSP. No other details about the Capcom-developed game was revealed, other than it will hit the machine in 2010. Sony SCEA CEO and president Jack Tretton said: We’re pleased to announce Resident Evil …
Read More »Capcom prepared to move Resi development to western studios
Company states it is â??opening itself upâ? to developers outside Japan
Read More »RETAIL BIZ: The official UK games charts
The official ELSPA/GfK-ChartTrack charts are in – but it’s not all about the All Formats list. By visiting MCV’s official single format charts each week, you can keep fully up-to-date with what’s going on at UK tills. Resident Evil 5 continues to dominate both PS3 and Xbox 360’s lists this …
Read More »Big PS3 Home update coming this week
Sony has confirmed on its North American PlayStation Blog that a significant update to its PlayStation Home service will go live this week – brining with it the intriguing Red Bull Air Race island . The sponsored space will feature a number of branded Red Bull events, with the headline …
Read More »JAPAN: Resident Evil 5 date pushed forward
Capcom has announced that Resident Evil 5 for PS3 and 360 will be made available in Japan on March 5th 2009, a week earlier than the previously announced March 12th. The publisher cites ‘shortened development time’ for the date change, although the game will still hit European and North American …
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