Dead Rising no more? Capcom closes Capcom Vancouver

[WMGroomAK]

In sad news for fans of the Dead Rising Series, it appears that the Dead Rising franchise may be dead for a while as Capcom has decided to close the Capcom Vancouver office (formerly Blue Castle Games).  Capcom has officially stated that they are cancelling development of projects in Vancouver and concentrating on major titles in Japan.  Not really much to say or in the article, but kind of sad that they are closing shop...  Would be nice if the 158 people (or at least some of them) could pool together resources and reopen Blue Castle Games or a new studio.  

 

https://vancouversun.com/technology/gaming/gaming-giant-capcom-shutters-its-burnaby-studio

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Japanese video game giant Capcom closed its Burnaby studio Tuesday, leaving 158 people out of work.

The studio, which first opened in 2005 as Blue Castle Games before being purchased by Capcom in 2011, was responsible for producing the popular Dead Rising franchise and the free-to-play Puzzle Fighter.

Operations at Capcom Vancouver are being suspended immediately and projects are being moved to Japan, the company says.

“Capcom has been focused on increasing the efficiency and growth of its game development operations. To support this objective, new R&D facilities and annual hiring have been underway at the Osaka headquarters,” Capcom said in a statement.

“In consideration of this process, as a result of reviewing titles in development at Capcom Vancouver, Capcom has decided to cancel the development projects at this studio and will concentrate development of major titles in Japan.

“As part of this overall direction, the Capcom Vancouver studio will suspend operations, effective today, so the current staff will be laid off and the office will be closed.”

In February, Capcom cut 30 per cent of its Burnaby staff as part of a “restructuring.”

The company says laid-off staff will receive severance packages

 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

Maybe he can just move a few blocks over to EA Burnaby HAHAHAHAAA. no. Back on topic, it looks like even their website has already been changed to redirect to the Japan page. Wow, they work fast. It's cold. 

 

[FunkmastaFlex]

The Dead Rising series was dead after 3 anyway, but it's still sad to see.

[AkatsukiKun]

Better than pulling a Sears move of not giving out packages. Dead Rising is definitely one of those games to just relax and run around, not necessarily doing something productive.

[suicidalfranco]

never played it, won't miss it 

[Bananasplit_00]

They said they were moving the current projects so if they were working on something then it might still come to be

[voiha]

That is so sad, Alexa play Despacito

[asus killer]

this guys can form a new studio. Make a clone of dead rising. Be creative.

 

I'm glad Capcom wants to focus on Japan homemade games, i like them, i wish there were more. A million other companies in the west can clone Dead Rising.

[Master Disaster]

As a general rule I'm not a huge fan of anything Capcom ever made.

 

Megaman 1, 2 & 3 were great and obviously i spent thousands of hours playing SF2 over the years but asides from that I can honestly say I've never been captivated by anything they've made.

 

Oh shit, I almost forgot Resident Evil. The early RE games (upto 4) were great and I have to admit I fully enjoyed RE 7 too.

[Quadriplegic]

33 minutes ago, Master Disaster said:

As a general rule I'm not a huge fan of anything Capcom ever made.

 

Megaman 1, 2 & 3 were great and obviously i spent thousands of hours playing SF2 over the years but asides from that I can honestly say I've never been captivated by anything they've made.

 

Oh shit, I almost forgot Resident Evil. The early RE games (upto 4) were great and I have to admit I fully enjoyed RE 7 too.

Devil May Cry? :'( 

[Master Disaster]

13 minutes ago, Quadriplegic said:

Devil May Cry? :'( 

Nope, my best friend loves DMC, I've played them all and didn't really care for any of them.

[yian88]

Whos dead rising?