Capcom Game Studio Vancouver – the crew behind Dead Rising 2, 3 and 4 – is not any extra. Confirmed in a statement to Kotaku, the Canadian outfit previously often called Blue Castle Games is closing their doorways at the moment after a collection of cancellations. While “a skeleton crew” will stay on the firm till January, a complete of 158 will lose their jobs.
The writing has been on the wall for some time now. Back in February, Capcom Vancouver shed a 3rd of its employees, together with cancelling a yet-unannounced venture in manufacturing, but it surely appeared like Capcom nonetheless had plans for the studio. Apparently not, and I want everybody on the shuttered studio the perfect of luck.
It’s irritating to see a studio as clearly proficient as Capcom Vancouver shut down. While the unique Dead Rising was developed in-house at Capcom Japan, Dead Rising 2 nearly completely recaptured its spirit, shaving off a number of of the unique’s sharper edges within the course of. Unfortunately they continued to shave issues down in Dead Rising three and four till not a lot remained of the unique high-pressure useful resource administration of the primary two.
Before making it huge, Blue Castle Games have been higher recognized for making The Big – a collection of baseball games. Quite what attracted Capcom to the studio that additionally produced MLB Front Office Manager is past me, however I’m glad they did. They may not have found out tips on how to do Frank West justice, however nonetheless managed to shock us all. Thankfully, a few of Capcom Vancouver’s employees managed to get out early, in accordance with one in every of Kotaku’s sources, and have been hopping over to EA’s Vancouver studio over the previous few months.
As for what occurs to Dead Rising now? Nobody is aware of, though I’d like to see some try made to deliver the collection again to its time-pressured roots. At least in the interim, Frank West and buddies have been consigned to the grave. Whether they’ll rise to stroll once more is as much as Capcom now.
