Major layoffs at Capcom Vancouver throw Dead Rising’s future into query

Worrying information for followers of the Dead Rising collection right this moment, as Capcom have formally confirmed experiences initially circulated on Kotaku that the Canadian studio previously often known as Blue Castle Games has shed nearly a 3rd of its workers.

Leaks counsel that tasks affected embrace a thriller sport that was supposedly early on in manufacturing which has been solely scrapped, and plans for the following Dead Rising sport have been notably scaled again.

Around fifty workers have been reportedly laid off, confirmed by Capcom as amounting to round 30% of the full workers. While work remains to be persevering with on the anarchic zombie franchise, no matter ambitions they’d for the following sport have been pared again down. We sincerely hope that everybody who misplaced their jobs manages to land on their toes, no matter they find yourself doing subsequent.

For those that have been maintaining with Dead Rising, this information most likely isn’t the best of shocks. Capcom Vancouver’s first video games within the collection (again earlier than Capcom snapped them up and renamed the studio) have been wonderful, particularly Dead Rising 2, which I really feel constructed on the already strong basis of the Japanese-developed unique. It appears like makes an attempt to chase an more and more mainstream viewers ended up sacrificing a number of what made the early video games tick.

Dead Rising four particularly felt like a tough push within the route of an even bigger, louder, dumber franchise that desires to get away from its time-limited, high-pressure roots in favor of one thing extra like Saints Row by means of Jackass, plus zombies. Not inherently a nasty concept, however it’s not what put Dead Rising or its builders on the radar within the first place, and the previous two video games have been met by lukewarm gross sales and significant reception. Here’s hoping that they’ll discover their footing with their subsequent sport.