89 ABOUT
Founded: 2005 (as Blue Castle Games, rebranded to Capcom Vancouver in 2010) In-house (Owned by Capcom) Location: Vancouver, Canada
www.capcomvancouver.com
Capcom Vancouver started life as Blue Castle Games in 2005 with a dozen employees, focusing on developing Baseball themed games such as The BIGS 1 and 2. Since being acquired by
Capcom in 2010, the studio has grown at a remarkable rate to around 170 staff, all under the watch of president Rob Barrett. The developer was tasked
with co-creating the sequel to the publisher’s popular zombie- bashing title Dead Rising, which was released in September 2010, and last year brought in £1.71m in UK sales. Having since developed
numerous expansions for the title, including Case West and Off the Record, the studio reportedly has a number of new unannounced projects underway, including a new IP.
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WWW.DEVELOP100.COM THE WORLD’S BEST GAMES STUDIOS
CAPCOM VANCOUVER
develop 100 UK RETAIL REVENUE IN 2011
£2.52m
STAFF RISING
In 2005 the studio had 12 staff. Today? 170 STUDIO’S 2011 BESTSELLERS
DEAD RISING 2 XBOX 360 TOTAL TOTAL
DEAD RISING 2: OFF THE RECORD
FORMATS
PLAYSTATION 3 PC
XBOX 360
PLAYSTATION 3 PC
PUBLISHER CAPCOM CAPCOM CAPCOM
CAPCOM CAPCOM CAPCOM
RELEASE DATE TOTAL REV SEP 2010 SEP 2010 SEP 2010
OCT 2011 OCT 2011 OCT 2011
£0.91m £0.77m £0.03m £1.71m
£0.50m £0.29m £0.01m £0.80m
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