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Layoffs And Cancellations At Capcom Vancouver, Scaling Down For New Dead Rising

by Imran Khan on February 05, 2018 at 04:44 PM

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There have been "significant" layoffs at Capcom Vancouver, the studio heading the Dead Rising series..

The layoffs have affected multiple projects, including cancellation of a third-person action game set in an alternative reality New York that was still in a prototype stage. It also downscales a new Dead Rising project the studio has been working on, lessening the scope on the project that had reportedly become unwieldy.

Capcom Vancouver is responsible for Dead Rising 2 and its Frank West-lead remake, Dead Rising 3, Dead Rising 4, and the recently-released PS4 port of Dead Rising 4 titled Frank's Big Package. The studio also just began support for the free-to-play Puzzle Fighter game on mobile phones.

[Source: Kotaku]

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by Servbot1025 Monday, February 05, 2018 at 10:52 PM

I feel bad about the lay offs but come on Capcom, don't give these idiots Dead Rising again. Are you really that set on killing this IP?
by Heaven1134 Monday, February 05, 2018 at 10:54 PM

I think this series needs to be put out of its misery.
by willie Monday, February 05, 2018 at 10:54 PM

They gotta merge the Dead Rising and Monster Hunter teams to make Dead Monster Hunter Rising, is some other combination of these words. But in all seriousness, it sucks when layoffs happen, especially to such a talented studio.
by BethesdaWare Tuesday, February 06, 2018 at 12:24 AM

That's a shame. I have no stake in Dead Rising. It's a shame for those looking forward to the next game.
by Rival_M Tuesday, February 06, 2018 at 02:18 AM

That's a shame. The first Dead Rising had some of the best 3D Mega Man gameplay ever. I never got around to playing the other two, though I did see they're on the BC list on my XBone, which is exciting.
by wickemic Tuesday, February 06, 2018 at 02:52 AM

No bueno.
by StarterPack Tuesday, February 06, 2018 at 05:42 AM

Just let the game die already... Three was the perfect send-off that had the best in-between conception. I mean, you should have considered letting it die after Three since the original creator of the game denied even being apart of the development of the game. I pray they leave this game for good.
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