Capcom Vancouver

Capcom Vancouver
FormerlyBlue Castle Games Inc.
(2005–2010)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryVideo games
FoundedJuly 4, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-07-04)
FounderRobert Barrett
DefunctSeptember 18, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-09-18)
FateDefunct
SuccessorThe Coalition
Headquarters
Burnaby, British Columbia
,
Canada
Key people
ProductsDead Rising series
Number of employees
200[1] (2018)
Parent
Websitewww.capcomvancouver.com

Capcom Game Studio Vancouver, Inc.[2] (formerly Blue Castle Games Inc.), more commonly known as Capcom Vancouver, was a Canadian video game developer owned by Capcom with minority stake partnership by Microsoft Studios.[3] As Blue Castle Games, the company was the creator of several successful baseball sports video games, including The Bigs, MLB Front Office Manager and The Bigs 2. They have also developed the Dead Rising series.[4][5][6] Blue Castle Games was acquired by Capcom after the release of Dead Rising 2, and renamed Capcom Vancouver, where they continued to work on the Dead Rising series.[7][8] Capcom announced the closure of the studio in September 2018, cancelling Dead Rising 5 and moving other development to their Japan-based studios.

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  3. ^ Jasper, Pieter (June 8, 2020). "Dead Rising 4 was supposed to be a The Last of Us competitor – the story on Capcom Vancouver unveiled". XboxEra. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  4. ^ Johnny Minkley (2008-11-07). "Blue Castle making Dead Rising 2". Archived from the original on 2008-12-16. Retrieved 2008-11-07.
  5. ^ Brian Crecente (2008-07-09). "Dead Rising 2: Dead Rising 2 Set in Vegas?". Kotaku.
  6. ^ "Blue Castle Games - Games under development". Blue Castle Games. Archived from the original on 2008-09-09. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
  7. ^ "Capcom buys Blue Castle Games".
  8. ^ "Capcom Buys Dead Rising 2 Dev Blue Castle Games".