Fans of the hugely popular Dead Rising series may be upset to hear that the Capcom Vancouver studio is shutting its doors for good.
The Vancouver location was responsible for creating each instalment of the series since 2010. Dead Rising is an "open world survival horror" featuring zombies and other monsters as well as unique weapons and plot lines.
The studio announced in a press release that it expects to incur record losses from the termination of development projects of approximately 4.5 billion yen under cost of sales in its consolidated financial results for the six months of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2019.
Roughly 158 employees will be affected by the studio's closure, notes Variety. After this time, a skeleton crew will continue the studio's operations until the company organizes its final organizations and logistics of its closure.
Unfortunately Capcom Vancouver shuttered today. I’m in a bit of a shock, but if you know of anyone looking for an 18 year experienced game designer send them my way. Spread the word!
— Aidan Scanlan (@aidanscanlan) September 18, 2018
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Capcom Vancouver Closure
While a great deal of people will lose their jobs as a result of the closure, a number of local companies are already announcing that they have positions available.
In fact, a litany of gaming companies took to Twitter to offer their support within hours of the announcement.
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To anyone at Capcom Vancouver now looking for a job, we currently have an open Gameplay/Animation engineer position on EA UFC. Let me know if you or someone you know is interested.
— Geoff Harrower (@GeoffHarrower) September 18, 2018
For those affected by the Capcom Vancouver closure, @EpicGames is recruiting: https://t.co/DX9zWBTOrh
If you are an animation programmer, please reach out :)
— Laurent Delayen (@LDelayen) September 18, 2018
Capcom laid off 50 of its Vancouver workers earlier this year in an attempt to gain more control over the Dead Rising series.
The company will relocate the majority of its development to Japan moving forward.
