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The developer of the more recent Dead Rising games, and Capcom’s flagship Western studio, has been shut down. In a statement sent to Kotaku, the Japanese publisher said that the decision to shutter the branch was made after a review of its in-production projects. Essentially, it’s opted to bin the lot and “concentrate development of major titles in Japan”.

Of course, this means that 158 jobs will be lost. However, a skeleton crew will be retained until January to finalise the closure of the firm. Unfortunately, the writing’s been on the wall for a while, after Capcom downscaled the studio by about 30 per cent earlier in the year. Dead Rising 4 was not particularly successful, and a late PlayStation 4 port did little to improve its prospects.

The whole process of the closure and the cancelled projects that come with it is going to cost Capcom about ¥4.5 billion (~$40 million). Naturally, our thoughts go out to all of those who have lost their jobs.

[source kotaku.com]