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• In pictures: Ultimate Capcom Showcase, Sydney - Media + Public event

  By Spandas Lui | 02 February, 2012 10:22

  Capcom took some of its most exciting titles down to Sydney's Oxford Arts Factory, much to the delight of the local gaming community. The event was organised by Capcom's distributor in Australia, THQ.

• yARN: a grim reality for gamers - and retail

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 01 July, 2011 10:59

  Japan’s games industry is struggling. A combination of a difficult domestic economic environment, as well as the natural disasters that hit the country earlier in the year has led to a significant drop across the whole industry for the first half of the year.

• Japan's gaming market sinks 16 per cent in first half

  By Martyn Williams | 30 June, 2011 12:56

  Japan's console and portable gaming market sank 16 per cent in the first six months of the year as new software failed to make a splash and sales of hardware fell, according to data released on Thursday.

• 10 Weirdest Celebrity Tech Ads

  By David Daw | 26 November, 2010 14:55

  When it comes to technology advertising, there are two time-honored schools of thought.

• Launch of Super Street Fighter 4, Lost Planet 2 delayed

  By Dave Rudden | 24 December, 2009 02:38

  G4TV has located a financial document published by Capcom for its investors that notes that three of the company's highly-anticipated releases presumed to drop in early 2010 — Super Street Fighter IV, Lost Planet 2, and Monster Hunter Tri — will be landing during the fiscal year of 2011. With the new dates set, that means the trio of titles could drop any time between April of next year, and March 2011.

• Pokemon helps prop up games industry

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 23 May, 2009 06:08

  Nintendo’s dominance of the games market has continued on the back of record profits, with new models of distribution looking to open more avenues for industry players.

• Capcom drops software distributor Red Ant for THQ

  By Matthew Sainsbury | 11 February, 2009 11:06

  Games publisher, Capcom, has signed on with a new distributor, THQ, following the collapse of Red Ant.