Capcom Studio 8

Capcom Studio 8, Inc. was a wholly owned subsidiary of Capcom U.S.A. and Capcom's U.S. research and development team. [1] It was originally incorporated on May 15, 1995 as Capcom R&D, Inc. The name was quickly changed to Capcom Digital Studios, Inc. on May 31. The name was changed again to Capcom Studio 8 on April 29, 2003.

The company was shut down in 2006. [2] [3] In 2007, it was acquired by and merged into Capcom Entertainment. [4] [5]

Sega veteran and former ASCII Entertainment Software president Noriyuki Hanawa (Steve Hanawa) was the original president. (Game Machine 1995/8/15, p. 22) [6] Hiroshi Tobisawa served as president later. [7]

Research Methods: Actual mentions, online resources

As Capcom Digital Studios

Arcade

• Final Fight Revenge (Capcom)

DOS

• Super Street Fighter II (production) (US Publisher: Capcom)

Developer: Rozner Labs; Music and Sound Drivers: Miles Designs

Macintosh

• Tang Chi (production) (US Publisher: Capcom)

Developer: Foley Hi-Tech Systems; 3D Animations: Dimensional Studios

Game Boy Color

• 1942 (production, some testing) (US/EU Publisher: Capcom)

Developer: Digital Eclipse

• Ghosts 'n Goblins (production, direction, testing, cover art) (US/EU Publisher: Capcom)

Developer: Digital Eclipse

PlayStation

• Iron Man Football (unreleased) (Capcom) [8]

Saturn

• Final Fight Revenge (JP Publisher: Capcom)
• Major Damage (unreleased) (Capcom)
• Werewolf: The Apocalypse (unreleased) (Capcom)

Windows

• Tang Chi (production) (US Publisher: Capcom)

Developer: Foley Hi-Tech Systems; 3D Animations: Dimensional Studios

?

• Street Fighter Alpha 3 [9]

As Capcom Studio 8

PlayStation 2

• deVargas (unreleased) (Capcom)
• Final Fight: Seven Sons (unreleased) (Capcom)
• Final Fight: Streetwise (US/EU Publisher: Capcom)

Sound: Soundelux; Cutscene Animation: SemoLogic; Arcade Game Emulation Programming: Ultrarcade

• Makai Eiyuuki Maximo: Machine Monster no Yabou / Maximo vs Army of Zin (JP/KR/US/EU Publisher: Capcom)

Cutscenes: Digital Frontier; Sound: Tommy Tallarico Studios, Soundelux

• Maximo / Maximo: Ghosts to Glory (JP/US/KR/EU Publisher: Capcom)

Cutscenes: Digital Frontier; Sound: Tommy Tallarico Studios

• Maximo 3 (unreleased) (Capcom)