Capcom Studio 8

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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)