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'''Capcom Co., Ltd.''' (株式会社カプコン) is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as ''Devil May Cry'', ''Ghosts'n Goblins'', ''Street Fighter'', ''Mega Man'', ''Resident Evil'', and ''Dead Rising''. Capcom also developed and published ''Bionic Commando'', ''Ace Attorney'', ''Lost Planet'' and ''Dark Void'', though they are less known. Its head office is in Chūō-ku, Osaka. Originally established in 1983, it has since become an international enterprise with branches and subsidiaries in North America, Europe, and East Asia.
'''Capcom Co., Ltd.''' (株式会社カプコン) is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as ''Devil May Cry'', ''Ghosts'n Goblins'', ''Street Fighter'', ''Mega Man'', ''Resident Evil'', and ''Dead Rising''. Capcom also developed and published ''Bionic Commando'', ''Ace Attorney'', ''Lost Planet'' and ''Dark Void'', though they are less known. Its head office is in Chūō-ku, Osaka. Originally established in 1983, it has since become an international enterprise with branches and subsidiaries in North America, Europe, and East Asia.



Revision as of 17:21, 10 September 2014

Capcom Co., Ltd. (株式会社カプコン) is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Ghosts'n Goblins, Street Fighter, Mega Man, Resident Evil, and Dead Rising. Capcom also developed and published Bionic Commando, Ace Attorney, Lost Planet and Dark Void, though they are less known. Its head office is in Chūō-ku, Osaka. Originally established in 1983, it has since become an international enterprise with branches and subsidiaries in North America, Europe, and East Asia.

History

The original companies that spawned Capcom's Japanese branch were I.R.M Corporation founded on May 30, 1979, as well as its subsidiary Japan Capsule Computer Co., Ltd., both of which were devoted to the manufacturing and distribution of electronic game machines. The two companies underwent a name change to Sambi Co., Ltd. in September 1981, while Capcom Co., Ltd. itself was first established on June 11, 1983, for the purpose of taking over the internal sales department.

In January 1989, the old affiliate company Capcom Co., Ltd. merged with Sambi Co., Ltd., resulting in the current Japanese branch. The name Capcom is an abbreviation of "Capsule Computer", a term coined by the company to describe the arcade machines it solely manufactured in its early years, designed to set themselves apart from personal computers that were becoming widespread at that time. The word capsule alludes to how Capcom likened its game software to "a capsule packed to the brim with gaming fun", as well as to the company's desire to protect its intellectual property with a hard outer shell, preventing illegal copies and inferior imitations.


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