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Capcom is looking to obtain Hollywood licences in the hope of expanding its portfolio in the West, as well as optioning more of it's own IP to movie makers following success with the Resident Evil franchise.

While many western companies struggle to penetrate Japan, Rockstar continues to bravely push into the market with the announcement that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas will be shipped to the region.

Capcom has ended its distribution partnership with THQ in Australia, and opted for a similar relationship with Activision to ship its games to retail stores.

Capcom is to close its Clover Studio in March 2007 in an effort to increase efficiency.

Capcom has announced its financial results for the first quarter ended June 30th, showing an overall decline in sales but a significant rise in profit bolstered by multiple handheld gaming titles.

Capcom has declared that Xbox 360 exclusive Dead Rising will arrive in Europe uncut, despite its recent rejection by Germany's videogames rating board.

Capcom has announced that Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting has become the fastest-selling Xbox Live Arcade title to date.

Capcom has appointed former Autodesk executive Charles Bellfield to the management team in the role of vice president of marketing for the publisher's USA headquarters.

Capcom's latest financial report has revealed that the publisher experienced a growth in profit of more than 90 per cent last year - but that hasn't prevented the closure of a major in-house development studio.

Japanese publisher Capcom has issued a last minute alteration to the financial projections for its full fiscal year, sending its estimates for consolidated net profits plummeting by YEN 2.4 billion (EURO 16.8 million).

Following the passing of a resolution at a board of directors' meeting, Capcom has confirmed that Capcom Eurosoft Ltd. is to be officially dissolved, with all operations transferring to CE Europe Ltd.

Japanese software publisher Capcom has revealed its financial statement for the third quarter ended December 31st, bucking the current downward turn of the software market with a quadruple increase in year-on-year profits.

French publisher Ubisoft has announced the signing of a new distribution agreement that will see the company release three cult Capcom franchises on PC in North America and Europe, beginning in February.

Capcom US has announced the appointment of three new senior level management executives, one of whom will lead the company's newly created mobile and interactive division.

Adding to an already impressive line-up of new releases for the start of 2006, Nintendo of Europe has announced a distribution deal with Capcom to bolster its post-Christmas European release schedule.

Japanese publisher Capcom has announced its FY05 financial results, with the company turning around last year's losses to report a 3.6 billion Yen (26.6 million Euro) profit off the back of rising revenues from strong overseas sales.