Gamernode: News - Capcom Closes Clover Studio; Clover to Form New Company?

Capcom Closes Clover Studio; Clover to Form New Company?

Category: Industry, Posted: 10/12/2006 at 11:25AM CDT by Billy Wang, Previews Editor

Capcom announced the closure of Clover Studio in a press release today. According the document, the reason for the closure stemmed from a desire to "enhance the efficiency of the development power of the entire Capcom group". The closure is set to take effect by the end of March 2007, with a loss of ¥400 million ($3.4 million USD).

Created on July 1, 2004, Clover Studio was initially formed to port the GameCube game Viewtiful Joe to the PS2 (released on August 2004). Later that year, Clover developed the sequel Viewtiful Joe 2 for the Gamecube and PS2. They went on to develop Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble for the GC and PSP, Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble for the DS, the recently released cel-shaded action/adventure game Ōkami and the upcoming western-themed beat 'em up game God Hand.

An entry appeared on the Wired Games blog speculating that Clover desired to leave Capcom to form an independent studio. Those rumors are currently unsubstantiated.

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