Capcom Titles Win Japan Game Award for Two Years in a Row

CAPCOM's Monster Hunter Freedom 2G won the Grand Award at the Tokyo Game Show 2008, which took place at Makuhari Messe (Chiba Prefecture) from October 9-12. The award sponsored by the Computer Entertainment Software Association was announced on the first day of the show.

Monster Hunter Freedom 2G, an award-winning hunting game extremely popular among many age groups, creates a new play style made possible by communication through an ad-hoc mode of team cooperative action. The game has become so popular that it is akin to a new social phenomenon. Boasting sales of over 2.5 million copies (as of October 9, 2008) in Japan since its release in March, it has become the most popular game title in Japan in 2008 both in name and reality (CAPCOM survey).

In addition, Devil May Cry 4 won the Award for Excellence. The game has the most attractive graphics in its state-of-the-art series in the world and an aggressive lead character with a bold new style. The game supports the multi-platform that is based on our MT Framework. Global sales of Devil May Cry 4 topped 2.3 million copies (as of March 30, 2008).

On October 12, CAPCOM's Resident Evil 5, Gyakuten Kenji (JAPAN) and Monster Hunter 3 (Tri) were chosen by Tokyo Game Show attendees for the FUTURE Award, accenting the high anticipation consumers have for CAPCOM products. All the three titles quickly became extremely popular at the Tokyo Game Show.