- September 24, 2013
- Press Release
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3-1-3, Uchihiranomachi, Chuo-ku
Osaka, 540-0037, Japan
Capcom Co., Ltd.
Haruhiro Tsujimoto, President and COO
(Code No. 9697 Tokyo Stock Exchange)
“Resident Evil 6” Wins Award of Excellence at the Japan Game Awards 2013
– Two titles receive awards in Future Division: “Sengoku BASARA 4” and “deep down” –
Capcom Co., Ltd. (Capcom) is pleased to announce that “Resident Evil 6” won an Award of Excellence among “Japan Game Awards 2013” hosted by CESA (Computer Entertainment Supplier’s Association) and presented at “Tokyo Game Show 2013” held from 19 to 22 September. In addition, two of its other titles – “Sengoku BASARA 4” and “deep down” – were also awarded in the Future Division at the event.
The prizewinner “Resident Evil 6”, that won an Award of Excellence on this occasion, is a game that has been created with an outstanding degree of quality that incorporates all the very best features that Capcom is able to produce, and stars series heroes “Leon” and “Chris” in their first joint appearance as they get involved in a dramatic storyline with a graphics presentation that is strikingly realistic. The game also offers like the cooperative and crossover system as well as new types of action. Consequently, initial shipments of the game set a new all-time record for the company in terms of units sold which now stand at a total of 5 million worldwide to date.
In the Future Division, users vote to select upcoming titles with the highest expectations. In this division, two Capcom games received awards: “Sengoku BASARA 4” and “deep down”. Long lines of visitors formed for all of these titles at the event with every game proving enormously popular among the fans that attended the show.
Capcom will keep striving to satisfy the expectations of all of its users by making the most of our industry-leading game development capabilities to continuing to create games that are full of originality.
[Award List]
Game of the Year Division
| Award Name | Title | Platform |
| Award of Excellence | Resident Evil 6 | PlayStation®3, Xbox 360®, PC |
Future Division
| Award Name | Title | Platform |
| Recipient | Sengoku BASARA 4 | PlayStation®3 |
| deep down | PlayStation®4 |
[Product Information]
"Resident Evil 6"
| Genre | Survival Horror |  |
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| Release Date | October 4, 2012 |
"Sengoku BASARA 4"
| Genre | Stylish Hero Action |  |
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| Release Date | January 23, 2014 (Plan) |
"deep down" (working title)
| Genre | Memory Reading RPG | |
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| Release Date | TBA |
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