Capcom buys Tenchu developer K2 Studios

Capcom has announced that its wholly acquired K2 Studios via a simple exchange of stock which is expected to be completed on May 1.

"K2 has a proven record as a reliable provider of game development services for Capcom. By making this company a wholly owned subsidiary, Capcom plans to make its game development activities more efficient and speedy," Capcom said in a statement. "Capcom also believes that pursuing a business strategy based on closer ties with K2 will help increase the value of the entire Capcom Group."

[eddierivera]

Tenchu, for the ps3,,, Now!

[Rikitatsu]

AT LAAAAAST

Tenchu series will be freed from the Hands of the Noobs at K2 !! there might be a chance where tenchu returns to its Former Glory ( Tenchu 2 T_____T )

[Silellak]

Dear Capcom:

Please make Tenchu good again.

Hugs and kisses,

An old, jaded gamer with hope.

[cloud360-7th_account]

if tenchu doesnt have rpg element like re4 wer u can upgrade your weapons liek final fantasy. then i will defiantley not buy it

i have played tenchu 2 on the psxe emulator for 2 minutes. it has good graphics

[BilI Gates]

I gave up on Tenchu.

[Skerj]

Pass the series over to the Onimusha team plz.

[bootsielon]

If you can't do a decent port on PS3 *cough* Lost Planet *cough*, then save it

[SaiyanFury]

I like Tenchu as it is, although some fresh blood would be helpful. I've logged about 300 hours on Tenchu Senran. I look forward to Tenchu 4, I just hope it will be on PS3 so my hands won't get fatigued from the controller. :)

[Obama]

hmm only tenchu 1 and 2 are good, the rest are crap period.

[Apocalypse Shadow]

i stopped caring about tenchu.i'd rather have the first game remade anyway.

my fix for tenchu has been replaced with acquire's

way of the samurai 1 and 2.short and sweet multiple ending games.and lots of weapons to choose from.

megaton................

[v1c1ous]

wasn't the tenchu series owned by microsoft ._o?

[Mike Bowden]

Don' think so no. :)

[Skerj]

Nope, they all started on PS systems and were even published by Sony Music/Activision until K2 took over. Then Return from Darkness was on the Xbox and Zenran on 360 afterwards. Acquire's a more competent developer though, I hope Capcom lets one of their existing teams work on the Tenchu franchise because it's been stagnant since the second game and STILL plagued with the same issues from that era.

[DragonKnight]

That they could buy anything. With the amount of times they make it seem like they are breaking the bank just to make one game, you'd figure they don't have any money.

"It costs too much to make a PS3 beta".

And yet it doesn't cost too much to buy a development company?

[LONEWOLF231]

Nice!!!

FINALLY THE TENCHU STORY CAN MOVE FORWARD!!!!!!!!!!!

[supremacy]

capcom, why don't you do us all a favor and put the same effort your putting on bionic commando make a next gen strider game instead.

and now all i can think about is capcom making crappy ps3 ports of these upcoming games and wii versions of ps2 tenchu games.

i used to love this series but it somehow fell apart for me, i was thinking sega would acquire this studio, but seeing as they too are in a hole like take two is currently under, due to them actually taking risks making games on actual next generation consoles. unlike a company i know cough capcom*,

i now know why this didn't take place.

man sony needs to buy segasammy, now that would be bigger than this whole EA take 2 fiasco, man just thinking of all those properties owned by sage fused with sony's own, man that would be huge,but..... oh well.

anyway guys go on.

[buddyro]

can make Tenchu good just reinvent the wheel for us gamers.

[KidMakeshift]

I don't care what ya say. I liked Tenchu Z. It wasn't revolutionary, but it's the only good Tenchu game besides the original