LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwire - February 24, 2011) - Capcom® Mobile, a leading developer and publisher of video games, today announced that it has achieved a total of 10 million downloads across the company's two original social game offerings -- Smurfs'® Village and Zombie Cafe™ on iTunes. This major milestone was achieved over a period of four months with the release of Smurfs' Village in November of 2010 followed by Zombie Café in January of 2011. Each title continues to be incredibly popular with a combined total of 6.5 million monthly active users.
"Our first foray into free social gaming on iOS has been successful beyond our wildest imaginations," said Midori Yuasa, President and COO, Capcom Interactive, Inc. "In terms of both revenue and performance these games have been astounding. In the coming months we look forward to further building-up these communities and expanding our catalogue of social games."
Both Smurfs' Village and Zombie Café have topped App Store charts around the world. At launch Smurfs' Village became the number one top-grossing app in 55 countries and consistently ranks as a top-ten grossing app worldwide on Apple's App store. The games have been hits with fans as well with Smurf Village maintaining a 4 ½ star rating in the U.S. App Store with 95% of customers' reviews rating the current version of the game four stars or better. Likewise, Zombie Café consistently maintains a 4 ½ star rating in the U.S. App Store with 92% of customers' reviews rating the current version of the game four stars or better.
Smurfs' Village and Zombie Café are free-to-play applications that offer engaging social hooks and fun casual gameplay for players to enjoy. Additional premium content is unlockable through in-app virtual currencies.
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In Smurfs' Village players are able to interact with their favorite characters from the series and build a new village for the Smurfs to call home. Beginning with only a single mushroom house and a lone plowed plot of land, players can build a thriving community of Smurfs complete with specialized houses, elaborate gardens and colorful crops. Players can also explore several different mini games including Papa Smurf's Potion Mixing game and Painter Smurf's coloring game.
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In Zombie Café players partner with an evil corporation to use zombies as free labor to build their café empire, prepare food and serve guests. If the competition gets too fierce players can use their zombie workers to raid neighboring cafés for plunder and recipes.
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About Capcom Interactive, Inc.
Established in November of 2005 with the mandate of bringing Capcom's celebrated IP to mobile platforms in North America and Europe, Capcom Interactive, Inc. ("CII") maintains development and business offices in Los Angeles, London and Toronto. The company has published several mobile games based on Capcom's celebrated intellectual property, including Resident Evil™, Street Fighter™ and Mega Man™. In addition, CII publishes games based on several licensed properties including Who Wants To Be A Millionaire™ and Smurfs®. For additional information on the company and its offerings, please visit www.capcommobile.com.
About Capcom
Capcom is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment for game consoles, PCs, handheld and wireless devices. Founded in 1983, the company has created hundreds of games, including best-selling franchises Resident Evil™, Street Fighter™, Mega Man™ and Devil May Cry™. Capcom maintains operations in the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Tokyo, Korea and Hong Kong, with corporate headquarters located in Osaka, Japan. More information about Capcom can be found on the company website, www.capcom.com.
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