Capcom cans Puzzle Fighter as Vancouver studio focuses on next Dead Rising

Capcom has cancelled mobile game Puzzle Fighter just five months after it came out - leaving its Vancouver studio to focus on the next Dead Rising game.

Puzzle Fighter is a free-to-download mobile-only version of Capcom's much-loved gem-crushing puzzle game that features characters and stages from various Capcom franchises. Capcom had hoped it would revitalise the Puzzle Fighter series, but it appears the game failed to find an audience.

Back in February, Capcom Vancouver suffered a major round of layoffs that affected 30 per cent of the studio.

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