April 24th, 2006

Capcom Co., Ltd.

Capcom’s 4 receives Game of the Year and Freedom receives the Award for Best Portable Game at the Awards Ceremony!

Capcom is pleased to announce that our very own was awarded Game of the Year while Monster Hunter Freedom was awarded the Best Portable Game at the Enterbrain Co., Ltd. Famitsu Awards 2005.

Famitsu Awards 2005 covers games published between January 1st and December 31st, 2005. Awards are presented for games considered in their respective categories after undergoing a strict judging process that consists of votes cast by game fans across Japan and a judging panel of editors from the Enterbrain Co., Ltd.’s publication and media.

The Game of the Year winning Resident Evil 4 was released on the GameCube platform in January 2005 and on the PlayStation 2 platform in December of the same year. This hit title has shipped a combined 3 million copies worldwide (as of December 31st, 2005). The upcoming will be available for both the and PlayStation 3.

Monster Hunter Freedom was released in December 2005 for the PSP® (PlayStation Portable) and more than 600,000 units have been shipped in Japan (as of March, 2006). Monster Hunter has been such a smash success that is has even helped spark PSP® hardware sales while continuing its strong sales in Japan.

As always, Capcom will keep striving to produce great new game titles and expand its appeal to a broader audience across the globe. 〔Product Information〕

1. Title Resident Evil 4

2. Genre

3. Platforms PlayStation 2 GameCube

Japan: Dec 1st, 2005 Japan: Jan 27th, 2005

4. Release Date Europe: Nov 5th, 2005 N. America: Jan 11th, 2005

N. America: Oct 25th, 2005 Europe: Mar 18th, 2005

5. MSRP (Jpn) 7,140 yen (tax incl.) 8,190 yen (tax incl.)

6. Award 「FAMITSU AWARDS 2005」Game of the Year ”Resident Evil 4”

1. Title Monster Hunter Freedom

2. Genre Hunting Action

3. Platforms PSP® (PlayStation Portable)

4. Release Date Japan: December 1st, 2005

5. MSRP (Jpn) 5,040 yen (tax incl.) 6. Award 「FAMITSU AWARDS 2005」Best Portable Game “Monster Hunter Freedom”

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