Capcom has begun constructing its second new research and development building in Osaka, Japan in preparation for the company’s new emphasis on development and digital distribution.

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Along with their two new buildings, Capcom announced today that part of the $78 million plan includes a focus on designing more games internally, so it plans to hire 100 developers every year, “mostly new graduates,” and hopes to have a workforces of 2,500 developers by March 2022.Capcom said that the two new buildings will have a "variety of the latest facilities" including a motion capture room and a studio for producing sound effects to give its developers a "competitive advantage" in the "rapidly growing mobile content and PC online games markets."The two new research and development buildings, Building S and Building N, are planned for completion in January 2015 and February 2016 respectively. Last month Capcom announced a new partnership with Twitch and revealed the final character for Ultra Street Fighter 4

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