Dino Crisis was released world wide starting July 1999, and was developed by Capcom Production Studio 4. The game made an appearance at the 1999 E3 expo,[1] and the press was provided with review copies of a 75% complete build of the game.[2]
Marketing[]
Capcom produced a series of ads for Dino Crisis in Japan, with one paired-up with Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace in theatres.[3]Dino Crisis exceeded Capcom's initial expectations in Japan, and as it made its way to international markets Capcom invested heavily in marketing it and other titles in the lead-up to Christmas 1999. Capcom USA put $20 million into producing a series of TV and print ads for Dino Crisis, Resident Evil 2's Nintendo 64 port, and the new Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. The TV campaign for the game began on 20 September with the intention of running up to Christmas, with Resident Evil 3: Nemesis following up on 10 November, and Resident Evil 2 on 15 November.[4] In the UK, trailers were appearing on UK Horizons in March 2000 as part of their "Dinosaur Week" event sponsored by Virgin, who was the game's distributor in much of Europe.[5]
