Back To The City

So my report last week about Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City was correct (woot, go me) and Capcom have now confirmed it. Obviously i'm not here to brag though, in fact i bring you more Resident Evil-ness in the form of the new ORC teaser trailer. Check it out below in all it's zombie filled glory and let me know what you think... and Yes, that IS a zombie getting curb-stomped at 0:45

Returning To Your Residence... Evil

Survival horror fans rejoice, as it is now confirmed that Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil: Code Veronica X will be making their way to your favourite console via digital downloads. Both games will be given the HD touch-up and will be released around the end of the year, to coincide with the 15th anniversary of the franchise.

If you're hoping to get back further in the history of Resident Evil though, keep an eye out because a story that has apparently been leaked from the upcoming issue of OXM has details on the next Resident Evil game, titled Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. ORC will apparently take you back to the 1998 Raccoon City incident, but will see you make your way through the city as a 4-man team of Umbrella Security Service Operatives. Named Vector, Beltway, Bertha and Spectre, the operatives are based around Resident Evil 2's secret character Hunk.

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The team will be tasked with covering up the epidemic and eliminating survivors, and as such, will end up fighting not just the zombies but also survivors and Spec Ops soldiers. ORC will also allow you to rewrite major parts of the Resident Evil history by killing key survivors such as Leon Kennedy.
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So it's looking to be a busy year for Resident Evil fans... The Operation Raccoon City story is yet to be confirmed, but should be soon, so keep watch for more details and for the release dates and any further info on the RE4 / RE:CVX releases.

Two Worlds Collide

Marvel vs Capcom 3 is shaping up to be the fighting game of the year (or, best fighting game since Street Fighter 4) and it looks to be aiming for a launch early next year. The official word is Spring 2011 (March-May) but Gamestop are advertising the release date as February 15th. Either way, a collectors edition has also been confirmed for the U.S. which includes:

• Steelbook Case featuring Exclusive Artwork
• Prequel Comic
• Two Character DLC-Card (Jill Valentine & Shuma Gorath)
• 1 Month Subscription to Marvel Digital Comics

The DLC will be available 4 weeks after launch and there is also a preorder bonus of some console decals. Pictures below... (and a reminder, this is all for the U.S. so it may or may not be available here in Australia)

Collectors Edition

Console Decals

The Outbreak Approaches

Just a quick message to people intending on buying Dead Rising 2, the Australian release date has been shifted forward a week to September 24th. Same deal for Europe, although Americans will still have to wait till the 28th.

Welcome To Fortune City

One of the better things about Dead Rising was the large environment you had to run around and dispatch the undead in. So with the release of Dead Rising 2 approaching, it seems to make sense that people would want to know what sort of area's they'll be dealing with this time. Well, luckily for those people, i've got a full map of Fortune City...

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It looks like we'll be stuck with a single safe house again, but the number of save points seems to have increased. Generally it seems like a bigger version of Dead Rising 1's mall, with safe house, save points, maintenance access and a heap of individual areas. I'm just hoping they manage to reduce the amount of points where the game needs to load... oh, and improve the friendly A.I., obviously

Characters Sourced

While i'm not a fighting game fan, i am looking forward to Marvel vs Capcom 3. The characters included in the game have been slowly being announced since the game was first mentioned, however someone may have spoiled Capcom's fun. A user at french website PS3Gen, managed to dig up a list of characters left in the source code of MvC3's Japanese website. This is definitely unconfirmed and shouldn't be taken as fact, but for those interested, click 'Read More' for the full list of 38 characters.

Media Much?

Comic-Con has meant heaps of new game videos and news, so click 'Read More' for my list of videos you need to see...