"5. Jill Valentine & Barry Burton
Ever since they became comrades, Barry had an eye for the young and beautiful Jill Valentine, while at the same time having family and children waiting at home. The call for support at the Arklay Mountains ties them and they share things all the way through the mission. While his attempts at flirting include "why don’t you, the master of unlocking, take this lock pick?” are very well received, he goes a bit too far when he suggests a "Jill-sandwich" in ..."
Gaming has its fair share of sexy people, but it also has its fair share of characters who... aren't quite as visually appealing.
Here are Gamescastlive.com's ugliest villains in gaming.
Go to the source for the full article.
Resident Evil is the series that coined the term "survival horror", but in recent years the games have moved towards more action-oriented gameplay and stories, leaving the 'survival' and 'horror' behind.
While the Resident Evil franchise still manages to pull in sales, many fans feel that it has lost much of what made it such a popular series in the first place.
Go to the source for the full article.
"25 Things About Me: Chris Redfield
1. Most people only know me as Chris, but my full name is actually Christopher Redfield.
2. My mission in life is to stop the distribution of viral weaponry and end bioterrorism that started with the Umbrella Corporation. This is why I’m one of the founding members of BSAA (Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance) along with my partner, Jill Valentine.
3. I can yawn on demand even when I’m not tired. It’s something I picked up as a kid when ..."
"I was 19 when Capcom released the first Resident Evil, fresh out of high school and in my gaming prime. I liked zombies and I needed a new game, so I popped it in to my Playstation and I have never looked back since. A true RE fan for life. Since 1996 both the video game and movie series have introduced us to some bonafide hotties. Here is a list of the Top 10 Ladies of Resident Evil (both pixilated and real). You can disagree if you want and you can think I'm a freak. It's a free country and..."
Here's Capcom's list of titles that are hitting the PSN. Starting tomorrow the Capcom Classics Collection Remixed will be up for download, which contains games such as Bionic Commando, Captain Commando, Final Fight, Street Fighter, and others. The PSN will get a steady stream of content after that with the likes of Street Fighter Alpha 3 Max, Darkstalkers, Dino Crisis, Resident Evil 2 and 3, and most notably, Power Stone Collection. That's plenty of games to keep your wallet dry for a while.
An ambitious developer known as Outatime has spent the past months trying to recreate the Resident Evil 3 campaign in Valve's Left 4 Dead. He's just announced on his site that the beta version is up for download for anybody willing to do so. However, there are some issues with the framerate. He has no idea when he'll release the full campaign yet.
Check out the development site to learn more about the project.
"After many years of "tank" controls, static camera angles and increasingly formulaic gameplay, Resident Evil creator Shinji Mikami knew it was time to reboot his franchise, so he and his team built Resident Evil 4 from the ground-up. The studio axed the controls, camera angles, nonsensical puzzles and even the iconic zombies that had populated the franchise from the beginning, and fans welcomed the sweeping changes with praise.
So, what changes should be made and in what direction should C..."
Ah, Capcom, they've given us some pretty iconic games over these long years. The publisher recently released a list of their 44 bestsellers, or games that exceeded 1 million units sold since release, up until the fiscal year ending in March 2009.
The top 10 aren't too surprising. These figures are for separate platforms, so multiplatform games may appear more than once. PS3 and Xbox 360 sales are lumped together.
1. Street Fighter II (1992) - 6.3 millionz
2. Resident E...
""We'll definitely be looking at a lot of titles that have things like Street Fighter and Resident Evil in the title," Kramer said. "We're thinking about putting together a long list of the titles we're looking at, and then releasing it on Capcom Unity and having people vote on them. Ultimately we're looking at bringing between 20 and 40 titles to the PSN over the next several months.""
"“In late 1994, Capcom Entertainment in the US was starting to ramp up marketing plans for the game that would eventually become known as Resident Evil in the US. Capcom Japan had let us know that the name of the game was going to be ‘Biohazard’ in Japan, but I pointed out to the person who ran marketing at the time that it would be next to impossible for Capcom to register the name in the US.
“As an example, I pointed out that a crappy DOS-based game had just come out in the US cal..."
If the other retrospective videos have still left you confused about the Resident Evil storyline, watch this video for the entire RE timeline...
"Be A Master of Unlocking:
If you find yourself trapped in a safehouse, eerie mansion or underground facility, chances are you are going to run into some locked doors. Fear not, for while there may be no keyholes and you possess no keys, that's probably just because a sinister corporation has devised an elaborate scheme to keep you from uncovering the truth. If you find any emblems, medallions, or strangely colored objects, it's a safe bet that they will be used to unlock the exact room that ..."
With Resident Evil 5's release just around the corner, Gametrailers has released the second of six Resident Evil retrospective videos.
This video delves into the sequels Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, so if you're not familiar with either games, or just want to brush up on your RE knowledge, watch this ...
The first RE retrospective video is here
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"The gaming community has a morbid fascination with death, and something is always dying. Apparently E3 is dead, PC gaming is dead, and some say the survival horror genre is dying. Most gamers readily admit that Resident Evil 4 is a great game, but no one is trying to defend it as a survival horror title. Indeed, the Resident Evil franchise has changed over the years, and we're a long way from where Capcom started."
Capcom's 'head of character contents business', Toshihiro Tokumaru, recently speaking for a piece to be featured in Capcom's Investor Relations communication, has revealed the company licensing the movie rights to Resident Evil as they did was "unfortunate".
He implies they made a poor decision in passing over all rights with the deal, thereby losing all ability to use 'any finished product'. As such, "in the future, we'd like to create films where we retain the rights".
More interesti...
"I have to admit that when I first heard that a feature-length CG film based on the Resident Evil video game series was being made, I was pretty skeptical. I mean, the last three live action Resident Evil movies by Paul W. S. Anderson weren't exactly spectacular (forgive me Milla). Plus, I couldn't help but remember what happened when they made the Final Fantasy video game franchise into that abhorrent CG movie that cost a bazillion dollars to make. I was wrong though. Resident Evil: Degenerat..."
"Being a big fan of zombie-cinema, I naturally tend to play almost everything related to the genre that I can get my hands on. So here it is, a top ten list comprised solely of games that depict the inevitable forthcoming zombie apocalypse. You all know it's going to happen one day, so may as well get some virtual training in before it's too late!"
Jim Sterling of destructoid.com types about how the evolution of survival horror games has run them into the ground. This isn't the only speculation of recent times about the genre, with What happened to survival horror? and Survival Horror - Does it even exist anymore?. This blog is just one more look into how the genre is dying off.
Read on to see how the generations have been adding to the dragging down of the survival horror genre.
Racketboy has browsed through the plethora of games in the Playstation library and weighed out the defining elements - things that molded the system, and console gaming for years to come.
This is much more than a list of the best Playstation games, it goes into elements that changed gaming as we know it. These are the quintessential video games.
Read through the article for in-depth analysis of the games/series as well as a little back story to each of them that you might not be familia...
Many were hoping that Capcom's Resident Evil film would pump some life back into the series, and wipe the Milla Jovovich films from our minds, and what could possible go wrong when Sony Pictures were behind it?
Well, apparently everything, as Wired have given a film a mere 3/10.
...That's still better than the Jovovich films though :D
Kotaku's Leigh Alexander goes in depth with the rise and fall of the survival horror genre. A look at how today's gamers are almost too impatiant to appreciate the ambiance and nuances of the genre and require constant stimulation - which is why they are drawn to games like Halo or Call of Duty.
Old favorites such as the Silent Hill, Resident Evil, and Fatal Frame series are unfortunatly a dying breed - it is up to us dedicated fans (I'm looking at your GothicGirl) to keep the genre alive.
"Why did the villagers shoot at Leon ?
Because his last name is Kennedy !
What's a popular drink for a hot day in Raccoon City ?
An iced-tea virus !
Why do zombies fear Photographers ?
They hate headshots !
Why did the angry people attack an outsider with pitchforks and torches ?
Because they were religious !"
"Video game characters are increasingly becoming the poster children for gym membership. With most of gamings heroes and heroines being chiseled, pert and with cheek bones you could grate cheese on, there seems to be less and less room for the more gelatinous gentleman in the industry.
Thats why we thought wed celebrate those characters who said no to Atkins and still managed to pull off moves that would shame most gold-winning Olympians. But while they might seem fighting fit on your..."
Earlier today at the Comic Con that was hosted in San Diego, fans of the Resident Evil series got to see the first trailer of the Resident Evil: Degeneration movie! Resident Evil: Degeneration, which will be a full CG movie, will hit theaters in Japan this fall and will be coming to Blu-Ray and DVD in North America later this year!
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The survival-horror genre has a surprising amount of female protagonists, and many of them are well-known characters in the gaming world.
GI have listed their favorite survival-horror babes, as well as some classics that older fans may have forgotten. Go to source for full list.
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