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Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection is coming to the PlayStation 3 in June 2012. The collection includes Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, both originally released on Wii.
According to Capcom's latest financial report, the company was disappointed with the sales of Okami (Wii) and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles.
However, they were pleased with the "satisfactory" sales of Monster Hunter 3, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite PSP the Best, Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, and Mega Man EXE: Operate Shooting Star.
"Following the rumour that Capcom was no longer interested in developing videogames for Wii, spurred on by disappointing sales of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, Capcom Europe has today delivered a statement. Denying the report, the publisher reaffirms it’s commitment to being a multi-format developer and publisher."
"Bishop Bryant of Jarrow, Archdeacon Brian Smith and Rt Rev John Goddard have all accused the game of promoting such interests amongst the UK’s youth, with the latter stating: “If we dabble in this area we open ourselves to influences and put ourselves at risk. I would regard any encouragement for children to be drawn into this behaviour with extreme horror.”
Capcom spokesperson Leo Tan, however, is less convinced about the proposed risk: “This is scaremongering and typical religious hyster..."
Popular new games this week are: Assassin’s Creed II (Xbox 360, PS3), New Super Mario Bros. Wii (Wii), Left 4 Dead 2 (PC, Xbox 360), The Sims 3: World Adventures Expansion (PC, Mac), LEGO Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues (Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, PS2, PSP, PC, DS), Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (Wii), God of War Collection (PS3), Little Big Planet (PSP), Assassin’s Creed II: Discovery (DS, iPhone) and Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines (PSP).
"Blood hungry videogame fans got their dose of ‘monster-mania’ on Halloween as a horde of zombies descended on Tate Modern in London. As previously reported by Electronic Theatre, the Zombie Walk was staged to celebrate the launch of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, and was arranged and organised by Capcom Europe."
The Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles official website had been updated, allowing you to play the first levels of the Raccon City, Rockfort Island and South America chapters right from your browser.
Obviously the final product will be alot more polished, but it gives gamers a good idea on what the game will be like.
For an extra giggle, read the bottom of the screen on the official site for Leon and Krauser's twitters. It looks like Leon has a bit of a man-crush on Krauser, but Krauder d...
"To celebrate the launch of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles exclusively on Wii on November 27th 2009, Capcom Europe is calling all zombies to head to central London on 31st October. The publisher is offering a free Nintendo Wii and a copy of the latest instalment in the Resident Evil series to the best dressed zombie, in a competition known as the Zombie Walk."
Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles is easily one of the most anticipated Wii games this year and now Capcom has announced a new scenario for the game. Previously all the other scenarios in were retellings of previous RE games but Darkside Chronicles will feature a brand new original scenario that is a prequel to RE4. Capcom hasn't released a trailer for this scenario but several images for it have been released.
Capcom's lineup for the upcoming Tokyo Game Show 2009 is now available via their TGS2009 website, which went up today. The current lineup:
[NDS] Ghost Trick
[PS3/360] Lost Planet 2
[WII] Biohazard: The Darkside Crhonicles
[NDS] Rockman.EXE: Operation Shooting Star
[NDS] Okamiden
Short videos of the games (with no audio) can be seen at Capcom's TGS2009 Click Theater.
Not shown, but recently posted via Capcom Unity's Twitter, is that Dead Rising 2, Tatsunoko vs. Capcom new charact...
"A keen eye and a quick trigger finger are a must to stop the undead onslaught with success being rewarded by new insight into the Resident Evil universe and the dark secrets of its main protagonists. For those who want the ultimate Arcade Shooter experience Capcom has teamed up with Nintendo to deliver a Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles and Official Nintendo Zapper bundle pack. This is the first time Nintendo has allowed a third-party publisher to bundle a game with its Official Zapper ..."
James Walker and Dante (of Sci-Fi channels WCG Ultimate Gamer were able to check out the new Resident Evil game for Wii. James is a huuuuge RE fan, so made sure to pull some good information about the game.
""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.""
A regular old Capcom extravaganza is what we have going on over on Neoseeker, in light of their CAPTIVATE 09 press event yesterday.
Needless to say, if you are a fan of the company's stuff, we've got heaps of new content to check out -- trailers, news (Resident Evil remake remake, oh yeah), screenshots...nummers.
Links here:
At Captivate '09, Capcom announced that they are hoping to achieve "a near-360 level of graphics" and "graphics that are the best you will see on the Wii" with their upcoming game Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles. They also revealed the new trailer... So do you think they've achieved their goal?
For more info on the game, go to the source.
[Discuss in the Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles forum]
Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles was announced just a few days ago, and already Capcom have big plans for it. Producer, Masachika Kawata, revealed that they are "looking to...go back to a 'very dark' style of Resident Evil".
[Discuss in the Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles forum]
The latest issue of Famitsu has revealed the new RE title for the Wii... Resident Evil: Darside Chronicles. It will be an on-rails shooter similar to The Umbrella Chronicles, and will relive parts of Resident Evil 2's plot. Go to the source for full details.
[Discuss in the Resident Evil: Darkside Chronicles forum]
![Box shot of Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles [North America]](http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/R2FtZXMvTmludGVuZG9fV2lpL0FjdGlvbi9TaG9vdGVy/resident_evil_the_darkside_chronicles_frontcover_small_Qp9DerLsNc916j6.png)