News has leaked outta Japan (courtesy of Famitsu Magazine, aka, “How US and European branches of Japanese game companies find out about new games coming from their company” Magazine) about a new-old game coming to Wii, Resident Evil: Zero. Is it in production? Yep. Is it coming to Japan or Europe? Probably not. For various boring corporate reasons, Capcom Entertainment and Capcom Europe have both decided to take a pass on this particular Wii-make. We are watching the progress on the game, and if it ends up blowing up huge like RE4 Wii did, we’ll evaluate the possibility of bringing it over here and flipping the lingo sos that y’all can read it. In the meantime, your old GC copies of RE:Zero run just fine in your Wii, sans wiggle-waggle action
On the internet? Have a strong opinion? Feel like complaining? Perhaps have the urge to type out some ampersand-laced profanity and get a warning from Chris “Lost” Tou? Here’s the thread on our message boards, go to town!
The Producer of Devil May Cry 4, Hiroyuki Kobayashi has received a prestigious lifetime achievement award from France’s leading videogames retailer Micromania at its annual awards ceremony held at La Cigale, in Paris. The award recognised Kobayashi-san’s contribution to the videogame industry over many years through titles such as Resident Evil, Dino Crisis and of course Devil May Cry.
Pictured above is Kobayashi-san cold lamping back at his hotel, doing what you do when you win lifetime achievement awards: cradle them.
Um. So, here’s this thing then. Not quite the same caliber as Yahtzee’s stuff, but, y’know, it’s funny? The first-person perspective shot of the door opening made me laugh, and kudos for going through the trouble of coating dudes in zombie makeup. The herky-jerky approach to aiming also makes me glad that my PS3 is not backwards-compatible, thus removing any temptation to go back and play the original PS1 version of RE1 again.
Over on the island nation of Great Britain, or England, or the UK — whatever it is these days, the Sony Pictures folks are running a pretty cool online RE DVD promotional campaign. Head over here to the official RE: Extinction site, upload a picture of yourself (if you so desire), adjust your tone, darkness and, best of all, your decomposition levels to zombify your bad self. You need to feed and exercise your zombie slave to make it a more efficient brain-chomper, for on Feb 18, all zombies will be “released” across a number of UK websites in homepage ads to battle it out with Alice.
Mila’s virtual character will be wondering from site to site on the 18th, slaughtering zombies like some sorta superhot zombie shredder. If your zombie survives, you might win some cool schwag, including PS3s, a Sony Bravia or copies of the movie. Of course, you’ll prolly need to be a resident of the UK in order to win (I should be able to tell you, but I lied when I clicked the “I have read and agreed to the rules of the contest” button), but there’s nothing stopping you from making a zombie doppleganger in the meantime. My zombie is named “Kramez,” go figure.
Ben “Yahtzee” Croshaw has revolutionized the art of game reviews. Long worded, big blocks of text? So 90s. Video review? So early 2000s. The best game reviews on the Internets may just be the ones done by Yahtzee each week with DIY Flash animations. Each week Yahtzee’s reviews combines just the right amount of quick-wit, stick figure animations, and a machinegun-like narration style.
Best of all, he’s never one to mince words.
This week, however, to both our horror and joy, he’s putting our own Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles under his microscope. Luckily, he actually kinda liked it in his own special way.
Check it out by clicking on the image above, but be warned that it’s NSFW (not safe for work) and definitely intended for an M-rated audience only.
So what films are you feeling at the moment?
I think Shoot Em Up is dope and the latest Resident Evil. What would you give that out of 5?
I’d give it like a 4. I love Milla Jovovich. I love her character. I think she is dope. What is your favourite bit from that film?
When she used her psychic powers to burn up the birds.
Oh yes, my friends. It’s Milla. She is in definition. A *high* definition. You want her, we got her, here’s what you do to make it yours. Using any of the four provided Resident Evil: Extinction screenshots, modify the pictures and add text as you like to make us laugh. Our top scienticians will review the entries and choose the hilarious-est.
We’ll pick our five favorites, and in addition to the DVD, winners will also score Resident Evil: Extinction hats and shirts. So if you’re tired of stuffing crummy old games into your PS3, support Milla’s ongoing de-zombification efforts and send us your captions. Check out our example entry, watch the trailer HERE, and read on for full contest rules.
For most, the end of the year usually is a time for too much eggnog, finally getting to touch a member of the opposite sex thanks to the magical Mistletoe, and making resolutions that you know you will never keep. However, the end of the year also signals the time for the reason you couldn’t keep those resolutions, videos games, to be given the proper recognition they deserve. 1up.com is getting the ball rolling, and among its nominees were several of our very own Capcom titles. The Best Adventure Game category looks really tough, especially as we’re competing with ourselves with 3 games our own games.
Best Action Game Resident Evil 4 (Wii)
Best Adventure Game Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure (Wii) Monster Hunter Freedom 2 (PSP) Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations (DS)
Best Console Downloadable Game Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo HD Remix (PS3, 360)
Game of the Year Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros’ Treasure (Wii)
Cast your vote now for your favorite Capcom games by heading on over to 2007 1up Awards page.
Stantz: Symmetrical game stacking. Just like the Philadelphia mass turbulence of 1947. Venkman: You’re right… no human being would stack games like this.
Capcom Unity member bulletdemonanswered the (ridiculous) call, and picked up some exclusive, not-available-for-sale anywhere cans of Umbrella Corporation’s REVIVE for his trouble. Membership has its privileges.
Sony Pictures and Capcom are working on an all-CG RE feature, called Resident Evil: Degeneration, which should come as no surprise to those of you paying attention. If you’ve picked up Resident Evil: Extinction, you may have seen this super-brief teaser trailer from the upcoming feature. If you haven’t picked up the movie yet, consider this reason number 2 (after Milla in a red dress and guns) to own the film. The trailer shows us that the new CG flick will be set seven years after Raccoon City was nuked (caution, spoilers behind), and will feature everybody’s favorite leather-jacketed member of STARS, Leon Kennedy. Plus: zombies! And cops ! Cross your fingers we get zombie cops. Resident Evil: Degeneration will be out in 2008.
News has leaked outta Japan (courtesy of Famitsu Magazine, aka, “How US and European branches of Japanese game companies find out about new games coming from their company” Magazine) about a new-old game coming to Wii, Resident Evil: Zero. Is it in production? Yep. Is it coming to Japan or Europe? Probably not. For various boring corporate reasons, Capcom Entertainment and Capcom Europe have both decided to take a pass on this particular Wii-make. We are watching the progress on the game, and if it ends up blowing up huge like RE4 Wii did, we’ll evaluate the possibility of bringing it over here and flipping the lingo sos that y’all can read it. In the meantime, your old GC copies of RE:Zero run just fine in your Wii, sans wiggle-waggle action 
For most, the end of the year usually is a time for too much eggnog, finally getting to touch a member of the opposite sex thanks to the magical Mistletoe, and making resolutions that you know you will never keep. However, the end of the year also signals the time for the reason you couldn’t keep those resolutions, videos games, to be given the proper recognition they deserve. 1up.com is getting the ball rolling, and among its nominees were several of our very own Capcom titles. The Best Adventure Game category looks really tough, especially as we’re competing with ourselves with 3 games our own games.
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