Resident Evil: Revelations was originally released on the Nintendo 3DS, and it has been the first Resident Evil game in quite some time that has generated mostly positive reviews from critics and gamers alike. The game adopts the same gameplay style as Resident Evil 4/5, however, it also includes classic aspects of the Resident Evil series, such as puzzles. It also brings back the horror aspect to the game, which seemed non-existent in the recent Resident Evil releases.

The game has done so well on the Nintendo 3DS, with retail sites like Amazon having a 5/5 star user rating for the game, that Capcom decided it needed to capitalize on its success. It announced back in January that it would be porting the game to all of the current-gen consoles as well as the PC. It would improve the graphics, add a trophy system, implement a co-op mode for the main campaign, and more.

With the demo, gamers will be able to test out the game before they purchase it, which is what many gamers would have loved to do with Resident Evil 6 before they spent their money on it. Currently, the demo is speculated to be held-up due to the certification process it needs for each platform, but as soon as that’s done you’ll be on your way to navigating through the horrors of the Queen Zenobia.

[via Capcom Unity]

In Resident Evil 6, players will be able to use the Left 4 Dead 2 characters, Coach, Ellis, Nick, or Rochelle, in RE6′s The Mercenaries No Mercy mode. The characters will have their own set of abilities and weapons that Capcom believes lives true to their stories and nature. Not only will the main characters in L4D2 make it to RE6, the villains will make their way there too. The Witch, and Mini Tank will be joining the ranks of the infected. The DLC will be available beginning April 5th.

In Left 4 Dead 2, while you won’t be able to play as any of the Resident Evil 6 characters (without mods anyways), you will be able to fight some of their villains. The monsters, Lepotitsa, Napad, and Ogroman, will be making their way to L4D2 to terrorize you and your friends, alongside the other special enemies like the Witch, Tank, and Boomer. Valve says the DLC will be available in the “Spring”.

Both of the DLCs will be available at no extra cost to the gamers. This crossover is a gift to Valve’s undead enthusiasts and will possibly increase sales for both Left 4 Dead 2 and Resident Evil 6. These new DLCs are a PC exclusive, meaning those of you who have Left 4 Dead 2 on the Xbox 360, and Resident Evil 6 on the PS3/Xbox 360 are out of luck.

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In fact, Capcom’s Christian Svensson was answering a fan question about Resident Evil 6 and Lost Planet 3 potentially making it to the Wii U when he revealed the company’s plan. “With regard to WiiU, in general we’re looking forward, not back so late ports are generally not on the table,” Svensson said. So, don’t hold out any hope of seeing your favorites from Xbox 360 and PS3 make the jump to Wii U.

Of course, this is something that will probably please a lot of fans, as early Wii U owners haven’t exactly taken kindly to the number of ports that were on the system from launch. If we were to hazard a guess, we’d say that Wii U owners want new experiences to break in their consoles, rather than ports of games that have been out for a year or so. Interestingly enough, the only game Capcom has announced for the Wii U is Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, which could be considered something of an “enhanced” port of the original Wii game.

In any case, we’ll have to wait and see what Capcom has planned, because aside from Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate, Capcom hasn’t made any Wii U announcements. Capcom usually doesn’t have any problem releasing new versions of old games over and over again, so the idea that it won’t be releasing many older games on the Wii U is something of a surprise. Still, we have a feeling that Wii U owners will be happy Capcom is looking to offer new experiences on their console. Stay tuned.

[via Siliconera]

The digital download of Resident Evil 6 will be available through Steam and will also come with Steamworks functionality. The PC version of the game will include all of the content in the console release, as well as all the title updates, which means Ada Wong’s campaign and the No Hope difficulty mode will be available to play from the get-go.

As far as minimum requirements for the PC version of Resident Evil 6, users will need at least need an Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz processor or better, equivalent to AMD’s Athlon X2 2.8GHz chip. Other requirements include at least 2GB of RAM, 16GB of hard drive space, and an NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS or better.

In related news, the second title update for Resident Evil 6 will hit consoles on January 22, adding Agent Hunt mode, stage selection, and Quick Time Event assistance. The game will also become a downloadable title on the Xbox 360 during the holidays, where it will be available for purchase in the Xbox 360′s Games on Demand service.

[via Euorgamer]

In a statement to Eurogamer today, the company confirmed that it had launched an investigation into the sale of Resident Evil 6 after reports surfaced last week that claimed some retailers were selling the title early. Capcom then confirmed that at least a few copies of Resident Evil 6 had been sold, saying “At this time, all we can add is that it would appear this unfortunate incident is limited to a small quantity of stolen copies of the German USK PlayStation 3 version of the game.”

One of those copies popped up on eBay with a starting bid of €478.78 and a buyout price of €1,196.71. The auction has since been ended by the seller, and it seems that he or she didn’t know that the copy they had was stolen, as the description says that the game is “legit” and was purchased “legally from the store.” Just in case you were wondering, the seller wasn’t able to net any bids before they closed the auction.

Eurogamer says that its unknown how many stolen copies were sold, but since the reports only seem to be about one or two stores in Poland, it probably isn’t that many. Capcom’s investigation seems to be ongoing despite the fact that it can confirm that stolen copies have been sold, so we’ll probably be finding out more about this soon. Keep it tuned here to SlashGear, and in the meantime, tell us: do you like Resident Evil so much that you’d drop €1,200 to get RE 6 a month early?

Overall, Capcom’s net sales increased 55.8% year-over-year, settling at ¥18.62 billion ($238 million). Operating income came in at ¥2.66 billion ($34.03 million) for the period ending June 30, climbing 244.4% year-over-year. Finally, net profits landed at ¥1.32 billion ($16.9 million), which is a whopping 290.2% increase over Q1 2011.

So Capcom is looking pretty good all around heading into its Q2, but strangely enough, some of thanks for the successful quarter belongs to Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. Despite leaving some critics underwhelmed, the game has managed to ship 450,000 copies so far, so it seems that fans don’t care all that much about poor review scores in this instance. Dragon’s Dogma and Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City are the only titles listed as “major” releases for the 3-month period, so Capcom apparently made a significant portion of its revenue from just those two last quarter. Capcom also says its social efforts, such as The Smurfs’ Village and Snoopy’s Street Fair, brought in a steady stream of revenue throughout Q1.

We’re indifferent when it comes to Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, but it’s good to see that Dragon’s Dogma is exceeding expectations (at least in Japan). It was a solid open-world RPG title that wasn’t without its flaws, but luckily it sold well enough to warrant a sequel, so Capcom will have a chance to fix those issues with upcoming titles in the series. It’ll be exciting to see where the franchise goes next, and it just goes to show that not all gamers are opposed to giving a new IP a go this late in the generation. Let’s hope that Capcom gives the franchise the attention it deserves and transforms it from something good into something excellent.

Resident Evil 6 promises hours of game play with three different storylines. The premise of the game is that no country is safe from bio terrorist attacks and almost everyone has succumbed, including the President of the United States. Raccoon City survivor Leon partners with Chris Redfield for the first time to save the world and restore hope in the video game.

Capcom says that players will creep through dimly lit rooms, run across rooftops, clamber up ladders, and select weapons to wipeout zombies and defeat the C-virus. The game will support single players and co-op play for up to four players. Online and off-line modes are available. Two versions of the game are available for pre-order including the standard version for £38.96 and a Steelbook Edition for £43.17. The game is set to release October 2.

This particular campaign takes place at a university where the president must be visiting at a rather inopportune moment while a new wave of viruses hit the population. This campaign is an action-based situation for the most part, and is one of three ways to play the game. As the game’s Director, Eiichiro Sasaki notes this week with CVG:

“[Chris' campaign starts six months after] he was fighting bio-terror in other parts of the world. It’s something that’ll affect the way he makes decisions and the way he thinks about fighting bio-terrorism. The Chris we meet in China is one we’re not accustomed to. Piers has been supporting Chris since that time, six months ago, and he’ll be there in the prologue.

Chris’ campaign is an action-based thing, but we’re still trying to bring horror elements to each of them in their own way, and even an action story can have elements of horror that you can’t do in, say, Leon’s story – that greater intensity and pressure.” – Sasaki

Have a peek at the Resident Evil 6 preview trailer released today and get ready for more zombie-massacre action as we continue to look at this game all week long!

[via CVG]

Both will be presented in high-definition, and will support the PlayStation Move motion controller. Of course, support for standard PS3 controls will also be available. When it launches, the two included titles won’t be available as separate downloads, but later on they will be broken up for gamers who just want one or the other. Pricing details were not announced.

There will be support for both single-player as well as cooperative multiplayer in the game. “Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection will offer gamers the chance to relive the Resident Evil story so far. The intense shooter gameplay from both titles is back as players attempt to survive the horror alone or with a friend in co-op mode, earning trophies as they go,” said Capcom in a statement.

[via Examiner]

The biggest irritant to PS3 gamers is that the Xbox 360 gets Call of Duty add-on content months before they do, but this time the timed exclusivity bit happens before the base game is even released. The RE6 demo will go live for Xbox 360 owners on July 3, while anyone wanting to sweat through the preview with a DualShock will have to wait until September 4. That’s the way the cookie crumbles.

A Capcom spokesperson was quoted by GamingTarget.com as saying, “This was a strategic business decision.” As a footnote, this demo will only be available to gamers who purchase the other Capcom title Dragon’s Dogma, which launches on May 22. Those who have no interest in Dogma will have to wait until September 20, when it will be generally available to both platforms.

[via GamingTarget]

There are some unanswered questions about the 2-player co-op mode. Namely, we want to know if the players are on split screen like the old days of gaming, or if it supports local networks for more than one console so each player gets their own full screen. The co-op play extends to the online space too.

Anywhere from 2-6 players can team up for play via the internet. That sounds like fun; it’s always nice in these sort of games where enemies can come from anywhere to have someone to watch your back. The full details on the online modes aren’t available just yet, but they are called out in the Features and Online Features section of the Microsoft page about the game. The trailer for the game launched last week.

[via Gaming Examiner]

Of course there’s no such thing as a hoax when the group responsible doesn’t specifically tell you that it’s supposed to be something that it’s not, right? What Tuffcub did was to contact the group whose billboard it was to see who rented the area at that time, and what do you know? They had the answer, of course, as they’re required to by law.

Panel number is 2375 03 Parry Street. The company advertising on it is CAPCOM.

You can find the rest of the loosely strewn campaign across nohopeleft.com where the nameless set of adverts are crowned with a strange video of a “real” woman speaking to her significant other, only to be attacked by… something or other. This all falls in line with what’s known in Japan as the game series “BioHazzard.” The USA version of the series is called Resident Evil.

Now we must assume that this campaign is not made for the prequel game Resident Evil: Revelations, as that game has already been announced as going on sale on the 26th. Instead, given that the date January 19th, 2012 (tomorrow) has been dropped a few times in the timeline on the campaign site, it’s gotta be Resident Evil 6. Sound reasonable to you? We’ll find out tomorrow for sure!

[via Gamespot]