Raccoon City has been destroyed and the T-virus was thought to be finally gone. Nope. We get the fourth installation of the movie series, but this movie is going the the way of Beowulf. This trailer sheds a little light on the next chapter. I don’t know how I feel about CGI movies, but we can expect some intense visuals. This was displayed at Comic Con out in San Diego. Expect more news when we get a release date.
Word around the water cooler is suggesting that Microsoft has made a very large cash offer to Capcom to make Resident Evil 5 a timed exclusive for the Xbox 360. How much money and how long the exclusivity will last is unknown.
Something like this honestly wouldn’t surprise me. We all know Microsoft dropped $50 million on Rockstar for the exclusive GTA4 DLC which hasn’t materialized yet. Just how big do they thing RE5 is going to be? Is it worth that much cash to secure it for the 360 for a couple months? Microsoft has some deep pockets. We’ll see what happens when E3 rolls around next month.
Capcom unleashed a new trailer for Resident Evil 5 at their media event this week. The world premiere was on GameTrailer TV on SpikeTV last night, and we have it here for your viewing pleasure.
Sweet crunchy corn taste that comes from a monkey on your breakfast table, yum! I don’t even recall seeing this at the supermarket or on TV, but the commercial is golden. Barrels of fun for breakfast for the whole family, the cereal iteslf looks like a knockoff of Captain Crunch. Nintendo needs to make more game inspired cereals, I am thinking a Resident Evil cereal should go over well.
One of the few games on the Wii that is intended for people over the age of 6 has hit that magical million number that truly justifies the game as a hit. Capcom just released to us a press release confirming that the game has hit 1 million gamers worldwide. I’m hoping that this trend of big kid games keeps it up. My Wii is getting very dusty. I can only bowl so many times. Hit the jump for the official press release.
After hearing of a lot of people bowing out of the lastest edition of E for All (looks at Sony and MS), it looks like Nintendo is looking to capitalize their monopoly at the E for All Expo now. If you happen to be in the in the Los Angeles area from October 18 to the 20th, you might want to stop by the Convention Center to check out the newest installment of Nintendo games, especially Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Mario Galaxy.
In addition, Nintendo will host a daily Super Smash Bros. Brawl tournament. Competitors get a free Wii-themed T-shirt, and a different T-shirt will be available each day of the show.
Although the lineup is subject to change, the complete list of games for Nintendo systems scheduled to appear at E for All include:
Wii
Super Mario Galaxy
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So the Wii Zapper is official now and will go for $19.99. I like to think of it as the Wii shotgun because that is what it looks like and I can see this being real good fun with the Residnt Evil titles. Other publishers are jumping on board htis concept as well like EA with their Medal of Honor series and Sega with their Ghost Squad title. Perhpas this little cheesy case will bring some more hardcore titles to the Wii, becasue I can vouch for the fact that I feel ridiculous playing any games on the Wii that are not sports related.
From the press release:
REDMOND, Wash., Sept. 10, 2007 - Nintendo announced today that the Wii Zapper™ interface for the hit Wii™ home video game system will come packed with Link’s Crossbow Training™. The software is based on the hugely popular Legend of Zelda® series and provides a perfect demonstration of the way the Wii Zapper could be used in other games. The Wii Zapper casing houses both the motion-sensitive Wii Remote™ and Nunchuk™ controllers in a single unit for precision targeting. It goes on sale Nov. 19 at an MSRP of just $19.99. Read More »
The trailer has only been out for a couple weeks, but already Resident Evil 5 is catching some major heat for being racist. You can catch the trailer here if you haven’t seen it yet.
Black Looks, a blog devoted to African women, has called the game’s plot into question.
The new Resident Evil video game depicts a white man in what appears to be Africa killing Black people. The Black people are supposed to be zombies and the white man’s job is to destroy them and save humanity…
This is problematic on so many levels, including the depiction of Black people as inhuman savages, the killing of Black people by a white man in military clothing, and the fact that this video game is marketed to children and young adults. Start them young… fearing, hating, and destroying Black people.
I’m not going to say they’re wrong here. The trailer can definitely be construed that way. I don’t think Capcom had any intentions of racism in the game. I think they were trying to set the game in Africa this go-around. That’s just my 2 cents, but I can see where Black Looks is coming from. What do you think? Let us know in the comments.
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After hearing of a lot of people bowing out of the lastest edition of E for All (looks at Sony and MS), it looks like Nintendo is looking to capitalize their monopoly at the E for All Expo now. If you happen to be in the in the Los Angeles area from October 18 to the 20th, you might want to stop by the Convention Center to check out the newest installment of Nintendo games, especially Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Mario Galaxy. 
So the Wii Zapper is official now and will go for $19.99. I like to think of it as the Wii shotgun because that is what it looks like and I can see this being real good fun with the Residnt Evil titles. Other publishers are jumping on board htis concept as well like EA with their Medal of Honor series and Sega with their Ghost Squad title. Perhpas this little cheesy case will bring some more hardcore titles to the Wii, becasue I can vouch for the fact that I feel ridiculous playing any games on the Wii that are not sports related.
