Bethesda’s New Game: Shinji Mikami’s The Evil Within
The Evil Within, created by Shinji Mikami, will be Bethesda‘s new game. The debut trailer is live on IGN! In addition to the debut trailer, Bethesda has stated the game will be revealed fully on April 22nd. The game is being developed by Shinji Mikami and the Japanese studio Tango Gameworks. Mikami previously developed games such as Resident Evil and Resident Evil 4.
The trailer is a bit… bloody and weird. If you watched it, let me know your thoughts about it.
Resident Evil 6 Patched
Resident Evil 6‘s PC version has been patched and many bugs have now been fixed. Among the fixes we found the responses to commands given by partners in Co-Op, display issues when viewing “Ustanak 1” action figure in Collections, and some more fixes. The full list can be found below. (more…)
Left 4 Dead 2/Resident Evil 6 Crossover Available Now
The Left 4 Dead 2/Resident Evil 6 crossover is now officially released. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you may want to read this.
One of the best things about these modes are that it’s completely free, albeit limited to PC players only.
Resident Evil 6 & Left 4 Dead 2 Crossover Announced
A crossover between Resident Evil 6 & Left 4 Dead 2 has been announced.
Valve‘s FPS will be receiving enemies from RE6, and Capcom‘s RE6 will receive L4D2′s four main characters. However, this crossover is exclusive to PC (sorry console fans!) since the Resident Evil 6 mode this will be available for is ‘Mercenaries No Mercy‘. The new mode will also feature Witch and Mini Tank Special Infected characters. Valve players can look forward to battling creatures such as Lepotitsa, Napad, and Ogroman – all created in Steam‘s workshop.
“We’re huge Resident Evil fans, so when the opportunity arose to work directly with Capcom to combine L4D2 and RE6, we jumped at it,” says Valve’s Chet Faliszek.
These specific content modes will be available for free. Resident Evil 6 players can look forward to the new content on April 5th. The Valve content is having a spring release attached to the content, although nothing specific has been mentioned.
Capcom Halves Expected DmC Sales
Capcom has halved the expected sales for DmC: Devil May Cry.
The estimated two million copies were cut down to 1.2 million copies. The game did grab the number 1 spot in the UK Charts, but it only held it for 1 week.
It’s not the first time Capcom has overestimated sales for a game. When Resident Evil 6 was released, the company expected it to sell 7 million units by April. However, three months to go and the game is still at 4.8 million units.
Japan’s Best Selling Games of 2012 Revealed
The list below was taken from 4Gamer, and translated by Siliconera. Furthermore, the list shows the 30 best selling games of 2012. The numbers are of course the amount of units sold. Unsurprisingly Pokémon is still big in its homeland, and so is both Animal Crossing and Super Mario.
- Pokémon Black/White 2 - 2,919,977
- Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 1,969,955
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 1,743,791
- Dragon Quest Monsters: Terry’s Wonderland 3D - 919,870
- Resident Evil 6 - 833,012
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors - 828,150
- Mario Kart 7 - 748,797
- Super Mario 3D Land - 689,374
- Mario Party 9 - 641,348
- Dragon Quest X - 609,783
- Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate - 602,058
- Yakuza 5 - 518,224
- Dragon’s Dogma - 467,375
- Fire Emblem: Awakening - 455,268
- Tales of Xillia 2 - 428,913
- Paper Mario: Sticker Star - 402,133
- Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 - 399,340
- Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates of Infinity - 373,699
- New Super Mario Bros. U - 369,392
- Wii Sports Resort (w/ MotionPlus pack-in) - 358,627
- The 2nd Super Robot Taisen Z - 344,018
- Pokémon Conquest - 341,250
- Taiko Drum Master: The Little Dragon and the Mysterious Orb - 340,533
- Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City - 338,889
- Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance - 338,812
- Run for Money Tousouchuu - 337,472
- Taiko Drum Master: Super Splendid Edition - 321,959
- Kid Icarus: Uprising - 316,133
- Inazuma Eleven Go 2: Chrono Stone – Neppuu/Raimei - 314,016
- Resident Evil: Revelations - 296,040
Gameplay Trailer of Resident Evil 6′s Siege Mode
One of the new modes in Resident Evil 6, called “Siege Mode“, has been put on display in a recently uploaded video.
Siege sees a lone AI-controlled rookie BSAA agent in trouble and in need of help. Players will split into two teams with one assuming control of enemy creatures who are trying to take down the rookie, while the other team selects playable characters from the main game and must keep him alive. Each game consists of two rounds with teams switching between the human and enemy roles.
The extra content will be available to the game sometime in March for both Xbox 360 and PS3. The content has been priced at 320MSP/$3.99/€3.99/£3.19.
Must say, fighting as the monsters seems like a lot of fun.
Resident Evil 6 Coming to PC on March 22
Resident Evil 6 will be released on March 22nd to PC.
The game will be available digitally in North America on this date, and Europeans may purchase the game in both its physical and digital form starting from that date. Both versions will contain the previously released free content. The digital version of the game will utilize various Steam functions such as: cloud saving, steam achievements, friends support, game overlay, and leaderboards.
Below you can find the specifications required to run the game:
Minimum specs
· OS: Windows Vista/XP, Windows 7, Windows 8
· Processor: Intel CoreTM2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or better, AMD AthlonTM X2 2.8 Ghz or better
· Memory: 2 GB RAM
· Hard Disk Space: 16 GB free hard drive space
· Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS or better
· DirectX: 9.0c or greater
· Sound: Standard audio deviceRecommended specs
· OS: Windows Vista/XP, Windows 7, Windows 8
· Processor: Intel CoreTM 2 Quad 2.7 Ghz or better, AMD PhenomTM II X4 3 Ghz or better
· Memory: 4 GB RAM
· Hard Disk Space: 16 GB free hard drive space
· Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or better
· DirectX: 9.0c or greater
· Sound: Standard audio device
Resident Evil 6 Gets Updated With New Difficulty, Ada Wong Receives Co-op Partner
Resident Evil 6 will have a new difficulty mode added titled “No Hope.” The game will also be updated so that Ada Wong’s campaign will be available from the start, instead of when you have completed the three other campaigns. A co-op partner will also be added to Wong’s campaign, who this is remains to be seen.
The DLC is already available on the disc, but it’s locked and incomplete so you need to download the full files to access it.
“Some data of this update is on the disc, but said data is incomplete and requires the actual download to access. But again, free. Mercenaries costumes are residentevil.net unlocks. Simply register for the site and start earning RE points for those goodies,” Capcom said.
“Future paid DLC – like the multiplayer modes we revealed a while ago – is not on the disc. We said as much a month ago, but that point may have been lost in the shuffle.”
The DLC is also free, in case I forgot to mention it.
Resident Evil 6′s Sales During the First Week
Resident Evil 6 has been out for a week, and it has already sold 675K copies in Japan alone.
The PS3 version of the game has sold 634,933 copies, whilst the Xbox 360 version has sold 41,652 copies. This places the game’s different versions at place number 1 and 5 respectively.
Software sales October 1-7
- Resident Evil 6 (PS3, Capcom) – 634,933 / New
- World Soccer Winning Eleven 2013 (PS3, Konami) – 223,884 / New
- Summon Night 3 (PSP, Bandai Namco) – 51,453 / New
- Sol Trigger (PSP, Image Epoch) – 42,037 / New
- Resident Evil 6 (360, Capcom) – 41,652 / New
- Style Savvy: Trendsetters (3DS, Nintendo) – 34,288 / 100,196
- New Super Mario Bros. 2 (3DS, Nintendo) – 29,978 / 1,217,056
- SD Gundam G Generation: Overworld (PSP, Bandai Namco) – 28,730 / 238,545
- F1 2012 (PS3, Codemasters) – 14,454 / New
- Pokemon Black & White 2 (DS, Pokemon Co.) – 12,208 / 2,789.367
Are you surprised with the sale amount?
Capcom Busy Working on Resident Evil 6 PS3 Fix
Capcom is apparently busy working on a fix for the PS3 version of Resident Evil 6.
CVG reports that some people have experienced issues when trying to load the game if it was bought through PSN, and after the day one patch was downloaded.
Capcom released a statement to IGN, explaining that “essentially it is recognized that some consumers who downloaded the game from the PSN store pre-loaded (pre-order) or within the early hours of launch may be experiencing problems booting up the game. In short, early purchasers who tried to download the game from PSN store may have seen an error message, after they downloaded the day 1 patch.”
To temporarily fix this problem, uninstall and reinstall the game. However, only do so if you saw the error message first hand. This time around you won’t be prompted to download the patch, and therefore the game should start without any problems. The patch will also fix the access problems players who purchased through PSN had with RE.net
Winners of Japan Game Awards 2012 Announced
A full list of the Japan Game Awards 2012 winners were released during Tokyo Game Show.
Grand Award
Gravity Rush
Game Designers Award
Journey
Award for Excellence
Gravity Rush
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Kid Icarus: Uprising
Super Mario 3D Land
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Dark Souls
Final Fantasy XIII-2
Mario Kart 7
Monster Hunter Tri G
One Piece: Pirate WarriorsSpecial Award
Touch Detective: Nameko Saibai Kit
Best Sales Award
Mario Kart 7
Global Award Japanese Product
Pokemon Black/White
Global Award Foreig Division
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award
Nintendo 3DS Development Team
Future Division Winners
Ace Attorney 5
God Eater 2
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: All Star Battle
Soul Sacrifice
Tales of Xillia 2
Resident Evil 6
Fantasy Life
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Monster Hunter 4
Yakuza 5
After reading the list, do you agree with it?
New Resident Evil 6 Trailer from Tokyo Game Show
A new trailer was recently showed of Resident Evil 6 at Tokyo Game Show. The four minute long trailer is both dramatic and action packed, showing different stages for Leon, Chris and Jake.
The game will drop on October 4th, 2012.
Conan O’Brien Reviews Resident Evil 6
The newest game review by Conan O’Brien is of Resident Evil 6.
The segment where he reviews the games are called “Clueless Gamer” and it sure does fit him. He brings some funny but also interesting points regarding the game and its story.
He previously reviewed Skyrim. Watch the latest video by clicking the link.
Resident Evil 6 ‘No Hope’ Trailer
Resident Evil 6 has had a new trailer posted titled “No Hope”.
The video depicts the bioterrorist attacks that happened in the U.S and China.
Bethesda Not Digging the Wii U
Bethesda is apparently not too thrilled over the Wii U.
The company has stated that they got no plans to release any games on the Wii U. Pete Hines apparently also stated that they won’t release games on platforms that doesn’t support them. The Wii U will be missing out on a lot of games it seem. Neither Capcom‘s Resident Evil 6 or EA‘s Dead Space 3 will be released to the new platform.
Resident Evil 6 Demo Announced for PS3, Xbox 360
A new Resident Evil 6 demo has been announced for PS3 and Xbox 360.
Another demo was previously released through Dragon’s Dogma. The new demo will apparently feature new stages for Leon, Chris and Jake. We will also get a taste of the online co-op. The demo’s release date will be on September 18th for PS3 users and Xbox gold subscribers. The Xbox silver members will have to wait until September 25th. So far we only know that the demo will be released in Japan, but it’s possible it will come to Europe and the states eventually.
The demo’s PC release has yet to be announced.
Sony’s Tokyo Game Show Lineup Released
With the previous release of Namco Bandai‘s and Square Enix‘s Tokyo Game Show lineup, we’ve been waiting for Sony‘s lineup.
Andriasang reports that Sony stated that this lineup only reflects the games that can be added as of September 4th. Additional games might get added on a later date.
PS Vita Zone:
- Malicious Rebirth
- Picotto Knight
- Sakurasou no Pet na Kanjo
- Fate/Stay Night [Realta Nua]
- Legend of Heroes Zoer no Kiseki Evolution
- Street Fighter x Tekken
- Atelier Totori Plus
- Nobunaga no Yabou with Powerup Kit
- Silent Hill Book of Memories
- DJ Max Technika Tune
- Phantasy Star Online 2
- Soul Sacrifice
- LittleBigPlanet PS Vita
- PlayStation All Stars Battle Royal
- Sound Shape
- Earth Defense Forces 3 Portable
- Ys Celceta Sea of Trees
- Assassin’s Creed III Lady Liberty
- Little Battler eXperience W
PS3 Zone:
- FIFA 13 World Class Soccer
- Resident Evil 6
- Okami HD
- DmC Devil May Cry
- Lost Planet 3
- EX Troopers
- Fist of the North Star Ken’s Rage 2
- Dynasty Warriors 7 Empires
- Dead or Alive 5
- Metal Gear Rising Revengeance
- Zone of the Enders HD Edition
- Silent Hill Downpour
- Dust 514
- Yakuza 5
- Yakuza 1&2 HD Edition
- Hot Shots Golf 6
- PlayStation All Stars Battle Royal
- Ratchet & Clank Ginga Sentai Q Force
- Sports Champion 2
- Borderlands 2
- Tales of Xillia 2
- Naruto Narutimate Storm 3
- Assassin’s Creed III
- Rocksmith
- Injustice Gods Among Us
PSP Zone:
- Sol Trigger
- Final Fantasy III
- Little Battler eXperience W
In addition to the lineup, Sony has also launched its Tokyo Game Show portal. The booth will have live steaming broadcasts of stage events through Nico Nico Live. A streaming schedule hasn’t been released as of yet.
New Gamescom Trailer of Resident Evil 6 Revealed
A new gamescom trailer of Resident Evil 6 has been posted.
In the trailer we see Jake Muller and Sherry Birkin having a nice chat at a camp fire, until all hell breaks loose, that is.
Watch the trailer below:
Resident Evil 6′s First DLC Coming to Xbox 360 First
Resident Evil 6‘s Xbox 360 version will receive the game’s first DLC before the PS3 and PC version.
So far no details regarding the DLC has been shared, but we’re expecting them soon.
The game will be released on October 2nd for both Xbox 360 and PS3, and for PC later on.
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Resident Evil 6 Comes With Five Campaigns
Resident Evil 6 will apparently come with five different campaigns.
The fifth campaign is apparently quite mysterious, and we got no idea who we will be playing as. However, the campaign is referred to as a “prelude”. The previous four campaigns are Leon’s, Chris’, Jake’s and Ada’s. It wouldn’t surprise me if the fifth campaign would be Jill’s campaign, mainly due to the absence of her in the news.
More Information on Resident Evil 6′s Agent Hunt Mode Revealed
Some more, in-depth, information about Resident Evil 6‘s Agent Hunt mode has been revealed.
We’ve previously been told that Ada Wong will have her own campaign, which is interlinked with the Agent Hunt mode. Capcom revealed a long list with how you can access the mode when playing the game this coming October.
- Complete the main campaigns for either Leon, Chris or Jake to then unlock the Agent Hunt stages for each of those respective campaigns.
- When creating a Resident Evil 6 gameplay session a player has the option to allow/not allow Agent Hunt.
- When a hunter searches for a session to join they will see whether or not other players from around the world want to allow hunters into their game.
- The hunter then picks another player’s session to join and jumps into that session (please note only certain stages will be available for Agent Hunt sessions).
- The agent side can be either a single human player with an AI partner, or two human players in co-op mode. Up to two separate hunters can join an Agent Hunt session. When a hunter dies they respawn in the same session as a different random enemy from that area.
- If the hunter eliminates the agent then they will be taken to a ‘hunt successful’ results screen where they can join another session if they wish.
- If the agent is eliminated then their game session will end exactly as if they had been playing a standard game session with CPU enemies.
- If the hunter quits the session then the agent’s game continues as normal with all AI enemies.
What do you think about this new gameplay mode?
Ada Wong Playable in Resident Evil 6
Ada Wong is reportedly going to be one of the playable characters in Resident Evil 6.
It was previously reported by Capcom that she would appear in this game. However, we didn’t know if it was just a guest appearance or a full campaign, until now that is. There’s a catch though, Wong won’t be playable until the player has completed the campaigns of the other three characters: Chris, Leon, Jake.
Through an online feature, you can encounter other players that are controlling Wong when playing the multiplayer of the other characters’ campaigns. Additionally, Wong’s campaign is a single player campaign only, so you will be unable to play with your friends.
Another online feature that was revealed is the new mode called “Agent Hunt”. In this new mode, you enter another player’s playthrough online in form of a creature, with the sole purpose of defeating them. Player-controlled creatures can also maintain a voice chat, which cannot be heard by the agent-controller players. Of course, you can simply turn it off as well, simply playing offline.
Check out the videos of Wong’s scenario and the “Agent Hunt” mode below:
Are you looking forward to Ada Wong’s campaign?
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