Resident Evil 5 will certainly be a big seller.  We’ve been looking forward to it for a very, very long time.  Unfortunately, we still have to wait approximately 8 months for the release.  This video shows off some of the cooperative mode, which is something I have been excited about for a while.  According to Stephany at Gaming Today, “…it still looks like it will be a decent game - thus far. It could turn into a complete stinkfest but we will just have to wait and see”.  She took the words right out of my mouth.  I’m actually afraid to get too excited about it just yet…

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: Evil, game, gaming, mode, New, release, Resident, seller, something, Stephany, time, Today, Trailer, video, while

Set in Africa, the latest of the Resident Evil series has a new trailer. Resident Evil 5 comes to us full of even more controversial matter. So say the damn critics, I just say “Shut up and enjoy the trailer”.

written by Juan Perez \\ tags: Africa, Debut, Evil, Resident, Resident Evil 5, series, Trailer

While the first Beyond Good & Evil is famous for having been a tremendous flop, it did please more than a few gamers who tried the photography-focused gem. Sure, it featured its share of slowdown and, at times, frustrating controls but hardcore gamers dug it. This time around, though, it looks like the sequel will be geared towards a more casual audience. In talking with Next-Generation, Ubi Soft’s Chief Executive, Yves Guillemot said the following:

“We think the game was probably a little too difficult for the general gamers at that time. We’re going to make it more accessible and make sure that it’s really done for the new generation that’s come into videogames.”

Let’s just hope Mr. Guillemot wont take the much-anticipated sequel too far out and make it so that the controls consist of only waggling and an “A” button.

Via Next-Generation

written by Carlos Macias \\ tags: audience, Casual, Evil, flop, Gamers, gem, Generation, hardcore, Mr. Guillemot, Next, sequel, share, slowdown, Soft, time, Ubi, Yves Guillemot

Apparently, the guys over at GamesRadar were on to something juicy as they had a preview of the highly-anticipated Resident Evil 5 up, but have since taken it down. 1up caught the story in time and wrote up some of the more interesting tidbits.

RE5 will have, according to the now-absent preview, online co-op where players can “jump in/jump out” of the action, a cover system (as is the norm in shooters nowadays), and the right stick will enable the player to duck and dodge.

The article speculates that the game wont ship out until 2009, but Capcom “insiders” (via Kotaku) “are forecasting 2.3 million global sales for Resident Evil 5 this year.” [Emphasis ours]

Make of that what you will…2009 for RE5 goodness? Or is 2008 still in the cards?

Via 1up.com
and Kotaku

written by Carlos Macias \\ tags: action, co-op, Cover, Evil, GamesRadar, Include, jump, Kotaku, Online, Preview, Resident, something, story, time, year

Survival horror has been perhaps one of my favorite genres of video games over the past few years.  It all started with my love for Resident Evil and has continued through numerous game series.  What we really need right now is a truly creepy survival horror game with a science fiction twist.  So far, I have seen nothing but creepiness from EA’s Dead Space.  The trailer below titled ‘God’s Work’ certainly has me wanting more.  Let’s hope EA starts releasing some good gameplay videos from the title soon.

written by Will Snizek \\ tags: Creepy, Dead, Delivers, Evil, fiction, game, God, horror, love, Resident, science, series, space, Survival, Vibe, video, Video Games

[Editor's Note: In the first part of our two part interview with Ragnhild Mogren, teacher at Stockholm University, we specifically discuss the Resident Evil 5 trailer, why historical baggage can never be divorced from certain imagery and ask what it means to live in the "global village".]

What do we see when we play videogames? What implications do games have on our society, and do games get a free pass because they’re “just games”?

Riding on the wave that is the Resident Evil 5 debacle about racism and culture understandings about mediums that we consume every day, we spoke to Ragnhild Mogren, teacher at the educational programme Multimedia Education - Technology at Stockholm university, about these issues to figure out why not just gamers, but our entire society, should care about what games are portraying and contributing to our culture.

What does a person with no understanding of the Resident Evil franchise, as a game series, think about this piece of film? When asked about what feelings and emotions that comes up just from the trailer alone, Mogren’s response is quite clear.

- If I should interpret this trailer from a hermeneutic perspective, that my previous understanding and knowledge plays a huge part in what I actually see here, then this piece of film is very racist.

Her arguments echo the words of N’Gai Croal and his MTV Multiplayer blog interview, that there are images in this trailer that are perfectly sound to be concerned about.

- This trailer says to me that the black people here are portrayed as Neanderthals, quite frankly. This white figure, on the other hand, is very good looking in terms of the norms and rules of what a good looking man is supposed to look like in our society, even if it’s completely unrealistic. The trailer shows political power in that it presents a sense of historical colonial suppression.

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written by Jesper Sellerberg \\ tags: Africa, Chris Redfield, Evil, fact, Features, game, Gender, Interview, part, person, perspective, Racism, Ragnhild Mogren, Resident, society, South Africa, Stockholm, teacher, Today, Trailer, university