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Resident Evil 6 PC preorders get Resident Evil 5 + DLC as bonus

Posted: 09.03.2013 by JonahFalcon

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Capcom has announced that gamers who preorder the PC version of Resident Evil 6 will get Resident Evil 5 and its DLC for free.

Feedback leds Masachika Kawata to "slightly revise" opinions on Resident Evil

Posted: 01.02.2013 by Technet2k

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Producer Masachika Kawata is less 'enthusiastic' with taking Resident Evil in a more action-orientated direction after feedback from their latest instalments. Although he still believes it's generally right.

Operation Raccoon City, essentially a "pure shooter" set in the RE universe, would likely do better as a sequel if they 'brought back' a lot of horror. It would bring together elements "we need".

Horror house Frictional Games detail "10 ways to evolve horror games"

Posted: 02.05.2012 by Technet2k

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Amnesia developer Frictional Games, a small studio in Sweden, has highlighted 10 points that will "evolve horror" as a genre. It's what is need to take horror "to the next level," they say.

It should start off "very mundane" in setting to give us normalcy so we can "draw close parallels" to our own lives. Let the horror elements take a while to build to so it hits better.

Resident Evil needs to "keep going" towards action, survival horror 'too small'

Posted: 23.03.2012 by Technet2k

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Producer Masachika Kawata of Resident Evil: Revelations believes the series must embrace a more Call of Duty style of direction as survival horror fans alone can't sustain the series.

It needs action "especially" for the US market, and actually need to "take that a step further" than they already have. Resident Evil 4 and 5 "aren't shooters, per se."

Resident Evil more popular with action focus, "dream" is to lure Call of Duty fans

Posted: 20.01.2012 by Technet2k

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Capcom's Dave Turner, head of UK marketing, has said the Resident Evil franchise has had its popularity "increase massively" as it marched toward more action over the years.

Resident Evil 5 is the "biggest seller" so far, and it "makes sense" to keep going in that direction "more fully." It would be a "dream" for Capcom to entice Call of Duty gamers to Resi Evil.