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Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City held from UK chart top by FIFA Street

Posted: 26.03.2012 by Technet2k

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EA Sports' FIFA Street is hogging all the glory for another week in the UK chart, meaning Capcom's Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City had no choice but to debut 2nd.

That's not bad considering. Mass Effect 3 nudged down 3rd, but FIFA 12 kept 4th. SSX slipped 5th while Kid Icarus: Uprising entered 7th. Ninja Gaiden 3 launched 19th.

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."

Slant Six puzzled by negative reaction to Operation Raccoon City

Posted: 21.03.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City developer Slant Six Games is puzzled at the negative reviews being aimed at the game. The developer hasn't given up on the game, however, and is working to incorporate player feedback into future updates.

Operation Raccoon City to get free DLC in April

Posted: 16.03.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Capcom has announced on the company's official blog that there would be some free downloadable content coming in April for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, which will be released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on the 20th March.

GDC 2012: Kawata backs Inafune's words on state of Japanese development

Posted: 09.03.2012 by JonahFalcon

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Yesterday, Keiji Inafune raised some eyebrows by announcing to an audience at Game Developers Conference, "A few years ago I said Japanese games and industry are over. Game over. These days I'm seeing some of those folks have started to run out of steam. They're in a situation where they realise that perhaps my prediction was true."

Now, Resident Evil producer Masachika Kawata has backed Inafune's comments to some extent at his GDC presentation for Resident Evil: Revelations.