The world of Resident Evil is getting some high priority in the media world recently. Hot on the heels of the recently released Umbrella Chronicles (see earlier this week for more on that), we also seem to have a CGI movie in the works as well. Despite some videos being removed on YouTube, a perfectly safe teaser trailer has been released to the rabid public who are dying to keep filled up on their zombie-slaying quotas.

You get a basic gist of the plot simply from this small snippet of footage, but plenty is still left open to interpretation. Good to know Claire Redfield still sports the *exact* same look she did 7 years prior during Resident Evil 2 & Code Veronica. I know if I’ve got a good thing going, I stick with it for years on end.

Also as a little treat for the Resident Evil enthusiasts, a “Virtual Legends” line of pre-painted scale statues have also been made available for pre-order through various import toy distributors, and include Umbrella Chronicles variations of Chris Redfield and the T-002 Tyrant among others. Not cheap mind you, but nice additions to any collector’s montage.

It’s not uncommon knowledge that the presumed “last” of the trailers for Devil May Cry 4 was released a few days ago. You can see the trailer below, but do be warned as it does contain a shyte-load of spoilers for the game.

Seeing as DMC4 released on February 5th here in the US, the connotations that this could be the final trailer very well may be true. Even if that was officially announced as such, it wouldn’t be the first time a game’s marketing team has fibbed to the public to create hype. Regardless, if previous trailer for this game haven’t made you want to go out and grab it upon it’s release, then this one will test your resolve even further.

Hell, Dante’s got a rocket-platform of all things! How can that not entice you?

Wired.com has a really great (and reeeally long) interview up with Trent Reznor, lead and mastermind of the band, Nine Inch Nails. He talks at length about the surrounding story for the Year Zero album and how he went about, not only getting the story out to the fans, but getting them involved in it as well. Where each song on the album was just a snapshot of the times set fifteen years into the future, there was a surrounding story that needed to get to fans in a more modern way that didn’t involve marketing and squeezing profits from it. Reznor also talks on Radiohead’s recent ‘pay what you want’ offering for their album and how it went wrong.

There is audio for the interview, but its only 70 minutes long and will cut off toward the end due to the extreme length (about 90 minutes) of the talk.

Read it here.

Weather you wish to admit it or not, the Playstation installments of the Final Fantasy series, particularly VII and VIII, marked a major turning point in console role playing games. Up until then, role playing games were only enjoyed by a niche but dedicated audience. What they lacked in graphics, their epic stories made up for a thousandfold. Final Fantasy VII introduced 3-d polygon models, fully rendered cinematics, and graphics that were as epic in scale as the game’s storyline itself. Squaresoft had clearly outdone itself, and in 1999, it was tasked with having to following it up. Released in America on the same day as the Sega Dreamcast, Final Fantasy VIII managed to not only surpass the scale of FFVII, but it managed to set a new standard for role playing games. Despite its critical acclaim amongst gaming media outlets and fans alike, many purists don’t think too highly of this entry in the series. For the life of me I don’t see why, because next to Final Fantasy Tactics, this is arguably the best PS1 Final Fantasy game. In fact, it stands alongside Metal Gear Solid and Resident Evil 2 as one of the greatest PS1 games of all time, and it’s also one of the finest console role playing games ever.

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Here we have my second attempt at a game review. I feel I’m gonna be sticking to the voice-over type for a while, so you all will have to deal. I’m a wee bit more camera-shy than the male staff here at Powet.

Umbrella Chronicles was a great game, and makes me wish I actually had a Wii, rather than holding a friend’s Wii hostage for the duration of my playing experience. Needless to say, I did quite fine without the awful Wii Zapper, which despite being made primarily for games such as Umbrella Chronicles, didn’t live up to my expectations. Live and learn.

Its easy to forget with Iron Man and Batman hype running full steam that Hellboy is coming back. Or at least it was easy until this trailer hit. The first Hellboy was a class-A super hero flick and I expect nothing less. In fact I think the second will be even better now that director Guillermo Del Toro has the incredible Pan’s Labyrinth to his credit.

If you want to see more Hi-Res options for the trailer, check out IGN.

Paramount Pictures is confirming 4 new additions to the GI Joe movie cast according to IESB and Hollywood Reporter.

First up is Storm Shadow, the Cobra ninja and personal bodyguard to Cobra Commander. He’s the “swordbrother” of GI Joe’s resident ninja commando, Snake Eyes. He’ll be played by South Korean actor Byung-hun Lee. Western gamers might recognize him as the face of Wayne Holden in the game “Lost Planet: Extreme Condition”

Model/Actress Rachel Nichols has been cast as the GI Joe member Scarlett (seen above). Scarlett is the team’s counter intelligence officer and uses a cross bow, she’s also been romantically linked to Snake Eyes. Rachel Nichols previously starred as an FBI agent on Alias, and has also taken an unspecified role in the next Star Trek. Nichols will dye her hair red and speak with a southern accent or else everyone will cry.

LOST fans looking for a shot of Mr Eko are going to be pleased to see Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje has been cast as Heavy Duty, the unit’s demolition and ordinance specialist.

Boxer turned actor Said Taghmaoui has also been cast though the announcement makes no mention of his role. Fans speculate he’s taking the roll of Breaker, the communications expert.

Scott Peters, creator and executive producer of the 4400, has posted a note on the official 4400 message board that the 4400 has been canceled.

This will be a great disappointment to fans of the show who were left with yet another cliffhanger at the end of season 4 as a number of questions about the story remained unanswered.

No doubt a barrage of online petitions will follow this announcement. Feel free to write angry letters if you think that might make you feel better.

The first 3 seasons are already available on DVD: