Though E3 thus far seems to be slightly more lackluster than previous years, it seems some diamonds are still managing to shine through the layer of mediocrity that has so far been shown.

Some rather impressive Resident Evil 5 footage has been shown out of E3, and while IGN has some clips to show off of the game along with a tentative release date of March 19th 2009, Gamersyde comes through with some high-resolution video for your viewing pleasure. Due to some bandwidth issues on their part, we’re unable to directly stream the video from here, but feel free to check out the videos *HERE*

Thus far, what we see is some good single-player action featuring good ol’ Chris Redfield, including tangles with the disgruntled locals, as well as some nasty confrontations with a rather imposing individual wielding a hulking sledgehammer/axe ready to bash your brains in. We also see some co-op play with your lovely female compatriot Sheva Alomar. From what I can tell, the environment and gameplay is strikingly similar to what we saw in Resident Evil 4, though game producer Jun Takeuchi states that enemies won’t be like the Ganados, and will be more intellegent.

This might be all we see of the game until it’s release next year, but so far everything is looking A-OK as far as living up to hype.

Rescued from the incinerator, where it was left by careless interns, comes the first of three parts in our Tokyo Game Show 2007 Special for Famicom Dojo!

In this installment, we cover:

No More Heroes
Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
Wii Family Trainer: Athletic World
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Famicom Dojo – TGS 2007 Special – Part 1

No More Heroes comes out this Tuesday, January 22nd. I highly recommend you reserve a copy, since that might be the only way you get to play it!

Show notes at FamicomDojo.TV:
TGS 2007 Special, Part 1

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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.

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.

August has proved to be quite good to survival horror fans. With new information being leaked on a near-constant basis for games such as Resident Evil and Silent Hill, and even some not-so-streamlined info, it’s no surprise that fans of the genre are biting their nails as to any visuals released. Thankfully, those seem to be in steady supply as well.
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As I reported on earlier this week with Umbrella Chronicles, the head honchos from Capcom have seen fit to tease us all a little more with a new trailer for the long anticipated Resident Evil 5 game, which has yet to have a confirmed release date. A smaller trailer had been seen before which depicts a unidentified male protagonist roaming about a deserted 3rd-world village (ala: RE4), only to be swarmed upon by fast-moving unseen figures.

This new trailer gives a bit more insight to the environment that RE5 will take place in, and some hints as to what may be affecting people. It also gives a bit more exposure to the protagonist. (who was “spoiled” a few weeks ago to supposedly be Billy Coen from RE0)

More info will be shared as it becomes available. Here’s hoping this isn’t the last we’ve seen from E3 of the famous survival horror goodness that is Resident Evil.

The Japanese Resident Evil site had updated a little while ago with a full-length trailer to it’s upcoming “Umbrella Chronicles” game for the Wii – a House of the Dead-esque first person shooter game which is said will tie the stories of the first series of games together, as well as give some insight to what happens before Resident Evil 4.
Now a pre-E3 trailer has come out to best that. The first part features what was on the Japanese RE site, and the second part seems straight gameplay footage with some pretty extras.

This seems to be Capcom’s answer to the gnawing craving fans have whilst waiting for more definite info releases on Resident Evil 5. Although no official release date has been announced for Umbrella Chronicles, it would appear it aims for a release later this year. E3 very well could be the place that’s fully revealed.