I've tried to avoid covering much about the next in the movie series from Paul W.S. Anderson, however I should at least acknowledge that it is coming. Resident Evil Afterlife arrives on September 10th in the States. The movie looks to be borrowing elements from the 5th Resident Evil game, including the Executor character with the axe, the majini face splitting effect, and Albert Wesker with his teleportation moves. Chris Redfield is also added to the main cast, played by Prison Break's Wentworth Miller. Additionally the movie continues the story of course of Alice and her clones from the previous film. The official trailer and more info, including release dates for your part of the world, can be found on the official website - http://www.residentevil-movie.com.

Currently other than these two projects, it's fairly quiet in the world of Resident Evil. RE5 Producer Jun Takeuchi has announced that he will have no role in RE6, and currently little is known other than there will be a sequel eventually. Capcom is focused zombie wise currently on the sequel to Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2, which has just been pushed back a month to around late Sep/early October depending on where you are. Hopefully by the Tokyo Games Show we may have some announcement on where RE is focused next, but I suspect we'll get one more major title this generation.

However at this stage, currently beginning the 14th year since the release of the original game, we have no confirmed titles on the horizon. Capcom has announced at some point that a PSP Resident Evil title will be released, but at this stage they may have missed the boat on that one and nothing official has since been stated since the original announcement some time ago. Darkside Chronicles released to lower than expected sales, however with motion support being added to PS3 with their wand (the Move) and X-Box 360 (Project Natal) one wonders if Capcom will package Darkside and Umbrella Chronicles together for cheap and put them on release for those platforms in the future. E3 is approaching in a few months, and hopefully Capcom will announce what is in store for the future of the series.

In the mean time all of the extra content for Resident Evil 5 has been released in the past month or so, including the nostalgic trip that is Lost In Nightmares and the action-addition that is Desperate Escape. Additionally all the costume packs and characters for Mercs Reunion which includes fan favs Rebecca Chambers and Barry Burton. The package can be downloaded each separately, together as one special package called the 'Untold Stories' pack, or in stores as the Gold Edition (which is what they've called the Alternative Edition in the US and Europe). Keep in mind only the PS3 edition has the content on the disc however, the 360 version has a download code which just gives you access to the DLC off the net.

Finally series creator Shinji Mikami has been a busy man of late since leaving Capcom. Aside from producing two titles with Suda51 (one for EA, and one for Platinum Games), he's also directing a new game called Vanquish at Platinum Games as a freelancer as well as setting up his own studio which has this countdown clock running. The studio is called Tango, and currently has 13 staff including some from Grasshopper and the Capcom sub-studio Clover. Mikami has gone on record as well saying he would like to return to Horror gaming after Vanquish, and would like to produce a proper (potentially the first true) 3D title for gaming as well.

Back to Vanquish however, currently a few details have been released however the title is a fast action shooter, born in somewhat of what Mikami did not complete/achieve when he made P.N.03 for Capcom several years ago. The games scenes are done with real actors and footage by Logan, CG modified. The game has also struck a bit of controversy online when Mikami announced it would not be multiplayer and made a comment about not adding it because it weakens your main game focus. This comment sounded like a slight dig at the team behind RE5 (who took his work on RE4 and did basically just that with online/offline co-op).

In the mean time Capcom has just released The Darkside Chronicles for the Nintendo Wii, following the exploits of Leon Kennedy prior to RE4, and recovering the events not included in Umbrella Chronicles of Resident Evil 2 and Code Veronica. The game is getting mixed comments and reviews across the board - from really good to not so good, so I suggest trying it yourself to see what you think.

Additionally Capcom has announced the additional content for Resident Evil 5, due Feb 2010 as DLC and March 2010 as a purchasable disc complete with the original game and new content. There are 2 additional scenarios, extra costumes, and modes.

Finally, for some odd reason this has taken longer than both sites ever should have, but we've proudly added Biohaze to out affiliates list. Please check them out if you haven't before. The site has just also been redeveloped and is looking fantastic.

An announcement has come of "Resident Evil Darkside Chronicles" which looks to tell the story of Resident Evil 2 (yet again) in a light gun format - however, much like Umbrella Chronicles, expectations are for additional chapters as well.

However, Capcom appears to have listened to issues surrounding Umbrella Chronicles and is looking to change the style of the game, including dodge abilities, having your partner on screen (ala. Time Crisis), and improving on the graphics and cutscenes.

An official website for the Japanese version, complete with trailer but little else at this stage, has been put online. You can view that at http://www.capcom.co.jp/bio_dc/

Additional to this, Capcom has announced plans to release the previous Japan only ports of Resident Evil and Resident Evil Zero to the Wii with their added Wii-mote support at a lower price point. Unlike RE4 Wii, these games didn't highly benefit from the Wii-mote upgrade, however if you never owned the GameCube editions these titles will be a good chance to pick the games up.

In preparation for the guides release along with the game this Friday, Prima have put up a feature page where you can check out a preview of the guide and buy it, and other Resident Evil guides, online. This link is:

http://www.primagames.com/features/resident-evil/.

RESIDENT EVIL DEGENERATION launches on N-Gage

The most famous survival horror series of all time, Resident Evil, is returning to handheld on N-Gage. Join series heroes Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield in RESIDENT EVIL DEGENERATION (based on the Sony Pictures CGI film) and battle to contain an outbreak of the infamous T-virus at a major US airport.

Developed on N-Gage, the game features multiple play modes and missions, bringing the full terror of the console series to mobile. Play separate missions for money in Mercenary mode or challenge yourself to play with less bullets and harder enemies as a Professional. How do you measure up? Compare your scores with other Resident Evil fans on the N-Gage Arena forums and leader boards.

N-Gage will be premiering RESIDENT EVIL DEGENERATION – play it here first.

Posters, like the ones shown above, are being put up in San Fransisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York. The goal is to take photos of these and send them into your fav Resident Evil website, where the site with the most number of different locations by the 12pm PST on the 27th of Jan will be linked on Capcom's official website. Additionally the winning site will be given the chance to win a X-Box 360 and 5 copies of RE5 to give away to it's members, of which we will be sending these from a raffle drawn out of the members who send in photos.

Resident Evil 5 Promo Site