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06-01-2001, 10:29 AM
Resident Evil 4 is Alive and Kicking
New details surface on Capcom's latest chapter in the highly successful Resident Evil saga.
January 5, 2001
It seems like Capcom is only willing to talk about Resident Evil 4 once a year. Last year we brought you first news of the game's existence during the first Capcom Gamers' Day, and this year we also gleaned a few evil morsels from the Capcom crew. Resident Evil 4 is alive and well, we learned today. The fourth true chapter in the Resident Evil series is in development in Japan, Capcom said yesterday at its Second Annual Gamers' Day, held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Venetian Hotel.
But what's interesting is that Capcom has begun a slightly new publishing tactic. To maximize its R&D and production resources in the future, Capcom executives said that it will begin publishing (like it did in the early PS and Saturn days) titles on multiple systems. With at least four potential blockbusters arriving solely on PlayStation 2 in 2001, Resident Evil 4 looks like it will arrive on PlayStation 2 -- and possibly other next generation systems -- in 2002. This chapter in being developed in-house at Capcom, with Shinji Mikame at its helm, and should pick up where the narrative left off at the end of Resident Evil 3.
We'll have more on RE4 in the near future.
New details surface on Capcom's latest chapter in the highly successful Resident Evil saga.
January 5, 2001
It seems like Capcom is only willing to talk about Resident Evil 4 once a year. Last year we brought you first news of the game's existence during the first Capcom Gamers' Day, and this year we also gleaned a few evil morsels from the Capcom crew. Resident Evil 4 is alive and well, we learned today. The fourth true chapter in the Resident Evil series is in development in Japan, Capcom said yesterday at its Second Annual Gamers' Day, held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the Venetian Hotel.
But what's interesting is that Capcom has begun a slightly new publishing tactic. To maximize its R&D and production resources in the future, Capcom executives said that it will begin publishing (like it did in the early PS and Saturn days) titles on multiple systems. With at least four potential blockbusters arriving solely on PlayStation 2 in 2001, Resident Evil 4 looks like it will arrive on PlayStation 2 -- and possibly other next generation systems -- in 2002. This chapter in being developed in-house at Capcom, with Shinji Mikame at its helm, and should pick up where the narrative left off at the end of Resident Evil 3.
We'll have more on RE4 in the near future.