Resident Evil

Here's some rather big news in the realm of horror video games...

Capcom and Valve announced today the Resident Evil 6 x Left 4 Dead 2 project. This crossover project between two of the interactive entertainment industry's most respected publishers will see characters from Left 4 Dead 2 featured exclusively in the forthcoming PC version of Resident Evil 6, while enemies from Resident Evil 6 will invade the PC version of Left 4 Dead 2. All content will be made available completely free for fans of either game to access and play.

Resident Evil Revelations returns redefined for release on theXbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii U and Windows PC on May 21st in North America and May 24th in Europe.  We've got the trailer for you gamers out there.

Jill Valentine and Chris Redfield return with their respective BSAA partners as they investigate a supposedly abandoned cruise ship.   With limited ammo and weapons available the race is on to survive the horrors that await them on board. Featuring additional content including a terrifying new enemy, extra difficulty mode and the opportunity to play as Hunk and other characters from the series in the online co-op and single player Raid Mode.

Capcom has released the new Jake gameplay trailer for Resident Evil 6 at Gamescom and you can check it out in the player below. Available on October 2nd for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 (and PC later on), Resident Evil 6 is described as follows: 

It has been over ten years since the Raccoon City incident and the President of the United States has decided to reveal the truth behind what took place in the belief that it will curb the current resurgence in bioterrorist activity. Due to be by the President's side is his personal friend and Raccoon City survivor, Leon S. Kennedy, but when the venue suffers a bioterrorist attack, Leon is forced to face a President transformed beyond recognition and make his hardest ever decision. At the same time, Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance member Chris Redfield arrives in China, itself under threat of a bioterrorist attack. With no country safe from these attacks and the ensuing outbreaks, the entire world's population is united by a common fear that there is no hope left. 

Following the Comic-Con trailer that debuted earlier this week,  Resident Evil 6 has released gameplay footage of Leon in action. Check it out in the player after the break.

Hitting Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC (at a later date), the game sees Leon, Chris, Jake, Helena, Piers and Sherry battle out a ruthless infection through three separate playable campaigns.

It has been ten years since the incident at Raccoon City and the President of the United States has decided to reveal the truth behind what took place. Raccoon City survivor and personal friend of the President, Leon S. Kennedy, arrives to find the President transformed beyond recognition by a bioterrorist attack. Leon is forced to make the hardest decision he has ever made. At the same, Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance Member, Chris Redfield arrives in China, itself under threat of a bioterrorist attack.

The C-Virus turns global on October 2nd. Resident Evil 6 will see a dramatic horror experience on global proportions hit Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC (at a later date). Leon, Chris, Jake, Helena, Piers and Sherry battle out a ruthless infection through three separate playable campaigns. You can check out the new Comic-Con trailer after the jump!

It has been ten years since the incident at Raccoon City and the President of the United States has decided to reveal the truth behind what took place. Raccoon City survivor and personal friend of the President, Leon S. Kennedy, arrives to find the President transformed beyond recognition by a bioterrorist attack. Leon is forced to make the hardest decision he has ever made. At the same, Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance Member, Chris Redfield arrives in China, itself under threat of a bioterrorist attack.

Although director Paul W.S. Anderson was making movies for many years before he tackled Capcom's Resident Evil as a film, that's the movie he's become the most closely associated with, having written all five movies and directed three of them.

This September, the fifth chapter in the series, Resident Evil: Retribution, will open nationwide September 14th, bringing back not only Milla Jovovich's Alice but a lot of characters from the previous installments - many of them who are dead - as well as introducing Ada Wong (Bingbing Li) and Leon Kennedy (Johann Urb) from the games.

Even though it may not seem like the movies have gotten that much bigger in terms of business since the first movie in 2002, the previous movie, Resident Evil Afterlife, which was the first one filmed in 3D, became a nearly $300 million global phenomenon. That may be why Resident Evil: Retribution is boasting its own global initiative as Alice and friends end up travelling to a lot of different places outside Raccoon City in this one.

Both Shock Till You Drop and ComingSoon.net have interviewed Anderson many times, but for one reason or another, this writer has never had a chance to even meet him, so it was cool to finally be able to meet and talk to this master of the horror and video game movie genre.

The Underworld and Resident Evil movies have been quite lucrative for Sony's Screen Gems division and both of those franchises have created quite a devout fanbase with their combination of horror and action, so it wouldn't be too surprising there may be some crossover between the fans.

Some of them may have even wondered if there's any possibility of the two franchises one day crossing over, since let's face it, a movie that stars both Kate Beckinsale's vampire Selene and Millo Jovovich's Alice would be pretty kick-ass. The coincidence that directors Len Wiseman and Paul W.S. Anderson happen to be married to their respective leading ladies makes it an even more intriguing prospect.

It's a question fans of both franchises have wondered and when Shock Till You Drop had a chance to talk to Wiseman and Anderson at Comic-Con we decided to throw it out there. After all, Anderson was the man behind 20th Century Fox's Aliens vs. Predator, which (relatively) successfully allowed the studio to relaunch both science fiction horror franchises. Read what they had to say after the jump.

Shock had the opportunity to check out the Resident Evil: Damnation panel at the San Diego Comic-Con. The filmmakers showed us the trailer (which you can now watch here), the first six minutes of the film, and the trailer for the Resident Evil 6 video game. You can check out what was discussed at the panel after the jump!

Capcom and Sony Pictures have released the new Comic-Con trailer for Resident Evil: Damnation, the all-new, 3D sequel to the full-length CG animated feature Resident Evil: Degeneration. Resident Evil: Damnation will feature as its main character Leon S. Kennedy just like its predecessor. Check out the trailer below after the jump!

It appears Resident Evil 6 - the anticipated sequel to Capcom's hit series - will feature nearly four hours of cutscenes!

That's according to Game Informer who sources the British Board of Film Classification for the intel.  Apparently the game will have 255 minutes of cutscenes.  That's more than Resident Evil 5 (65 minutes) and Resident Evil 4 (127 minutes).  So, get ready for a massive Resident Evil experience.

In the game, it has been ten years since the incident at Raccoon City and the President of the United States has decided to reveal the truth behind what took place. Raccoon City survivor and personal friend of the President, Leon S. Kennedy, arrives to find the President transformed beyond recognition by a bioterrorist attack. Leon is forced to make the hardest decision he has ever made.  At the same, Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance Member, Chris Redfield arrives in China, itself under threat of a bioterrorist attack. 

Capcom released today a two-part gameplay video from its forthcoming title Resident Evil 6.  Both focus solely on Leon Kennedy.

The game is arriving in stores on October 2nd.

It has been ten years since the incident at Raccoon City and the President of the United States has decided to reveal the truth behind what took place. Raccoon City survivor and personal friend of the President, Leon S. Kennedy, arrives to find the President transformed beyond recognition by a bioterrorist attack. Leon is forced to make the hardest decision he has ever made.  At the same, Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance Member, Chris Redfield arrives in China, itself under threat of a bioterrorist attack.  

Check out the videos inside!

Following the Milla Jovovich Q&A (watch a replay here), we now have the new trailer for Resident Evil: Retribution which you can watch it inside!  I have to say, it's got a clever start as it opens like a romantic comedy until all hell breaks loose (some of you might say it's very Dawn of the Dead remake-ish).

Screen Gems will release Resident Evil: Retribution, in state-of-the art 3D, in the United States on September 14, 2012.

In Resident Evil: Retribution, the Umbrella Corporation's deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race's last and only hope, Alice (Jovovich), awakens in the heart of Umbrella's most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by newfound allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun.

Resident Evil: Retribution star Milla Jovovich will be participating in a live global streaming webchat leading up to the launch of the film's trailer today, Thursday, June 14th at 11:00am EDT at the Regal Union Square Cinemas in New York.

You can log on to Facebook.com/ResidentEvilMovie to watch the Q&A live or use the player below; the event is being translated into ten languages worldwide. The full trailer will be posted online after the webchat.

Resident Evil: Retribution is the fifth installment of the wildly successful film franchise that has grossed nearly $700 million worldwide to date. Screen Gems will release Resident Evil: Retribution, in state-of-the art 3D, in the United States on September 14, 2012. 

Sony has revealed two photos from the upcoming Resident Evil: Retribution, we suspect, in anticipation of a rumored new trailer that is on the way.

The images feature Alice (Milla Jovovich) and Ada Wong (Bingbing Li).

In the film, the Umbrella Corporation’s deadly T-virus continues to ravage the Earth, transforming the global population into legions of the flesh eating Undead. The human race’s last and only hope, Alice (Milla Jovovich), awakens in the heart of Umbrella's most clandestine operations facility and unveils more of her mysterious past as she delves further into the complex. Without a safe haven, Alice continues to hunt those responsible for the outbreak; a chase that takes her from Tokyo to New York, Washington, D.C. and Moscow, culminating in a mind-blowing revelation that will force her to rethink everything that she once thought to be true. Aided by newfound allies and familiar friends, Alice must fight to survive long enough to escape a hostile world on the brink of oblivion. The countdown has begun.

Opening in theaters on September 14, the fifth installment stars Milla Jovovich, Michelle Rodriguez, Sienna Guillory, Kevin Durand, Shawn Roberts, Colin Salmon, Johann Urb, Boris Kodjoe and Li Bingbing.

E3 is upon us and the game news is a-flowin'.  On the horror tip, Capcom has officially released its full trailer for Resident Evil 6, expected to hit on October 2nd.

It has been ten years since the incident at Raccoon City and the President of the United States has decided to reveal the truth behind what took place. Raccoon City survivor and personal friend of the President, Leon S. Kennedy, arrives to find the President transformed beyond recognition by a bioterrorist attack. Leon is forced to make the hardest decision he has ever made.  At the same, Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance Member, Chris Redfield arrives in China, itself under threat of a bioterrorist attack.

A new Italian trailer - entitled "Captivate" - for Capcom's anticipated video game sequel, Resident Evil 6, has hit the web this morning, revealing new footage.

This title is reportedly now hitting shelves on October 2nd.  That's a lot sooner than the November 20th date Capcom announced.  Hopefully, we'll have confirmation on that earlier date soon.

It has been ten years since the incident at Raccoon City and the President of the United States has decided to reveal the truth behind what took place. Raccoon City survivor and personal friend of the President, Leon S. Kennedy, arrives to find the President transformed beyond recognition by a bioterrorist attack. Leon is forced to make the hardest decision he has ever made. 

At the same, Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance Member, Chris Redfield arrives in China, itself under threat of a bioterrorist attack.

The last time we caught up to writer-director Paul W.S. Anderson it was on the set of Resident Evil: Retribution, the fifth film in the Screen Gems series spawned from the Capcom video games.  Since then, we've seen a teaser trailer make its premiere, giving us a sense of what's to come.  

At WonderCon 2012 in Anaheim, California, Shock Till You Drop reconnected with the man to find out where he's at in the production process and to discuss new creatures, opening up the Resident Evil world and those supposed flashbacks that were hinted at in the teaser. 

Capcom has revealed some more details about the highly-anticipated video game Resident Evil 6, due in stores on November 20th.

What we know: It has been ten years since the incident at Raccoon City and the President of the United States has decided to reveal the truth behind what took place. Raccoon City survivor and personal friend of the President, Leon S. Kennedy, arrives to find the President transformed beyond recognition by a bioterrorist attack. Leon is forced to make the hardest decision he has ever made.   At the same time, Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance Member, Chris Redfield arrives in China, itself under threat of a bioterrorist attack.

Let's get to the new goodies...

Capcom is offering something special for Resident Evil fans who pre-order the upcoming video game Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City.  Those who put their orders in now will land a "Welcome to Raccoon City" metal sign.  Be quick about it...only 1,000 signs are being made.  Head inside for a look.

Well, here's something we didn't know.  Nemesis' big hulking ass is going to make an appearance in the upcoming video game Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, which streets this years.  Evidence comes via Game Trailers' game play footage.  This is the first time I'm seeing the game play and, to be honest, it looks underwhelming.  As a Resident Evil fan, I hope the game proves me wrong.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City brings the player back to the initial viral outbreak and allows you to play as part of a clean-up crew sent in to handle the situation. 

On the same day we get a trailer for the movieResident Evil: Retribution comes the trailer for newly-announced video game Resident Evil 6 from Capcom. Coming to stores on November 20, 2012, the game is described as follows:  

It has been ten years since the incident at Raccoon City and the President of the United States has decided to reveal the truth behind what took place. Raccoon City survivor and personal friend of the President, Leon S. Kennedy, arrives to find the President transformed beyond recognition by a bioterrorist attack. Leon is forced to make the hardest decision he has ever made. 

At the same, Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance Member, Chris Redfield arrives in China, itself under threat of a bioterrorist attack.

You enter a typical soundstage.  It's all cables and beams, wood and iron.  Crew members are layered in sweaters and long pants to fight off the chill inside.  The brave ones wear shorts.  At the soundstage's entrance is a Christmas tree; its yuletide glow is tarnished by the fake corpse of an Umbrella Corporation soldier propped up in a chair next to it.  Behind him, a pane of glass splattered with blood.

Welcome to Camp Evil.

Weaving in an out of the gaffers, grips and production assistants, you try not to trip yourself on the minefield of apple boxes, power strips and black cables stretching out into the shadows.  There's a gigantic set to the left.  White pillars stretching to the ceiling and pristine, glossy white floor tiles being dismantled.  Crew members work at a hurried pace to bring the set down by the end of the day.  If one were to set up a camera and shoot this process with time lapse photography, the playback would be akin to watching ants working over a fresh carcass, stripping meat from a bone.

This set is just the front half of the soundstage.  The remaining square acres are a different story, hell, different environment entirely.  It's a set built to impress.

What stretches out before you is a white, icy landscape.  Fake snow drifts lazily to the ground.  Ahead, lying on its side like a wounded animal is some sort of all-terrain vehicle.  And jutting out of the "ice" from below is a submarine conning tower, Umbrella logo emblazoned on the side.

Thank God for Milla Jovovich's faux fireplace - a metal and glass box embedded in the wall that emits a nflickering glow like a fireplace and jettisons hot air.  Toronto, Canada in mid-December is a frigid place.  But, courtesy of the actress, she has visiting press members huddled around her trailer's fireplace in a semi-circle while she sits casually on the floor in the middle, digital recorders strewn before her.  The iPhone with the bedazzled case featuring the signature red and white Umbrella Corporation logo?  Yeah, that's hers.

Jovovich is prepping for a big showdown sequence today on the set of Resident Evil: Retribution.  A stand-off situation that will ultimately transpire into a guns a-blazin', fists a-flyin' brawl between her character, Alice, and Sienna Guillory's Jill Valentine.  And her excitement hasn't wavered.  Not after nearly 10 years of living with the Resident Evil franchise, moreover, Alice - a woman who woke up in a ominous mansion, rediscovered some of her past, learned she was infected with the T-virus, had made friends, seen friends die and fought off endless waves of zombies and assorted creatures, big and small.

That video game behemoth known as Capcom is opening an entertainment bar in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on January 25.  This hub will feature merchandise, of course, but also offer dining, talk shows, video games, a live webcast of the show Hagitoko and snacks based on some of Capcom's properties.  You'll find one particular snack, known as the "brain cake," that is tied in to the Resident Evil franchise.

Capcom released a new trailer for its latest Resident Evil video game title, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, which is said to be arriving in March.  This latest preview, entitled "Triple Impact," is nearly six minutes long!  The Capcom game takes you back to Raccoon City during the zombie outbreak to clean things up. It's easier said than done, naturally.

The third chapter in Machinima's exclusive fan-made web series, Resident Evil: First Hour, went live today.

In this installment, Leon and Richard try to work out what is going on at the farm, as Philip's condition slowly worsens (having been bitten by a zombie). Soon however it becomes clear that the zombie's bite carries something far worse than they realize...

Amidst the squawking from those who don't like the direction Paul W.S. Anderson's Resident Evil films are taking, a pair of filmmakers have stepped up to create a fan-made web series called Resident Evil: The First Hour.  Part one launched last week on Machinima to, no surprise, a divisive reaction from the horror community.  Now, part two is here.

Milla Jovovich has been tweeting away from the set of Resident Evil: Retribution with a series of frivolous video blogs, but they were not anything really fit for print around these parts. 

This morning, however, the actress gave her Twitter account followers a taste of the carnage being filmed this week.  And it involves something BIG.