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Capcom announced today that it will release Dragon's Dogma, an open world action title, for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on 22nd May in North America and across Europe on 25th May. Dragon’s Dogma will contain a redeemable token that allows gamers to download a Resident Evil 6 demo from the Xbox Live Marketplace on 3rd July. The demo for owners of the PlayStation 3 version of Dragon’s Dogma will go live on the PlayStation Store on September 4th in North America and Japan and September 5th in Europe.

Capcom isn't pronouncing Resident Evil horror-less with RE6, on the contrary. There's no "one moment of absolute terror" rule to follow because it isn't enough of an experience. Horror isn't confined to "just what is on the screen." Producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi says the story, it's scope, the environment and character relationships "all play a part".

New details have emerged regarding Capcom's latest Zombie-fest (that isn't really about zombies anymore), Resident Evil 6. Amongst the tid-bits of information, (like the timeframe being 2013) it seems the game will be set in China, America and even Eastern Europe, with the story following three protagonists - Chris Redfield, Leon Kennedy, and a third unidentified man.

Capcom is reassuring gamers who have preorders of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City at UK retailer GAME that they won't have to worry about preorders. GAME's current financial troubles won't prevent them from stocking the game.

Capcom has announced that a multiplayer mode called Nemesis Mode for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City will be exclusively available to the Xbox 360 version only. Nemesis Mode sees the USS compete against the Spec Ops in a battle to achieve the highest score, and to spice things up players will be able to take control of Nemesis. Track down the control unit and give the Nemesis orders to destroy the opposition.

Yesterday, Keiji Inafune raised some eyebrows by announcing to an audience at Game Developers Conference, "A few years ago I said Japanese games and industry are over. Game over. These days I'm seeing some of those folks have started to run out of steam. They're in a situation where they realise that perhaps my prediction was true." Now, Resident Evil producer Masachika Kawata has backed Inafune's comments to some extent at his GDC presentation for Resident Evil: Revelations.

Capcom has revealed that Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City will not be stocked in GAME or GameStation when it launches in the UK on 23rd March for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. "Capcom wants to reassure its consumers that this title will be available at a wide variety of retailers across the UK and Ireland. For those consumers who have already placed a deposit to pre-order of Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City then a full refund will be available – please contact your local GAME or gamestation shop or visit the online stores." said a spokesperson for Capcom.

Capcom today confirmed that Resident Evil: Chronicles HD Collection will be released exclusively for the PlayStation 3 in June 2012 in North America. Featuring Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles, this collection will feature move support and will only be available from the PlayStation Store.

Before Resident Evil 4 took the shape it did, designer Yasuhisa Kawamura wrote and helped design a very different tale in a bid to "make biohazard 4 scarier" - it went through "several iterations". In the end it collapsed as there were "many obstacles" and it was "deemed too expensive." What became Resident Evil 4 was the "best idea out of all of them," claimed Kawamura-san.

Capcom has announced on the company's official blog that there would be some free downloadable content coming in April for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, which will be released for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 on the 20th March.

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City developer Slant Six Games is puzzled at the negative reviews being aimed at the game. The developer hasn't given up on the game, however, and is working to incorporate player feedback into future updates.

Producer Masachika Kawata of Resident Evil: Revelations believes the series must embrace a more Call of Duty style of direction as survival horror fans alone can't sustain the series. It needs action "especially" for the US market, and actually need to "take that a step further" than they already have. Resident Evil 4 and 5 "aren't shooters, per se."

EA Sports' FIFA Street is hogging all the glory for another week in the UK chart, meaning Capcom's Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City had no choice but to debut 2nd. That's not bad considering. Mass Effect 3 nudged down 3rd, but FIFA 12 kept 4th. SSX slipped 5th while Kid Icarus: Uprising entered 7th. Ninja Gaiden 3 launched 19th.

Data mining has revealed that Slant Six Games' Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City has a deep dark secret. Apparently it harbours scraps of the Star Wars universe, or at least Hoth. Some loading screens have been uncovered that reveal artworks of Hoth with words like 'skirmish, 'tug of war' and 'Victory Class Star Destroyer'. They were stored in a 'Luke' folder.

A new Resident Evil 6 trailer has confirmed the release date for Capcom's much-anticipated sequel.

Capcom has announced at Captivate 2012 that the Spec Ops downloadable content is beginning its release schedule for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City tomorrow on Tuesday. The first DLC will be a free mission that lets players play as the good guys who are trying to discover evidence of a deadly viral outbreak in Raccoon City.

US media research group Nielsen is reporting that the most anticipated games for American gamers were Assassin's Creed 3 and Halo 4. Other games hotly anticipated include Madden NFL 13 and Resident Evil 6.

Game director Eiichiro Sasaki of Capcom's Resident Evil 6 notes that while each of the three character campaigns on their own are "a little bit less" than RE5, together they're quite the journey. Overall RE6 is "much longer" than its predecessor, teased Sasaki-san at Capcom's Captivate event. While standalone each story experience a "certain level of overlap" with others.

According to major Japanese videogame magazine Famitsu, it seems that the creator of the Resident Evil series, Shinji Mikami, is working on a new survival horror game for ZeniMax. Mikami's studio, Tango Gameworks, is a subsidiary of the publisher. Even more intriguing, Tango is working alongside Bethesda Softworks on the new title.

This week's US PlayStation Network includes a discounted full game download of Battlefield: Bad Company 2, and also Awesomenauts, which may or may not be available thanks to the recent insolvency of publisher dtp Entertainment. Otherwise, players can check out the demo for DiRT Showdown.