It seems that Resident Evil 5 will take some time before it hits next-gen consoles. European site Gamefront made a translation of a Famitsu Xbox 360 interview, where producer Jun Takeuchi mentioned that we shouldn't expect to see the highly anticipated survival horror game until at least 2008.

Takeuchi boasted that RE5 will run at 60 frames per second and will feature awesome hair textures. He added that different temperatures (hot/cold) would become gameplay mechanics.

This news doesn't come as a surprise considering that the team behind RE5 just announced that they were working on the game's engine and story. And if we think about how hard next-gen games are too make (more so than past generation games), it could happen that this RE game takes as long as RE4 took to make... or even longer. RE5 could actually end up shipping in late 2008 or even in 2009.

SOURCE: www.kotaku.com

Famitsu has published new media of the new Wii game, Umbrella Chronicles. It seems that the media includes video and images of certain cut-scenes from the game Resident Evil Zero.

That is quite surprising, considering that Umbrella Chronicles was not reported to include any material from the said prequel. However, it is unknown if RE0 will be featured as an extra chapter in the game or if only certain cut-scenes are to be employed to help the storyline.

SOURCE: www.famitsu.com

Capcom have hinted at the development status of Resident Evil 5 in a recent interview with Lost Planet (Xbox) producer, Jun Takeuchi.

Speaking to Xboxgazette.com, Takeuchi stated the team "plan to use the same engine" for RE5 that they used for Lost Planet, Dead Rising and Devil May Cry 4.

Considering this decision happens in pre-production, its appears that the game has progressed little since its initial unveiling. This news bit and the fact that Takeuchi mentioned in late Semptember of 06 that RE5's storyline was not yet finished, makes it somewhat unlikely that the game will meet it's mid-2007 release date.

SOURCE: Xboxgazette.com

Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Resident Evil series, Capcom has announced the Resident Evil 10th Anniversary Collection! The collection will include Resident Evil 0, Resident Evil (RE-make), and Resident Evil 4, all for $39.99! Capcom has said that the collection will have no added content besides the games.

The collection will be exclusive to EB Games and Gamestop only, and is set to hit their stores October 24th.

SOURCE: www.cubed3.com

New information on the gameplay and content of Capcom's Resident Evil for Nintendo's new game console, Wii, has surfaced. The Wii game will apparently be exclusive for the console, and is tentatively titled Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles.

Since the game is still in a pre-production stage, these features are unofficial until confirmed to be in the final version by Capcom, or shown in-game at the Umbrella Chronicles preview that will be unleashed to the public at this year's Tokyo Game Show (TGS).

SOURCE: REHorror.net