NEWS:
22.12.07
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More The Umbrella Chronicles statues revealed!
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play-asia.com has revealed more images of the Resident Evil: The Umbrella
Chronicles limited edition statues.
The new statues are based on the Jill Valentine & Chris Redfield characters.
The site will start to accept pre-orders (if they haven't already) and it's a no brainer that
the statues will be sold out considering that only 1.500 copies of each will be ever produced. For more
info visit the link below:
**Virtual Legends
SOURCE: www.play-asia.com
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NEWS:
20.12.07
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NEW Resident Evil Degeneration trailer!
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A new promotional trailer of the Resident Evil Degeneration CGi animated film has hit the web.
The film is set 7 years after the Raccoon City incident and it seems that Leon S. Kennedy and
Claire Redfield are to be among the protagonists.
The film is set to be released some time in 2008. You can watch the (short) trailer courtesy
using the link below:
**Resident Evil Extinction Trailer
SOURCE: The Resident Evil Extinction DVD
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NEWS:
16.12.07
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New The Umbrella Chronicles statues on the way!
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A company from Germany named Gaya Entertainment will produce a series of limited edition Pre-Painted 1/6 Scale
collectible statues. All based on the recent Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles videogame.
The first statue to be produced will be the Tyrant. After that, new statues of William Birkin,
Jill Valentine, Albert Wesker, Chris Redfield and Nemesis will be released.
The first figure (Tyrant) will be available in January 2008.
You can visit play-asia.com if you want to be among the 1,500 lucky buyers (only 1500 pcs will be
created) looking to get a hold of the nifty-looking Tyrant. Use the link below to visit the page where they're selling it :
**Virtual Legends: Tyrant
SOURCE: www.play-asia.com
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NEWS:
07.12.07
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Jill Valentine in "We Love Golf!" (UPDATED)
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Camelot new game We Love Golf! will include a number of Capcom characters.
(Camelot is the dev behind the Mario Golf franchise).
Resident Evil fans will be happy to know that among the said characters, Jill
Valentine will be featured. An exclusive Wii title, We Love Golf! includes an
original cast of characters and it also allows users to golf with their Mii avatars.
Below you can see a scanned page from Japanese mag Famitsu. Aside from Jill,
the game will include cameos from other fan favorites such as
Chun-Li (Street Fighter II), Arthur (Ghosts 'n Goblins ) and Apollo
Justice (Ace Attorney).
We Love Golf! will be released in Japan on December 13 and in North America in early 2008.
UPDATE: Here's a pic with better definition where
Jillian is seen playing golf (Click the image to see it bigger...):
SOURCE: gonintendo.com
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NEWS:
29.11.07
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Part 2 of The Umbrella Chronicles manga!
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Here's Part 2 of the The Umbrella Chronicles manga Biohazard: The Umbrella Chronicles:
Prelude to the Collapse.
The manga has been translated to English! (Use the link below):
**The Umbrella Chronicles Manga #2
SOURCE: www.capcom.co.jp
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NEWS:
23.11.07
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The Umbrella Chronicles blasts to no. 2 in japan!
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Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles blasted to the No. 2 sales rank in the latest
retail data from Japan. Media Create Co. reported that RE:UC sold 82,637 units
between Nov. 12 and Nov. 18.
Check out the numbers:
(November 12 - 18, 2007)
1... 115,680 - Mario Party DS (DS)
2... 82,637 - Resident Evil: Umbrella Chronicles (Wii)
3... 75,515 - Dynasty Warriors 6 (PS3)
4... 49,365 - Pro Baseball Family Stadium (DS)
5... 46,030 - Game Center CX (DS)
6... 39,500 - Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
7... 14,587 - Heavenly Sword (PS3)
8... 14,464 - Final Fantasy Tactics A2 (DS)
9... 13,104 - Wii Sports (Wii)
10.. 12,408 - Armored Trooper Votoms (PS2)
SOURCE: Punch Jump
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NEWS:
22.11.07
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Umbrella Chronicles Original Soundtrack & Video!
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Capcom and Grasshopper Manufacture have joined forces in the release of
The Umbrella Chronicles original soundtrack CD.
The said CD includes 49 songs, including "Live Evil", "Suicidal Explosion" &
"Symphaty for the Zombie". The CD was produced and mixed by Masasi Takeda and
Fakuda.
The CD with a limited edition sleeve case, will be released December 19th, 2007 in Japan. A
full color booklet will be included.
Capcom has made public an advert promoting the new CD and you can see it by
clicking the image below (the video is courtesy of YouTube):
SOURCE: www.capcom.co.jp/bio_uc
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NEWS:
22.11.07
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The Umbrella Chronicles Manga/Comic!
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Here's the manga named Biohazard: The Umbrella Chronicles: Prelude to the Collapse that Capcom published to
support the storyline featured in the game The Umbrella Chronicles.
The manga or comic texts are now in English.To see the complete manga/comic, please use this link:
**The Umbrella Chronicles Manga
The manga was featured in issue #50 of Akita Shoten's Weekly Shonen Champion mag and will be part of
a two-arc manga short.
The short will focus on Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine, and will in some way,
tie into Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles storyline.
Masaru Miyazaki is scripting the manga and the art is being done by Naotsugu Matsueda,
who worked on Persona - Tsumi to Batsu.
SOURCE: www.capcom.co.jp/
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NEWS:
21.11.07
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Reviews for The Umbrella Chronicles are in! (UPDATED)
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A bunch of reviews of The Umbrella Chronicles have been published and the general verdict
so far, is that the game is not bad at all. Better than expected, actually.
Here below are some of the scores the game got so far:
SITE: Cheat Code Central
SCORE: 8.6 out of 10 possible points.
SITE: GamePro
SCORE: 8.5 out of 10 possible points.
SITE: Game Informer
SCORE: 8.3 out of 10 possible points.
SITE: GameTrailers
SCORE: 8.3 out of 10 possible points.
SITE: Famitsu
SCORE: 8|8|8|8 (32/40).
SITE: The New York Times
SCORE: 8.0 out of 10 possible points.
SITE: Thunderbolt Games
SCORE: 8.0 out of 10 possible points.
SITE: IGN
SCORE: 7.9 out of 10 possible points.
SITE: 1UP
SCORE: 7.5 out of 10 possible points.
SITE: Gamer's Temple
SCORE: 7.4 out of 10 possible points.
SITE: GameSpot
SCORE: 7.0 out of 10 possible points.
SITE: GameDaily
SCORE: 7.0 out of 10 possible points.
SITE: Worth Playing
SCORE: 7.0 out of 10 possible points.
SOURCE: Famitsu & metacritic.com
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NEWS:
15.11.07
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New The Umbrella Chronicles Wii skin!
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Gamer Graffix an industry-leading producer of accessories for videogame and consumer electronics,
has come up with a neat looking skin for the Wii game console.
The said skin, features a The Umbrella Chronicles related design. Thus making it a
decent buy for those who want to "enhace" their experience playing the latest game from the
famous survival-horror franchise.
Below you can take a closer look at the graphic used on this new skin:
You can buy the RE:UC skin at Gamer Graffix's website for only $19.99 each. Or
better yet, get it at your local gamestop retail stores, where the skin goes for a
cheap $12.99.
Here's a direct-link to Gamer Graffix:
gamergraffix.com
SOURCE: gamergraffix.com
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NEWS:
12.11.07
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New The Umbrella Chronicles review & trailer!
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gametrailers has posted a couple of videos related to The Umbrella Chronicles.
One of them is a complete review of the game. The other is a new trailer. You can find the
links to both, below:
Review

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/27764.html
Russia Trailer

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/27785.html
SOURCE: gametrailers.com
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NEWS:
09.11.07
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2 New The Umbrella Chronicles trailers!
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gametrailers has posted 2 new The Umbrella Chronicles trailers. Below this text you
can find the links to where the trailers are at:
Ada Wong Video

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/27689.html
Take Down Trailer

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/27696.html
SOURCE: gametrailers
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