resident-evil-degeneration posts

Capcom has been coy about plans to release Resident Evil 5 on the PC so far. While Resident Evil 4 was released for the PC last year it got slammed by critics for, among other issues, not providing mouse support. However according to a recent Eurogamer article a PC version of Resident Evil 5 is likely.

In the meantime, fans of the series can look forward to Resident Evil: Degeneration, a full length CGI feature film from Capcom and Sony Pictures. The film, which had a new trailer premiere at the San Diego Comic-Con last weekend, will be released theatrically in Japan and released on DVD, Blu-Ray and the PSP's UMD format in the US later this year. The trailer shows some impressive human CGI animation and character models and fans of the Resident Evil series will be glad to see regulars Leon and Claire around. Oh, and there are zombies..almost forgot to mention that.

Earlier this week we reported on the first gaming panel programming that was announced for the first day (Thursday) for the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con on July 25-28. Now the convention's web site has revealed the panel programming for the rest of the show and Friday and Saturday seem to be packed with game and game related events (Sunday seems to be free of gaming related panels).

On Friday convention attendees can go to panels about Midway's fighting game Mortal Kombat Vs DC Universe, the upcoming MMOs Stargate Worlds and DC Universe Online, and the upcoming Ghostbusters game (with actors Dan Aykroyd and Ernie Hudson scheduled to attend). There will also be a World of Warcraft panel and the big Star Wars panel will have segments on the upcoming LucasArts Clone Wars and The Force Unleashed game titles. Capcom will hold a panel on how to break into the game industry and there will also be a Penny Arcade panel. There will also be a panel on the upcoming movie adaptation of Prince of Persia (with the game's original creator Jordan Mechner scheduled to attend) and a panel on the upcoming CGI movie Resident Evil: Degeneration.

On Saturday, Comic-Con will hosts a Telltale Games panel where the creators will announce plans for a third episodic game series to join their Sam and Max and Strong Bad series. A Warhammer Online panel will also be held and THQ will host a panel on Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War II and Deadly Creatures. Cliff Bleszinski and Peter Molyneux will attend a panel to talk about Gears of War 2 and Fable 2, respectively. EA will host a Dead Space panel and Capcom will also host a Bionic Commando panel at the show.

If you haven't bought your tickets for Comic-Con yet, you are out of luck if you want the four-day pass or one-day passes for Friday and Saturday. Some tickets for Thursday and Sunday are still available for purchase.