With Resident Evil 5’s release date only a few days away, the gaming world is going RE5 crazy! As I am sure you are eagerly awaiting Friday the 13th, we thought a quick recap on the games main characters would be nice. If you have never played Resident Evil you need to know there is a history with these characters and that they have extensive backgrounds (two in particular).

“There’s one thing I do know…I have a job to do, and I’m gonna see it through.”
Age:35
Rank: Zombie Vet

One of the early members of S.T.A.R.S. Chris Redfied was sent to investigate what is now called the Mansion Incident of Resident Evil 1. One of the few Survivors of the mansion, Chris has dedicated his life to stopping Umbrella Corp. and the man who betrayed him Albert Wesker. Since escaping the mansion Chris kept a low profile doing careful investigations of Umbrella  solo, until the Raccoon City Incident when Umbrella lost it’s federal funding and crumbled.

Afterward Chris came out of hiding to join the B.S.A.A. to combat international bio terrorism. Since the fall of Umbrella hundreds of their bio weapons have been unaccounted for. Filtering through international Terrorist Cells, and War Lords Umbrella’s bio weapons are tipping the scales of war. With the same dedication to wipe every trace of Umbrella from the earth Chris has dedicated himself to tracking down these weapons and destroying them. Dispatched to West Africa to combat a major bio threat, Chris meets his partner and guide Sheva Alomar. Sent there on Intel that Umbrella weapons are present in the area, and that an old enemy is the cause…Albert Wesker.

“We’re partners, to the end!”
Age: 23
Rank: N00b

After the death of her parents, Sheva Alomar joined a West African anti Government gorilla group. After being rescued by a Government agency Sheva was sent to live in the United States. After a number of years and graduating from college Sheva was recruited into the B.S.A.A. to combat Bio Terrorism in their West African Division. With her skills in Guerrilla warfare, and her knowledge of the West African terrain she was the best suited for her position. Later she is ordered to aid a B.S.A.A. agent from the United States who is dispatched there to counter a bio terrorist threat, his name is Chris Redfied.

“Aw, You’ll find out soon enough…Everyone will…”
Age: 20 something
Rank: Villain N00b

Born into one of the elite families of Europe Excella Gionne is a direct descendant of one of the founders of Tricell. Sent to the finest schools and Universities in Europe, Excella quickly excelled as a young and gifted geneticist. With her superior intelligence, charm, and lust for power she quickly climbed the ranks of Tricell to become one of the major CEO’s. As the overseer of a private project in West Africa, Excella has personally traveled there to meet one of Tricell’s affiliates who is heading up a secret project…Albert Wesker. 

“The right to be God. That right… is now mine!”
Age: 48
Rank: PURE EVIL

The mystery of Umbrella corp, the zombie outbreaks, and even the origin of the T-Virus itself is knowledge Albert Wesker alone has. That is part of the reason why he is the greatest enemy of the free world (that and the fact he has super human abilities). The oldest and most bitter enemy of Chris Redfield, Wesker has been the single greatest emissary of the long deceased Umbrella corp.  Only working as a S.T.A.R.S. member as a front, he was one of the original scientist who engineered the T-Virus, only to be destroyed by his own creation Tyrant.

With the use of some variation of the Umbrella viruses Wesker was revived. Since then he has been secretly observing his enemies from inside Umbrella and carefully setting his pawns in place through every major event. Returning in Resident Evil 5 Wesker now has his plan in place and is ready to launch his global campaign…starting in Africa.

Brush up on your Resident Evil History

Ever since Resident Evil 5 was announced, Capcom has kept info on the game locked tighter than Fort Knox. Now that we only have 3 weeks left until the release on March 13th, it appears they have thrown caution to the wind. A new trailer was released by them last night with this warning “Lots of good story bits and spoiler stuff in this new trailer… It’s completely full of win!”

Spoiler? Yes, you did read the word spoiler in that sentence! What spoiler you ask? Could it be Chris, and Wesker are brothers? Does Wesker ever take off his sunglasses? Did the T-Virus originate from infected Chimpanzees? Although these are most definitely not true, the spoiler in this trailer is almost equally shocking!

Before your jittery fingers click that play button we warn you this spoiler is epic!

Watch this in HD

On the eve of the most glutinous day of the year we have found out that the Japanese will be getting a nice holiday treat from Capcom. Today we discovered that the Resident Evil 5 Demo is set for release Dec. 5th in Japan. The demo will be available only on the Xbox 360, and only to the land of the rising sun.  Sorry homeboys it seems we will not be seeing a Resident Evil 5 demo in the good old USA yet.

RE5 Development is said to be going so well that it will be released a whole week early then originally scheduled. Here in the U.S. RE5 is set for release March 13th, as previously scheduled. Although we have heard nothing of a demo in North America, we are set to get one for the 360, and PS3 but when is still unknown.

So while we are getting stuffed this Thanksgiving just know that Japanese people will be getting stuffed as well, but with the knowledge that they will be getting a RE5 demo Dec. 5th, and be getting the full game a week earlier then previously scheduled.  2 Japan, United States ZIP.

The fifth installment in Capcom’s super Survival Horror series Resident Evil 5 will be attacking the shelves March 13th, but until that day comes the ever growing Resident Evil 5 popularity cloud continues to swell. It has just gotten a little bigger with the release of the new screenshots on Capcom’s blog.

Just to be sure all you guys are up to speed. Here is a quick list of the major RE5 info Capcom has released on their Blog.

10/3/08   The first batch of RE5 screen shots
10/7/08   The One up show on RE5 co-op play
10/8/08   The TGS RE 5 Trailer
11/15/08 The new batch of RE5 screen shots released

The new batch of Screen shots show some images of Chris and Sheva. Also some Zomibe dogs whose heads open up and reveal…well in a word teeth. They also show a giant deformed bat, that seems to splash some type of goo on Sheva.