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Capcom has announced that the swathe of new downloadable content for Resident Evil 5, to be released early next year, will make its way onto a disc after all.
Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition for the PS3 and Xbox 360 - not the PC - will include the original game, two new episodes, new costumes, and eight new playable characters for a new version of Mercenaries Mode called The Mercenaries Reunion. It will be released on 9th March 2010 in North America at a standard retail price of $49.99, and 12th March in Europe.
The PS3 Gold Edition will pack it all onto a Blu-ray, while the 360 version will be the original game on DVD plus a DLC download token, so if your 360 is offline, then tough.
The content - originally announced as the Alternative Edition for Japan, before Capcom decided to release it as DLC in the West - will also be available in four separate downloads: the two episodes and two costume packs. Each of these will also add two of the Mercenaries characters.
The first episode, Lost in Nightmares, has Chris Redifeld and Jill Valentine investigating the basement of Umbrella founder Ozwell E. Spencer's mansion and finding "new evil" there. It will be available on 17th February on 360 and 18th February on PS3, alongside Costume Pack 1.
The second, untitled episode, about which nothing is known, will be released with Costume Pack 2 on 3rd March on 360 and 4th March on PS3. According to Famtisu, the episodes will cost 400 Microsoft Points each (£3.40/€4.80), whereas the costume packs cost 160 MSP (£1.36/€1.86) each.
There's no word on whether any of this content will be coming to the PC version of the game. Nor does Capcom's press release mention the support for the PS3 motion controller that was announced as being included in the Alternative Edition at this year's Tokyo Game Show.
Sony has said that it will release the PS3 motion controller in Spring, but mid-February to early March seems rather early. We've contacted Capcom to make sure Resi 5's wand support hasn't gone walkabout.
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JohnnyWashnGo
20/11/09 @ 10:37
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All that space on those Blu-ray discs is sure coming in handy isn't it?
I don't see why they couldn't have made the 360 version a 2 DVD edition and let you install the DLC from the second disc or something. |
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As usual the BBFC's report on the title sheds some light:
Below are the components of the package as rated on 16/11: RESIDENT EVIL 5 (GOLD EDITION) LOST IN NIGHTMARES (NEW LEVEL) DESPERATE ESCAPE (NEW LEVEL) THE MERCENARIES REUNION (NEW GAME MODE) ADDITIONAL COSTUME PACK 1 (ADDITIONAL SKINS FOR THE CHARACTERS) ADDITIONAL COSTUME PACK 2 (ADDITIONAL SKINS FOR THE CHARACTERS) ADDITIONAL FIGURINE PACK (NEW FIGURINES) |
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insincere_dave
20/11/09 @ 11:43
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Wil be swerving this in favour of a cheap 2nd hand version since the 360 content is DLC only.
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Christian_Otte
20/11/09 @ 12:06
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Never got it when it originally came out, so this is pretty sweet.
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INSOMANiAC
20/11/09 @ 12:58
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FIX THE GAMESAVE CORRUPTION BUG YOU CHEEKY BASTARDS !!!!!! http://www.capcom-unity.com/tech_support...
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Emilia'sHorse
20/11/09 @ 16:07
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I wanted to like Resi 5, made it about half way through before the pain got too much and I had to trade it in for something....anything else.
My love of the series will no doubt force a purchase of this but for once I will 100% go for the PS3 version. Would it be too much for Capcom to bung the DLC on a disc for the 360? |
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darkmorgado
21/11/09 @ 04:42
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Who wants to take bets that the "extra" content just re-uses assets already on the original disc?
Capcom seem to be masters at claiming pre-existing disc content is "new" stuff - look at SF4, lost planet, RE5 Mercenaries... PS - Does anyone else think that the fact that the DLC for DIsgaeae 3 is actually more expensive than the base game is a rip off? |
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