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In Real Life

The Most Terrifying Mystery Mansions In Video Games

You gotta love horror games with mysterious, haunted mansions. They work so well. You enter the estate, or wake up in a calm part of it, only to find hordes of traps, the undead and a bevy of haunted horrors waiting to overwhelm you.

29 May 2013

In Real Life

Shoot Resident Evil Zombies At Universal Studios Japan

For a limited time later this year, Resident Evil is coming to life at Universal Studios Japan. And, apparently, you get to shoot zombies with the same practice guns the police and the military use.

27 May 2013

News

Capcom Cancels Blood-and-Guts Stunt After Grisly London Murder

Filling a swimming pool with fake blood and body parts to promote a video game never seemed to me like a particularly tasteful idea in the first place. It’s even less so after a grisly machete killing, described as an act of terrorism, roiled anger throughout London this week.

25 May 2013

In Real Life

A Giant Nemesis Head Will Not Be Your Home’s Romantic Centrepiece

I’ve got a lot of toys and statues on my “good bookshelf”, but I’m also a man with small kids, who has normal people around to his house to visit. So, no, I won’t be buying this giant, hideous Resident Evil bust. Even though deep down I kind of want to.

22 May 2013

In Real Life

Before He Killed Zombies, Leon Kennedy Was A Badass Cop

This short claymation clip by Lee Hardcastle is a Resident Evil prequel. Of sorts. Leon Kennedy, a rookie cop, gets a little too eager on a drug bust, and it costs him.

11 May 2013

In Real Life

Video Games With The Most Memorable Pre-Rendered Backgrounds

Pre-rendered graphics weren’t only used in complex cinematic cutscenes back in the day when a game’s own 3D engine couldn’t do the job. Developers also used them as in-game backgrounds to bypass graphical limitations. And some of the games had really well-made, atmospheric pre-rendered backgrounds.

8 May 2013

Nintendo

How Resident Evil: Revelations Will Work On The Wii U’s Two Screens

This video shows how Resident Evil: Revelations will work on the Wii U’s two screens. It’s interesting to see it in action, since the game was initially released as a (very good) 3DS game before being up-scaled to set-top consoles.

1 May 2013

Retro

A Visual History Of Attractive Video Game Characters: The ’90s

By the end of the ’90s, the 16-bit era ended and 3D took over. With the PlayStation and 3D graphics cards out there allowing for new possibilities, narrative and gameplay, the ’90s produced some of the most attractive characters in video game history.

26 April 2013

Xbox

The Evil Within Will Be More About Using Your Brain Than Your Gun

Shinji Mikami, creator of the Resident Evil series is making a new survival horror game, The Evil Within. You’ve seen the trailer, now let’s see what the man behind the madness has to say about it.

20 April 2013

Xbox

Resident Evil Creator Returns To Horror With One Seriously Messed-Up Trailer

What the hell, Shinji Mikami? Did you have to put every single scary thing into the debut trailer for The Evil Within? Barbed wire, embedded glass, squid head explosions — save something for the game, you maniac.

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