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Resident Evil 5 Coming to PS3 and Xbox 360

July 20, 2005

In the latest issue of Famitsu, it has been revealed that Capcom is currently working on Resident Evil 5 for the PlayStation 3, and Xbox 360. Details are still extremely sketchy at this point as to what will be in the game, but from this early report, it does appear that the game will be emulating the same over-the-shoulder perspective that was recently used in Resident Evil 4.

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Other tidbits creeping out about the game is that Jun Takeuchi, the man behind Street Fighter 2 and the Onimusha series, will be producing the game. At this point there is also a lot of speculation as to who the protagonist featured in the game's early screenshots. Most people have a sneaking suspicion that the man is in fact Chris Redfield from the original Resident Evil, but this has yet to be confirmed.

One other aspect of the game that has people scratching their heads at

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the moment is that many of the environments featured in the Famitsu article for Resident Evil 5 are awfully sunny, almost cheerful, making for a very stark contrast to previous games in the series, where everything was dark and dreary.

At this point, there is little more known about the game at this point, but we really wouldn't be surprised to see more information reveals this Fall when the Tokyo Games Show rolls around.