Tag: Resident Evil

Capcom Tokyo Games Show 2022 stream: 5 biggest announcements

Capcom has given us loads of news about Resident Evil, Street Fighter, Mega Man, Monster Hunter, and more in the Tokyo Games Show showcase.

Tokyo Games Show is currently happening, and we’re seeing huge announcements from some of the biggest publishers in the world. Capcom’s stream just wrapped up, and it included a blowout of information for some of the publisher’s biggest franchises, including loads of information on the upcoming Street Fighter 6.

If you want the essential information as fast as possible, just take a look at our breakdown of the biggest announcements below. 

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Netflix’s Resident Evil series has been canceled after one season

The third live-action adaptation of Resident Evil is well and truly dead.

It seems that Netflix’s new live-action spin on Resident Evil isn’t returning for a second season. 

According to Deadline, Netflix has already canceled the Resident Evil TV series. This news comes roughly six weeks after the show’s release on July 14, 2022, which debuted at No. 2 with 72.7 million hours viewed its during opening week. That number isn’t particularly impressive, for the record. By comparison, the fourth season of Stranger Things brought in 286.7 million viewing hours during its premiere in May.

Slowly but surely, Resident Evil went further down Netflix’s Global Top 10 list as time went on as well. From July 18 through July 24, 2022, the series came in at No. 3 and then shot down to No. 5 the following week. It hasn’t been in the top 10 since then, either.

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Not that any of this is surprising, though. Over on Rotten Tomatoes, Resident Evil has a middling critic rating of 55 percent. Most reviews cite a distinct lack of creativity with the narrative, specifically. Meanwhile, longtime fans of the video game franchise absolutely detest this show, mainly due to how it differs so significantly from the source material. Seriously though, how did the showrunners not even manage to include characters like Jill Valentine or Chris Redfield? Utterly baffling.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Resident Evil fans are not happy about the Netflix series

Yet another video game adaptation isn’t going over well with anyone.

Netflix’s new Resident Evil show came out last week, and most long-time fans do not like it. Yes, it’s happening again!

Capcom’s seminal survival horror series has had two silver screen adaptations now. Resident Evil (2002), directed by Paul W.S Anderson and starring Milla Jovovich, was a decent action-horror flick with sequels that got more ridiculous as time passed — eventually resulting in Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City (2021), a hard reboot directed by Johannes Roberts. Both took massive liberties from the source material, and fans were hoping Netflix might produce something a little closer to the video games.

Unfortunately, Netflix’s Resident Evil appears to be another dud.

We’ll refrain from posting any heavy spoilers, but the audience reception to the new Netflix series hasn’t been all that positive. In fact, it’s getting absolutely eaten alive by fans. Mainly because (you guessed it) the show has almost nothing to do with the games! While also being stuffed with all sorts of ill-fitting pop culture and real-world references. Below, we’ve listed some of the better(?) reactions.

Resident Evil 2 remake has sold more than 10 million copies

Capcom’s survival horror masterpiece surpasses yet another milestone.

Remakes are historically risky business, especially in the horror genre. However, sales show that Capcom somehow found a winning formula with Resident Evil 2.

On Wednesday, Capcom announced that the Resident Evil 2 remake has sold over 10 million copies worldwide since its launch on Jan. 24, 2019. Taking nearly four years to reach that goal might not sound impressive — but survival horror titles rarely sell like this. By comparison, Resident Evil 7 took five years to only ship 10 million units. So it’s quite an achievement, no matter how you look at it.

Capcom Division 1, the studio responsible for the Resident Evil 2 remake, took some time to celebrate on social media. The image below references Resident Evil 2‘s clear screen, only instead of showing someone’s rank, the team thanks all players. It’s adorable.

The recent next-generation ports of Resident Evil 2 probably bolstered sales to some degree. While there isn’t anything different about the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions content-wise, visual enhancements like ray tracing make the game shine more. So if you own either console and Resident Evil 2, it’s worth upgrading.

It’ll be interesting to see if Capcom Division 1 can replicate this success with the Resident Evil 4 remake. That one is tougher to improve, but this team knows what it’s doing.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Resident Evil update: How to upgrade to the next-gen RE games

Upgrade Resident Evil 2, 3, or 7 to the next-gen PS5 and Xbox Series versions for free using this guide.

Resident Evil got a huge spotlight shone on it during the Capcom Showcase. Resident Evil 4, one of the greatest games of all time, is getting a complete remake, Resident Evil Village is getting a huge update in addition to fancy DLC, and Resident Evil 2, 3, and 7 are all getting upgrades to make them play better than ever on Xbox Series consoles and PS5. 

We might have to wait a while before we’re able to play Resident Evil Village‘s Shadow of Rose DLC, which launches on October 28, but you can start playing the new next-gen updates for Resident Evil 2, 3, and 7 right now, for free if you already own the games. Just follow our instructions below to get your games downloaded and playing immediately. 

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PS5 ports of Resident Evil 2, 3, and 7 appear on PSN, hinting they’ll release soon

New-generation survival horror greatness is inbound.

The Resident Evil series is arguably in a better place than ever. Classics are getting quality remakes left and right, while mainline sequels keep pushing the survival horror needle forward.

Several months back, Capcom announced that the remakes of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3, along with Resident Evil 7, were getting PS5 and Xbox Series X|S ports. It looks as though they might arrive soon too. According to PlayStation Game Size, a Twitter account that shares PSN store updates, the Resident Evil titles mentioned above have PS4 versions now. 

No official word from Capcom on this yet, but these games likely wouldn’t be PSN listings were release not imminent.

Anyone that already owns the PS4 and Xbox One versions of Resident Evil 2, 3, or 7 will automatically get the new-generation ports. Aside from (slightly) better graphics, these are still the same games you’ve played. Thankfully, save-file data is transferable from the last-generation iterations too.

I suggest anyone that hasn’t played these do so immediately. Resident Evil 2, in particular, is maybe the best horror game ever made. No, really — it’s incredible. So get on that straight away, or actual zombies might bust down your door. 

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Latest Resident Evil Netflix trailer shows off fan-favorite monsters

That sure looks like Tyrant, lickers, and zombie dogs.

Another trailer for the live-action Resident Evil series from Netflix is out, and it’s our more in-depth look yet.

In the trailer, we can see several classic monsters from the games like Lickers, giant tarantulas, zombie dogs, and what is presumably Tyrant. There’s no real confirmation on that last one, but it’s high time that the original Resident Evil‘s final boss made it on the big screen. There may have been one in Resident Evil: Extinction, but I’ve mostly erased the Paul W.S. Anderson films from my memory. It’s bad.

Check out the latest Resident Evil trailer for yourself below. Something about Lance Reddick uttering “T-Virus” aloud is deeply funny. 

Well, better than those last two trailers at any rate. Netflix’s Resident Evil premieres on July 14, 2022.

The story for Netflix’s eight-episode show is bizarre. It’ll feature two timelines, one featuring Billie and Jade Wesker arriving in New Raccoon City before the apocalypse. Those two are the children of Resident Evil’s iconic villain Albert Wesker, for those of you wondering. The second timeline takes place 15 years into the future when most of humanity is long gone. 

This show is canon with the games, and if you know Resident Evil’s overarching narrative, that is a wild thought. For example, the last time we saw Albert Wesker, he was chest-high in molten lava while taking two rockets to the face. I have to know how the show will acknowledge that nonsense.

If this is off putting, remember that the Resident Evil 4 remake is real and looks excellent.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Resident Evil Netflix series gets first two trailers ahead of July 14 release

The Netflix series will be debuting on July 14, telling the tale of Albert Wesker’s daughter as she fights through the zombie apocalypse her father, presumably, helped create.

Another year, another Resident Evil adaptation. This one doesn’t contain even a hint of a weird mansion or its underground biolab, or a police station where things have Gone A Bit Wrong. But, zombies, right?

The Netflix series will be debuting on July 14, telling the tale of Albert Wesker’s daughter as she fights through the zombie apocalypse her father, presumably, helped create. Lance Riddick is doing a good turn as Wesker in this first trailer.

There’s also this second one, which explains a little more of the backstory. They made the T-virus into an antidepressant, which is both believable as something Umbrella would do and a little on the nose in the modern world. Visuals look rather nice though, and nothing’s better than a terror-bear.

That one is only normally accessible through the official site’s in-universe information, which I thought I’d save you the bother of doing.

This marks yet another reboot for live-action Resident Evil, and yet another version of the universe to keep track of. As you can see with a quick scroll down to the comments, fans aren’t exactly slurping it up. Of course, you could just play the games if you want more of the games.

We’ll see how it all comes together on July 14.

Written by Ben Barrett on behalf of GLHF.

Netflix’s Resident Evil series is coming this summer

The adaptation of Capcom’s survival horror series is another live-action reboot.

The live-action Resident Evil TV series from Netflix finally has a premiere date.

On Thursday, Netflix announced that Resident Evil is coming out on July 14, 2022. Despite what the title implies, this series has nothing to do with the films starring Milla Jovovich or even Resident Evil: Welcome To Raccoon City. Yes, Netflix’s Resident Evil is yet another reboot of sorts. Constantin Film’s involvement is the only connection to anything else in the franchise, as the company produced all prior live-action Resident Evil films.

The series was announced in August of 2020, and aside from a short teaser trailer, there’s still not much information about Netflix’s Resident Evil.

The official logline for Netflix’s Resident Evil suggests quite a departure from the games as well.

“Year 2036 – 14 years after a deadly virus caused a global apocalypse, Jade Wesker fights for survival in a world overrun by the blood-thirsty infected and insane creatures,” Resident Evil’s logline reads via The Verge. “In this absolute carnage, Jade is haunted by her past in New Raccoon City, by her father’s chilling connections to the Umbrella Corporation but mostly by what happened to her sister, Billie.”

Solid video games to film adaptations are still in short supply, and it’s difficult to say where Netflix’s Resident Evil will land in terms of quality.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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Resident Evil 2, 3, and 7 last-gen save files will transfer to PS5 and Xbox Series X|S ports

PS4 and Xbox One saves will work on new-generation consoles.

Resident Evil 7, along with the remakes of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3, are releasing on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S this year, and so will last-generation save data.

On Tuesday, Capcom announced that PS4 and Xbox One save files for Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3, and Resident Evil 7 will carry over to the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S versions. Not all that surprising since new-generation upgrades for these titles are already free, but it’s still a welcome addition. 

Capcom specifically mentions Resident Evil 7 Gold Edition here for whatever reason, probably because that release contains all of Resident Evil 7’s DLC, though.

PC owners are also getting all the new-generation graphical updates by way of a free patch. If you’ve not played any of the recent Resident Evil titles — what’s wrong with you? No, really, you’re a monster! Thankfully, there’s an antidote: Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3, and Resident Evil 7 are super cheap during Capcom’s publisher sale on Steam. GLHF has a complete rundown of all the details right here.

There’s still no release date for these new-generation ports, but (hopefully) that information isn’t too far away.

Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.

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