
UGO writes: "Capcom's Captivate '08 event held in Las Vegas gave us a chance to preview some of the games they'll be showcasing next month at E3. Among top-tier titles like Street Fighter IV and Bionic Commando, there is one game that has nearly every journalist itching in anticipation: Resident Evil 5. After the huge success of the fourth, Capcom has some humongous shoes to fill if they want to meet fans' expectations. Already, Resident Evil's entry into the next gen market has been met with its fare share of buzz both positive and negative-all of which stems from the couple trailers released depicting the white Chris Redfield gunning down impoverished African zombies (as apposed to wealthy zombies...). Unfortunately, any hopes I had of getting a first hands-on of the game were quickly squandered, but we were shown a brand new trailer for the game as well as treated to watching producer, Masachicka Kawata, demo some of the gameplay for the first time."

Circana data shows Resident Evil 5 as the best selling Resident Evil game in the US, ahead of Resident Evil 4 remake and Village.
So the most successful RE is the one where a white man is killing Africans.
This can't be real.

New leaks from Dusk Golem detail cancelled Resident Evil projects, including a Rebecca focused Revelations game, while stating no Resident Evil 5 remake is in development.
Capcom's willingness to invest in experiments and scrap them sets them apart form many other developers (Nintendo have a similar methodology). Far too often companies push a game setting or game mechanic that is just not that good and the final product is middling or poor.

Dusk Golem claims a Resident Evil 5 remake is not coming this year, with a Code Veronica remake expected instead.
Hopefully if and when they do a RE5 remake, they give it the RE3 remake treatment, because this is certainly one title that I don't want a faithful remake of.