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E3 08: Resident Evil 5 to be released on Friday the 13th, early 2009 photo

Moments ago, during the Microsoft press conference, after showing some incredible footage of the highly anticipated Resident Evil 5, producer Jun Takeuchi announced the game’s release date: March 13, 2009.

Yup, that’s Friday the 13th. Oooooh, spooky! True, it’s a ways off, but knowing a definitive release date is always exciting.

Oh, yeah, and there was also a little mention of TWO PLAYER ONLINE CO-OP! Man, Resident Evil 5 is shaping up very nicely.

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ace of knaves's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2008 13:20
ace of knaves
Too bad they didn't have time to fight the new chainsaw-wielding foe.
Agent Orange's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2008 13:21
Agent Orange
Resident Evil is one of the few series that I'll admit to being a fanboy for (I even played the Outbreak games until they shut down the servers) so this makes me very happy in pants. At least by being out next year it won't get buried in the holiday rush with everything else coming out this year.
randombullseye's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2008 13:31
randombullseye
I give this news post: Five out of five dolphins! Yay!

Two player on-line co-op. Awesome!
RICHARD BLOCKER's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2008 13:33
RICHARD BLOCKER
2 player co-op sounds great. I haven't really been keeping up on the control scheme for this one. Does anyone know what its going to be like?
iwontusemyname's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2008 13:39
iwontusemyname
jesus, how much do you think they had to delay the game just to be able to launch then. sheesh capcom.

still though, WOOO.
killias2's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2008 13:39
killias2
I really really hope this comes out for PC.
ParaParaKing's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2008 13:43
ParaParaKing
Will buy and be a racist.
bbrigg1's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2008 13:46
bbrigg1
Shooting black people will never be so fun.
whormongr's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2008 13:58
whormongr
is it going to be both 360 and ps3? or did MS pay them off?
nukka jdav's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2008 14:13
nukka jdav
I was pretty underwhelmed with that demo. Co-op is cool, but...it looked soooo much like RE4. Animations, HUD, even the fucking barrels are the same...

Eh we'll just have to see.
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2008 14:17
Cheeburga
HELL YESSS ONLINE CO-OP!!!
a_r_p's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2008 14:19
a_r_p
Can't wait. Glad it finally has a set release date. Plus online co-op ftw.
LionheartAce's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2008 14:21
LionheartAce
Awesome~ I can't wait to shoot off some "zombie" heads.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2008 14:23
mix
I hope the 2 player co-op is awesome....I really do

Resident Evil is pretty much my favortie series of games so I can not wait for this to come out!
loki d20's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2008 15:26
loki d20
Again, two-player local co-op would have been much better IMHO. If I play online, it's typically with more than just one other. If I play a two-person game, it's 99% of the time with someone sitting right next to me.
Bob Muir's Avatar - Comment posted on 07/14/2008 19:27
Bob Muir
You all know I can't wait!
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