Capcom is going all out with expanding the core Resident Evil 5 experience, it seems. RE5: Gold Edition was announced today, and thankfully, it's the same exact thing as the oft-talked about Alternate Edition.
Coming March 9 to PlayStation 3 as a single Blu-ray disc and to Xbox 360 as a DVD plus token for the new downloadable content, Gold Edition entails two new episodes, more costumes (presumably the RE5 PC ones), and "Mercenaries Reunion" with 8 new playable characters, each with their own specific weapons.
The developer has listed this thing as costing $49.99, which might initially seem sort of high, but the more you think about it, it's really not so bad. I mean, imagine how much all of this additional stuff is going to cost the guy who bought the game at launch and has to download this stuff individually.
Mercenaries mode is an absolute co-op blast, so Mercs Reunion is a given for me. What about y'all?
And here are the dates you can expect to find this stuff in DLC form:
Xbox 360
- "Lost in Nightmares" episode: February 17
- Costume Pack 1: February 17
- Episode 2 (title TBA): March 3
- Costume Pack 2: March 3
PS3
- "Lost in Nightmares" episode: February 18
- Costume Pack 1: February 18
- Episode 2 (title TBA): March 4
- Costume Pack 2: March 4
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11:40 AM on 11.19.2009
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I think it comes with RE5 plus the extra stuff. So the extras are running around 30 bucks, which is still a little high.
-starts downloading The Pitt-
GIVE ME NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Question 2: Will the game disc and box have a golden paint job? If so, I'll be buying it.
Developers should create full, working products at the time of launch. So those who want to buy the games day one don't get screwed.
Super Street Fighter 4
LittleBigPlanet GOTY
Resident Evil 5: Gold
Left 4 Dead 2 (yes... the game L4D should have been).
You can go to hell.
You can't possibly be serious.
I want to know this too.
This is a sweet deal for those of us that don't already have the game.
Also, I'm FUCKING SICK of Microsoft buying stupid-ass exclusivity. I own all 3 consoles, so there is mostly no problem. But why do they have to buy 1 day of exclusivity? I mean SERIOUSLY. I'd even be complaining if I owned the 360 version of RE5; they are being a-holes.
http://planetresidentevil.gamespy.com/articles/news/1545/RE5-Alternative-Edition-gets-MORE-content
Yeah, I had no idea that they updated earlier. Whatever.