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New details on the first next generation Resident Evil.

 

An update on Resident Evil 5 has just come our way from the latest issue of one of our favorite Japanese magazines, Famitsu Xbox (soon to be Famitsu Xbox 360). The September issue of the magazine features a four-page look at Resident Evil 5, and while the screenshots are old, the interview with Producer Jun Takeuchi is new.

 

In the interview, Takeuchi reveals some juicy details on the visual side of the game. You may have noticed the particularly impressive shot of the main character aiming his gun at the screen. The character uses a whole lot of polygons, with modeling going down to the detail of each blade of hair that makes up his stubble.

 

The game's powerful visual engine will contribute to facial expressions. The game engine, in its current form, gives the developers the ability to set values for muscles throughout character faces, allowing for fine tuned facial expressions. Takeuchi notes that he's unsure if this will make it into the final game or not.

 

Capcom is working to make the game run at a smooth 60 frames per second, twice the framerate of the GameCube Resident Evil 4. In making this move, Takeuchi's team felt that they would be able to express things that couldn't be expressed with 30 frames per second. He points to the increased framerate as evidence that the game will indeed have a strong action component.

 

Outside of visuals, we can expect real physics from the game. Takeuchi is hoping to make the world reactive to your actions, enabling you to break things by shooting them and topple things by kicking them.

 

For the complex visuals and physics that will go into the game, Famitsu Xbox asks Takeuchi if it's possible that the game will use middleware, such as the Unreal 3 engine. Takeuchi responds that his team is currently investigating such solutions. Takeuchi feels that, while many Japanese developers have spent time creating their own engines until now, this requires too much money and time.

 

This was touched upon in our original story on the game, but one area the development team is hoping to focus on with Resident Evil 5 is giving players a sense of the surrounding atmosphere through visuals. Heat and cold are key words for Resident Evil 5, Takeuchi reveals, with the game's visual engine being able to clearly express changes in temperatures. This focus on heat and cold came about as the development team considered things they wanted to do using high defintion output. Takeuchi feels that his team has been able to create a sense of atmosphere that was previously impossible through standard definition.

 

Finally, Takeuchi confirms that the game will follow along the lines of Resident Evil 4's gameplay system. This doesn't seem to indicate that the game will play exactly like Resident Evil 4, but that it will play closer to Resident Evil 4 than the original PlayStation games.

 

The Resident Evil 5 team is currently considering sharing the previous PlayStation Meeting and Xbox Summit Resident Evil 5 trailer with the public at the September Tokyo Game Show. We hope to hear more on the game then.

 

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/638/638042p1.html

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Tomonobu Itagaki: Interview Summer 05

 

Kikizo's latest hot interview with the Team Ninja Boss on Dead or Alive 4, Ninja Gaiden Black, DOAX2, breaking Xbox 360 dev kits, his wife, and much more!

 

http://games.kikizo.com/features/itagaki_interview_aug05_p1.asp

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Xbox 360 FAQs

 

http://features.teamxbox.com/xbox/1245/Xbox-360-FAQs/p1/

[Slay]

Pithana to neo xbox na erthei sthn eyroph akribotera ap'oso to perimenan oi perissoteroi, 299 lires agglias, dhladh kapoy sta 430 eyro.

 

High price tag expected for hardware and games following Kutaragi's PS3 price warning

 

Highly placed sources in the UK industry have told GamesIndustry.biz that the Xbox 360 is set to launch in Europe on November 25th, with the US launch preceding a few days earlier - and the price tag may be as high as UKP 299.

 

According to our sources, speaking under conditions of strict anonymity, the official announcement of the European date will be made by Microsoft to its trade partners on the 15th of this month, two days before a public announcement at Game Convention in Leipzig.

 

While they were confident of the dates being mooted, the price of the system remains less certain - with our sources indicating that Microsoft itself may not have made up its mind on the matter as yet.

 

"The original plan was UKP 249, but now that Sony is talking about the PS3 being expensive, UKP 299 is looking more likely," according to one source - although it was admitted that this pricing is a "best guess" based on information from Microsoft, not an official figure by any means.

 

Even allowing for the higher tax rates here in Europe, a UKP 299 price point would translate as around $500 in the US, which is significantly higher than is currently anticipated by most market watchers - among whom the general consensus is that the system will launch at $300, suggesting a UK price point of under UKP 200.

 

One area of pricing which our independent sources were more certain of was the pricing of software, with Xbox 360 titles likely to hit shelves at around UKP 44.99 - a price premium over current generation software which Microsoft is said to be unhappy with, but which has been driven by demands from third party publishers.

 

Microsoft this afternoon declined to comment on the reports, saying simply that "we have nothing to announce at this time."

http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=10605

[BlizardBill]

Pithana to neo xbox na erthei sthn eyroph akribotera ap'oso to perimenan oi perissoteroi, 299 lires agglias, dhladh kapoy sta 430 eyro.

Αυτό μοιάζει υπερβολικό... γιατί αν πιστέψουμε πως αν το Ps3 θα έχει κόστος 500$ και θα πωλείται προς 400$ στην αρχή, συν την τεράστια διαφορά σε hardware που έχουν τα δύο μηχανήματα, το xbox δεν μπορεί να πάει πάνω από 300-350 ευρώ με τίποτα.

http://www.gamespot.com/news/2005/06/28/news_6128295.html

[Slay]

Kai poios soy leei esena oti den tha yparxei antistoixh ayxhsh ths timhs toy ps3 sthn eyroph? to PSP poylietai sthn amerikh 250 dolaria, kai se liges meres to perimenoyme sthn eyroph sta 250 eyro, 20% parapano dhladh.

Kai syn ths allhs akribos idia timh eixe to original xbox otan ekane launch sthn eyroph, 299 lires dhladh.

[Merlin_o_magos]

Poso lete na pesi to xbox 1? Psinome gia ena media center

[DIMERR]

e ante sta 100 eyrw na pesei

[clairvoyant]

65Euro το παιχνίδι; Άντε σίγα σιγά να σπάσουμε και το όριο των 100 .... no comments ...

[privateer]

PSP on Xbox360

http://www.psp-vault.com/module-pnForum-viewtopic-topic-1957-start-0.psp

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[aGka8l]

Poso lete na pesi to xbox 1? Psinome gia ena media center

 

 

exm pistevw oti 8a minei sta 150e ke meta oti perisepsei sta magazia 8a to dinune kamia 150ara eyro pali me chip!alla ola ayta meta apo kana xrono kikloforias tu xbox 360!prosopiki m apopsi panta

[BlizardBill]

Και εγώ δεν πιστεύω να πέσει το xbox, κυρίως γιατί στοιχίζει αρκετά η κατασκευή του, και δεν θα έχει κάποιο κέρδος η Microsoft να το πουλάει πολύ φτηνά για media center.

Και χωρίς να είναι σίγουρος, έχω ακούσει ότι θα σταματήσει εντελώς η παραγωγή του και θα στραφεί 100% στο xbox360.

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Xbox 360 connector pics

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=25252

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Legendary Japanese RPG creator Hironobu Sakaguchi talks in-depth to Kikizo about his new Mistwalker company and its two Xbox 360 projects, Blue Dragon and Lost Odyssey.

http://games.kikizo.com/features/mistwalter_sakaguchi_iv_aug05_p1.asp