Capcom is upping the boils and rotting flesh textures, bringing the on-rails light gun Resident Evil games to PS3 in HD. Resident Evil Umbrella Chronicles and Darkside Chronicles, released on Wii over the past couple years, will be bundled as Resident Evil Chronicles HD, ready to blast away on PS3 with Move support. Andriasang reports the announcement was made earlier today at Capcom's Resident Evil 15th anniversary event in Japan. No pricing, release date nor international distribution details were announced.
We wouldn't be too concerned about an international release, as an HD version of Chronicles is a low-risk second chance for Capcom to make some money from Darkside Chronicles, which failed to meet expectations, and Umbrella Chronicles, a million seller. Also, HD upgrades to on-rails shooters that launched on Wii are totally vogue -- just look at House of the Dead: Overkill or Dead Space Extraction.
Reader Comments (34)
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 9:28AM CNOLA85 said
Resident Evil 6, please.
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 9:38AM Mustang Fanboy said
Resident Evil 4 with move support please.
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 11:37PM kentuckyfried said
@Mustang Fanboy
I wasn't paying attention when I bought this, I couldn't believe the RE4 release on the ps3 didn't include Move support.
*sighs*
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I wasn't paying attention when I bought this, I couldn't believe the RE4 release on the ps3 didn't include Move support.
*sighs*
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 9:40AM (Unverified) said
How about making an HD remake of Resident Evil: Survivor?
You know, the light gun game that did not support a light gun.
You know, the light gun game that did not support a light gun.
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 9:43AM noodless said
resident evil 0 for ps3 please...
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 9:47AM ZexionArmando said
REmake for PS3 please...
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 9:56AM foxhound said
I wouldn't mind RE:OUTBREAK making a return... on a console system.
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 10:01AM Gutterpipe said
booooo
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 10:05AM airtoast said
How about an HD remake of Resident Evil: Dead Aim?
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 10:14AM (Unverified) said
by the time Wii U comes out Sony can have all the best 3rd party Wii games out for the PS3
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 10:14AM (Unverified) said
@(Unverified) lol i'm unverified since march 2007 :/
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Posted: Oct 31st 2011 10:53AM CaptainProtonX said
Nemesis says "STAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARS!"
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 10:57AM muzicman said
How about Resident Evil 1 and zero from the Gamecude on PS3 in HD that would be better than RE5 and these other stuff (even though i will most likely get this)
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 11:01AM Mike Sylvester said
Make it 3D, too! It runs too slowly on a Wii emulator.
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 5:00PM kenjimeadu said
@Mike Sylvester 3D would make this a day one purchase. Haters going to hate, but I love 3D its done well in a game (3D movies still blow though)
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Posted: Oct 31st 2011 11:07AM squallgengar said
Yesssssssssssssssssssssssssss. Hoenstly, I've been hoping for this for a while now. While Darkside Chronicles was hard to aim in sometimes due to shaky cam, it was cool to see Leon's/Krauser's origin story play out. Umbrella Chronicles was just plain freaking awesome.
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 11:20AM ItsameMatt03 said
Wow, thanks Capcom! Two games I already own! Why not something new to encourage me to finally get a Move controller?
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 5:20PM (Unverified) said
@ItsameMatt03
That's assuming they will actually use the "trigger" button as a trigger instead of the "ready stance" button.
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That's assuming they will actually use the "trigger" button as a trigger instead of the "ready stance" button.
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 12:20PM HardBoiled2009 said
ohhhh if the price is right I'll buy it for sure
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 12:51PM Coriakin said
Meh. I'd like a Resident Evil Outbreak HD instead. Please, Capcom?
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 1:09PM Soiden said
Another remake, please?
(and then you complain...)
(and then you complain...)
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 1:29PM milespieri said
Capcom 'HD' remake = low res textures blown up to 720p.
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 4:45PM CaptainProtonX said
@milespieri
Are you implying Capcom uses subpar techniques to obtain revenue streams with ported code without investing effort to optimize the product for the target platform?
YOU CAD! *slaps face with leather glove*
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Are you implying Capcom uses subpar techniques to obtain revenue streams with ported code without investing effort to optimize the product for the target platform?
YOU CAD! *slaps face with leather glove*
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 3:31PM Piko said
Should've bundled these.
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 4:23PM Ossuarium said
What's that in the window?
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 5:34PM UnverifiedUser said
Hopefully its got another Upscaled Edition... and actual HD. Poor, poor RE4...
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 5:54PM RatedRVD said
RE2 HD/Remake please
Posted: Oct 31st 2011 7:41PM YouAintFatYouAintNotin said
So why couldn't they do this for Kinect? Seems like it would be one of a few interesting games to play for it and wouldn't have costed that much more to bring to Xbox.
Posted: Nov 5th 2011 2:43AM Contrition said
I'll just take an actual HD remake of Resident Evil 2.







