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Netflix‘s forthcoming Resident Evil live-action TV series.The show was announced last year and will feature eight hour-long episodes based on the popular survival horror video game franchise.As reported by Variety, John Wick actor Reddick will star in the series as Albert Wesker.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe “Resident Evil” live-action series at Netflix has set its main cast, with Lance Reddick set to star as Albert Wesker.Along with Reddick, the series will also star Ella Balinska, Tamara Smart, Siena Agudong, Adeline Rudolph, and Paola Nuñez. Details on which characters the others will be playing are being kept under wraps.“Resident Evil” was originally ordered at Netflix back in August.

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Capcom may already be well underway with development on the next instalment in the Resident Evil franchise.READ MORE: ‘Resident Evil Village’ review: an open-world theme park of pure terrorThat’s according to industry insider AestheticGamer (via GamingBible), who commented on Twitter that Resident Evil 9 has been in production since 2018.Additionally, the game is expected to have the longest development cycle in its history at around six to seven years, which would put the game at either a 2024

One of the biggest events in the yearly gaming calendar is fast approaching, and that means the biggest publishers in the industry are getting out in front and setting expectations for what they’ll be showcasing at E3. Capcom are the latest to reveal plans, and while it’s not hugely unexpected, there sounds like there will be some surprises to come from the Japanese publisher.

Kaare Eriksen Information EditorIn 2020, the global video games market saw nearly $180 billion in revenue, up 23% from 2019, and is projected to surpass the $200 billion mark in 2023, per Newzoo.Before then, the industry had already been growing year over year for more than a decade — a trend Ophir Lupu, a partner and the head of video games at UTA, is laser-focused on helping to continue.“Our client base is really diverse and global in nature,” said Lupu on the most recent episode of Variety’s

Capcom has revealed the lineup of games that it will talk about during its upcoming showcase at E3 2021.According to a tweet by Capcom USA, the company’s conference on June 14 (Monday) at 10:30pm BST will feature appearances from previously released games such as Monster Hunter Rise and Resident Evil Village, as well as the forthcoming Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings Of Ruin.In addition, the publisher will also preview the upcoming The Great Ace Attorney Chronicles, a compilation of 2015’s The

Capcom, in which the developer has been accused of illegally using copyrighted property in several of its games.Designer Judy A. Juracek filed the complaint on Friday (4 June) in a Connecticut court, claiming the developer used numerous images from her copyrighted book Surfaces.The book contains over 1,200 photographs of different surfaces.

Resident Evil Village modder has created an even harder difficulty than the game’s Village of Shadows mode.The new difficulty level mode called “Madness” was created by the modder Exqray and is currently available to download for PC on Nexus Mods.Exqray explains in the description why they created the mod, saying that since Resident Evil Village launched the hardest mode, Village of Shadows, can apparently be “completed within 4-5 hours” and so decided to make the mode to offer a new challenge

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Resident Evil producer Peter Fabiano has left developer Capcom after 13 years at the studio.Fabiano, who had also been the Senior Manager of the Global Research & Development at Capcom, was often a face for the promotion of the Resident Evil series and appeared in various interviews and showcases.

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Resident Evil Village has surpassed Resident Evil 3 Remake in units sold since launching earlier this month.According to a new investor relations press release, Capcom has confirmed that the latest title in the horror franchise has shipped more than 4 million units, worldwide, more than Resident Evil 3 which reportedly sold a cumulative 3.6 million units as of January this year.Resident Evil Village has also sold almost as many units in its first month as Resident Evil 2 Remake which sold 4.2

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