Xbox 360 Gets Resident Evil 5 Demo First

BaconZombie

apcom has finally offered a date for the Resident Evil 5 demo, though PlayStation 3 owners may be a bit miffed to learn that it's scheduled for an "exclusive premiere" on the Xbox 360.

Beginning January 26, Xbox 360 owners will be able to download a two-level playable demo of the game with three separate co-op options (player and CPU, two players local and two players over Xbox Live).

Capcom's official press release also promises a "new exclusive high-definition trailer of the game" for Xbox 360 owners beginning January 16. "New" seems to be a relative term however, as this trailer was previously seen at 2008's Tokyo Game Show.

Unsurprisingly, the Xbox-centric press release makes no mention of a PlayStation 3 demo, but presumably PS3 gamers will get their demo once the exclusive week is over.

http://blog.wired.com/games/2009/01/xbox-360-gets-r.html

yoyo

Let the wars begin :pac:

Nick

Call Me Jimmy

I'm gonna go **** now.

calex71

its this any different than the 2 level demo thats been out for ages?????

for those who didn't know there was a version leaked (tokyo game show disc maybe) that could be downloaded and burned to a dvd and played on an unmodded box :pac:

J-blk

calex71 wrote: »

for those who didn't know there was a version leaked (tokyo game show disc maybe) that could be downloaded and burned to a dvd and played on an unmodded box :pac:

It wasn't leaked - Capcom officially released it to the Japanese Xbox Live Marketplace and like pretty much all demos, it could be burnt to a DVD and played on all region consoles, since there was no region lock. It worked fine too for about a week, until Microsoft started messing with the online co-op features for people who were playing it but didn't have valid Japanese accounts...

AFAIK, the only difference with the new demo is the ability to select the new "action" controls, rather than "classic" RE controls - which means you'll be able to move and shoot at the same time . The Japanese demo didn't have the option...

calex71

J-blk wrote: »

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AFAIK, the only difference with the new demo is the ability to select the new "action" controls, rather than "classic" RE controls - which means you'll be able to move and shoot at the same time . The Japanese demo didn't have the option...

Thank christ for that , the controls where terrible in the Jap demo.

faceman

Cool, Resi 4 on the PS was top notch.

Lucious Sweet

faceman wrote: »

Cool, Resi 4 on the PS was top notch.

Resi 4 was the only reason I briefly owned Wii. Looking forward to 5