Resident Evil 5 E3 Updates

quote The-Horror.com

Jun Takeuchi confirmed the release date for Resident Evil 5 today at the Microsoft E3 press conference. The game will be hitting store shelves on March 13th, 2009 for the USA and March 12th, 2009 for Japan.

At the conference, Takeuchi confirmed the game will have an Online co-op mode. In a demonstration, Chris made his way to the third floor of a building after fighting off some enemies but was unable to continue once he got to the roof. It was then that Takeuchi had someone take control of Sheva, who traversed the same area and was catapulted by Chris to the building opposite them. She battled some enemies on her way down, with Chris providing support with a sniper rifle. Eventually, they got to the ground floor and after Sheva broke a lock, Chris joined her where they were confronted by the Chainsaw enemy.

One interesting thing to note was the fact that Sheva's camera view was setup with her character being on the right side of the screen. This seemed a bit disorienting, so lets hope its a changeable option.