Resident Evil 6 is double the length of RE5

If you thought Resident Evil 5 was long, get ready to put at least twice the amount of time in Resident Evil 6. The single player experience is split into three separate campaigns, each of which will crossover throughout the individual stories. You'll play as Leon Kennedy, Chris Redfield, and Jake Muller - each with different playstyles.

Here's the catch: each individual campaign is "probably around 70% to 80% of the volume of the whole game in Resident Evil 5."

"So with three separate storylines, there’s plenty to play here," producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi told Sony.

Holy crap that's long, especially when one of Resident Evil 5's biggest criticisms was that it was much longer than it needed to be. Who knows, maybe the variety in characters and stories will justify the added length. If that's not long enough to keep you satisfied, Resident Evil 6 will also have added DLC, though it will be available on Xbox 360 first.

While some may be upset, I applaud Capcom. If I'm going to drop $60 on a game, I want it to last me a while. I'm not saying drag it out just for some gameplay hours, but if it offers a compelling story, then I see no reason to complain here.

[PS Blog]

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Throw your money at this awesome Spider-Man shirt

Gear up for the upcoming release of The Amazing Spider-Man with this awesome t-shirt brought to us by the fine people at welovefine.com. The shirt is called 'Spidey Nouveau' and it's designed by ninjaink. It has Spider-Man giving a thumbs-up while hanging from a strand of web between the sexy Mary Jane and Gwen Stacy. Above the art it says "does whatever a spider can." I'll tell what he can do... both of them. KA-POW!

You can head over to welovefine.com and buy it for $25. It comes in coffee (fancy for brown) and red.

It's the perfect nouveau tribute to Peter Parker! (Plus it makes both MJ and Gwen fans happy. Eyyy! ;) ) -- their description... not mine.

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Dragon's Dogma sold only 92,000 copies last month

Capcom's Dragon's Dogma was the ninth best-selling game in May, according to the NPD Group sales report.

NPD's Anita Frazier confirmed that the game sold only 92,000 copies last month, although its May 22 release date means that the report compensates for only five days of data (it covers sales from April 29 to May 26).

By comparison, the game pushed over 300,000 copies in its opening week in Japan, so the US has been less fruitful for the joint publisher/developer. Capcom hopes to sell 1.5 million copies of Dragon’s Dogma by the close of March 2013, which may be overreaching given the current numbers.

However, in a statement released to investors last month, Capcom reiterated their pledge to create new brands, even while realizing that they might not be hits upon first release due to low brand awareness.

Blizzard's Diablo III, which came out May 15, took the number one spot last month in sales.

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Warren Spector speaks out against the 'ultraviolence' in games

Epic Mickey designer Warren Spector believes we're too focused on violence in video games.

"The ultraviolence has to stop," he told GI.biz. "We have to stop loving it. I just don't believe in the effects argument at all, but I do believe that we are fetishizing violence, and now in some cases actually combining it with an adolescent approach to sexuality. I just think it's in bad taste. Ultimately I think it will cause us trouble."

Spector said he left Eidos in 2004 because of the overwhelming theme of violence he noticed in the company's line-up.

"We've gone too far," he said. "You know, Deus Ex had its moments of violence, but they were designed — whether they succeeded or not I can't say — but they were designed to make you uncomfortable, and I don't see that happening now. I think we're just appealing to an adolescent mindset and calling it mature."

The industry veteran also noticed an emphasis on Netflix and other non-gaming interfaces at E3 this year.

"When the games are the least interesting part, there's a problem," he said.

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Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles lands next week

The four-table Marvel Pinball: Avengers Chronicles expansion is coming to PSN and XBLA next week.

The game will release for PlayStation Network on June 19 and cost $9.99. The Pinball FX 2 version on Xbox Live Arcade will arrive one day later and cost 800 Microsoft Points.

Check out the new trailer from Zen Studios, which shows off the Infinity Gauntlet table. It "features Thanos in a big way" and complements "Marvel Entertainment’s apparent plans to bring the Mad Titan front and center." The table flips upside-down as Silver Surfer and Adam Warlock attack Thanos and recover the six Infinity Gems (Time, Space, Reality, Power, Mind, Soul).

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Resident Evil 6 collections to offer past games

Capcom has announced platform-specific collections to release with Resident Evil 6 on October 2.

These editions will cost $30 extra — $89.99 to be exact — and contain different games depending on console.

Both collections will feature digital copies of Resident Evil 6, Resident Evil 5 Gold Edition, and Resident Evil 4 HD.

However, the PlayStation 3 release (Resident Evil 6 Anthology) will come with Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, Resident Evil 2, and Resident Evil: Director's Cut, while the Xbox 360 version (Resident Evil 6 Archives) will include Resident Evil Code: Veronica X HD and the film Resident Evil Degeneration.

Would you like more publishers to package bonus games with special editions?

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Persona 3 movie green-lit for theaters

A theatrical movie of Persona 3 is underway.

The announcement came from the final scene of Persona 4 The Animation: The Factor of Hope, which hit theaters in Japan this month as a condensed version of the anime featuring new scenes. The ending showed the protagonist from Persona 3 holding a gun to his head, firing, and then confirming the film's green-lit status.

The character appeared in traditional 2D, although the teaser did not mention whether the film would be an anime.

Persona 3 FES released on PSN in April. The game originally came to PlayStation 2 and also PSP.

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