Resident Evil 5 PC Release Date Announced - News

by VGChartz Staff , posted on 16 July 2009 / 4,679 Views

PC fans won't be left out of killing hordes of zombies in Africa, because Capcom announced today the dates Resident Evil 5 will be released on, September 15th in North America and September 18th in Europe.

The game will have a variety of improvements like new costumes and a better mercenaries mode (with three times the enemies), and will also include support for NVIDIA's GeForce 3D Vision technology, that will allow for more immersion in the game. Certainly, 3D effects in a game like Resident Evil that has such an unique atmosphere is something worth experiencing

Check the full press release below

CAPCOM REVEALS SHIP DATE FOR RESIDENT EVIL 5 FOR THE PC

A Whole New Dimension of Horror Comes to PC Fans

Capcom is pleased to announce that Resident Evil 5 for the PC will release on September 15, 2009 in North America and September 18th in Europe. PC gamers will get the ultimate Resident Evil package in the new PC version as new features will include NVIDIA®’s new GeForce® 3D Vision technology (wireless 3D Vision glasses sold separately), new costumes and a new and improved mercenaries mode with three times as many enemies.

Fans that pick up the PC version will be the first to experience stereoscopic 3D out of screen effects as their living rooms are transformed into the world of Kijuju. Infected Majini coming at players from every angle, dust flying in and out of screen and the scariest bosses to date are taken up a notch. Resident Evil 5 PC is a whole new level of fear players will never forget. The game also supports Stereoscopic 3D in all of its cut scenes – an industry first.

These groundbreaking stereoscopic 3D effects were developed in close cooperation with NVIDIA, which is why the game is part of NVIDIA’s “The Way It’s Meant To Be Played” partnership program. Resident Evil fans can check out the 3D action for themselves today as a new stereo 3D tech demo with benchmark is available to download today on NVIDIA’s official site at http://www.nzone.com/object/nzone_re5_downloads.html. To find out more info on NVIDIA’s GeForce 3D Vision technology, click on the link here, http://www.nvidia.com/3dvision/

If you can’t get enough of RE5 for the PC, it will be making its public debut at Comicon 2009 in Booth #5133 in full 3D. It will also be shown to thousands of gamers at this year ’ s Penny Arcade Expo in the Fall. More details on the game will be hitting in the upcoming months.

8 Comments

N.Genckel (on 16 July 2009)

Weeeee!

breadie2 (on 16 July 2009)

If only there is mouse support. Playing RE4 with keyboard is a painful experience.

kiefer23 (on 16 July 2009)

@Keep the change. I agree with you, the atmosphere was pretty lame and wasn't at all very scarey and the final game turned out nothing like the early trailers where like 30 African locals would rush you at once. Now you have literally 5 mixed race characters run towards you then literally crawl the final 7 meters to try and nibble on your overly large shoulder.

Resident Evil 4 was much better. The whole series seems to be a action game now and has completely forgotten about its survival-horror roots.

kiefer23 (on 16 July 2009)

Atom, you may have a JOB and a NICE COMPUTER!111!!1 but from looking at your post you don't have a life.

superchunk (on 16 July 2009)

Finally. I originally wanted on Wii and would still rather buy it for Wii, but PC version will be MINE!

AtomSpyTroy (on 16 July 2009)

I am glad I waited to pick this up. Oh wait I only have a Wii and a high end PC. I'm glad that it is having 3d in it. Guess what, losers with a cheap-ass 360... SOME PEOPLE DO HAVE THE TECH TO USE THIS HA HA HA HA ... I HAVE A JOB! AND A NICE COMPUTER! LOL - September here we come!