HAOS – Resident Evil 6

There are a few positive things about Resident Evil 6, but the final boss of Chris’s story, a massive BOW named HAOS, was pretty good. The fight begins as a sheer spectacle, with Chris and Piers using gunfire to wear the creature down. Just when they think it’s done, it gives chase through the narrow corridors of the underwater lab.

Piers becomes injured, and it seems Chris is done for, but not before the former infects himself and mutates to fire lightning at HAOS. Of course, even when the creature looks defeated, it comes back one last time to stop Chris from escaping, leading Piers, who stayed in the facility to sacrifice himself, stopping it and saving Chris one last time.

The First Zombie – Resident Evil (1998)

For many fans, it all started here. Even with its hilariously bad voice-acting and cheesy characters, the encounter with the very first zombie was perfect. Jill/Chris enters and sees a perp hunched over a corpse as chewing sounds can be heard. As it notices their presence, a decapitated, half-chewed head falls to the ground and it slowly turns around. It may not be the sharpest cutscene by today’s standards but the look in its eyes would herald the horror to come for decades.

#11. RESIDENT EVIL 6

Resident Evil 6 is a full-blown globe-trotting adventure, and it’s precisely because of that reason that the game loses so much of what makes Resident Evil so good. In its attempts to take players from one location to the next in a series of set piece moments and action sequences, it forgets to actually do much with its locations. They’re not designed very well, most of them look very generic, and almost all of them without fail serve as little more than shooting galleries. The locations that you find yourselves in have often been a crucial part of the experience in this series throughout the years, and RE6 is perhaps one of the only games where that wasn’t the case.

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#20. DEREK SIMMONS (RESIDENT EVIL 6 – ADA’S CAMPAIGN)

Resident Evil 6 is no stranger to criticism, but while the parts of the game that series fans hate most are those that are a bit too ridiculously explosion-y, the final boss fight against Simmons in Ada’s campaign could have used with some of that. The biggest sin that this boss commits is that it’s dull- it’s easy to settle into a superficial pattern and make your way through a significant portion of the fight just going through the motions, without any real challenge or engagement.

The First Zombie Encounter- Resident Evil 1

This is where it all started. Alpha Team takes refuge in a mysterious mansion after a pack of ravenous dogs kills one of their members. From there, the player controls either Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine. Upon exploring the mansion, they see it – a zombie, munching on a body and slowly rising to face them, its mangled face apparent. As far as moments go, this would define the horror franchise for years to come.

After Xbox Live director of programming Larry “Major Nelson” Hryb teased games coming to Xbox Game Pass in March, starting with Rise of the Tomb Raider, we now have the full slate of other titles in-bound. According to Xbox Wire, these games are Sea of Thieves, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Resident Evil Revelations 2, The Final Station, Euro Fishing, Sonic CD, Oxenfree and Super Lucky’s Tale.

To be fair, Sea of Thieves was already known beforehand when Microsoft announced that Xbox One exclusives would be launching on the same day for Game Pass as retail. The other titles don’t look all that bad, especially Oxenfree, Sonic CD and Resident Evil Revelations 2.

Among other Xbox One exclusives coming to the service are future titles in the Halo, Gears of War and Forza franchises, State of Decay 2, Crackdown 3 and much more. The service is currently available for $9.99 per month and features 100 available titles for playing at any given time.

Capcom will be releasing Resident Evil Revelations 1 & 2 on the Nintendo Switch, as part of its longstanding commitment to ensure that the Resident Evil franchise touches everything with a microprocessor at least once.

That said, it looks like these two games will actually be well made, optimized ports that go above and beyond to utilize the unique functionality that the Switch has to offer. The Switch port of these games will offer motion control functionality via the Joycons, IR reloading, local multiplayer, and amiibo unlocks; you can, of course, ignore all of this if you want to (which most of you probably will).

Resident Evil 1 & 2 are out right now on PS4, Xbox One, and PC (in addition to the PS3, Xbox 360, Wii U, Nintendo 3DS, and PS Vita, which they have all variously released on in the past); the Nintendo Switch version of the games, meanwhile, will be launching on November 28.

Capcom’s first and second Resident Evil: Revelations games finally have a release date for the Nintendo Switch. They can be yours on November 28th in North America and Europe. Resident Evil: Revelations has also recently arrived for the PS4 and Xbox One so you can pick it up today (though you might want to read our review first).

Resident Evil: Revelations 1 and 2 on the Switch will include all DLC along with Raid Mode which can be played online (with local co-op in Revelations 2). Joy-Con motion controls have been added along with support for HD Rumble.

It should be noted that you can pick up the physical version which comes with Resident Evil: Revelations on cartridge with a download voucher for Revelations 2 at $40. Alternatively, you can buy each game separately through the eShop for $20.

Those seeking to pick up the more recent Resident Evil: Revelations 2 can do so on Xbox One, PS4, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation Vita and PS3.

Didn’t get a chance to try out Capcom’s admittedly well developed Resident Evil: Revelations 2? Well you’re in luck – the first episode is currently available for free on Xbox One. Simply head over to the Xbox Store or Xbox.com and you’ll see the episode available for no money at all.

Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is a spiritual sequel of sorts to the original, following Claire Redfield and Moira Burton, daughter of Barry Burton, as they try to escape a mysterious prison. Though there’s plenty of action of action to be had, Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is definitely more survival horror than, say, Resident Evil 6 or even the upcoming multiplayer competitive shooter Umbrella Corps.

Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is available for PS3, Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS4 and PlayStation Vita. You can pick up all four episodes in a single retail package, which offers the additional benefit of more Raid mode stages and episodes to play.

Amid several companies like Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo announcing their quarterly results ending on June 30th for the fiscal year 2015, Capcom revealed in its earnings report that sales and net income had increased year on year.

The company behind Resident Evil and Devil May Cry stated that net sales were ¥14.5 billion ($116 million), which is a 51.9 percent increase over the same period last year, while net income was ¥1.57 billion ($12.6 million), meaning a 104.9 percent increase over last year.

Though games like Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (which sold more than 3.9 million units worldwide), Resident Evil Revelations 2 and Resident Evil HD Remastered experienced “robust” sales, Capcom named Devil May Cry 4 Special Edition as a key factor in its sales. The game “sold well” especially in the digital space. Sales numbers haven’t been revealed for any game other than Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate but Resident Evil HD has notched up more than 1 million units thus far.