Saturday 21 January 2012
Resident Evil 6!
A new year means new games and the first big announcement was the reveal of Resident Evil 6! As many who know me, I am a massive Resident Evil fan and the reveal had me bouncing up and down for a while! Along with the reveal came a first trailer which showed Resident Evil series veterans Leon Kennedy and Chris Redfield being the main protagonists of the 6th entry into the franchise alongside a new male character which Capcom have decided to keep any sort of information about him quiet. Maybe an E3 reveal? Barely 24 hours after the trailer was released to the world, Capcom held a press event in Japan for Resident Evil's 15th Anniversary and was able to reveal more information on RE6.
With three protagonists comes three different storylines, it seems that the producers have listened to fan feedback and have bought back the survival horror aspect from the first three games, with Leon getting caught up in a Raccoon City-esque incident in the town of Tall Oaks. Leon will be joined by goverment agent Helena Harper.
The second story revolves around RE5 main lead Chris Redfield, who looks like is leading a BSAA assault in China. The reason for Chris being in China is not revealed but seems to be more action-oriented than Leon's story. As with Leon, Chris is paired with a currently unnamed BSAA team member.
The third part and the most interesting part of the trailer was the third main character, which Capcom currently would not release any details for. From the trailer, the only information given is that he was a mercenary and his blood is what everyone is looking for. Rumours are flying around that this is HUNK, the gas masked wearing soldier working for Umbrella from Resident Evil 2 fame. The woman with the mystery man in the trailer is said to be Sherry Birkin, the daughter of Resident Evil 2 villian, William Birkin. But this has not been confirmed officially by Capcom.
The press event also gave the chance for Capcom to talk about a new enemy which our heroes will be facing. Capcom has revealed its name to be Javo and has described it as having a " greater impact than the zombies."
With a 20th November release date, Resident Evil fans will not have that long of a wait to get their hands on the game, and with the release of Resident Evil Revelations and Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City fans will have their hands full of Resident Evil goodness in the game series' 15th Anniversary.
January Transfer Window 2012
Hi all, has been along time since i have blogged about anything.
Seeing as it is January, lets talk about the January transfer window, at the time of writing, we are 21 days into the January transfer window and there have not been any "big" transfers, with the total amount spent in this window at a meagre £18.4m. The two eye catching deals which have gone through is Gary Cahill heading to Chelsea to help shore up the surprisingly leaky defence, and Papiss Demba Cisse joining Newcastle to link up with Senegal international teammate Demba Ba. But why has there been a lack of movement in the transfer window? Has financial fair play finally made its mark on big spending teams? Are there no players who are good enough to strengthen teams like Man United; who many believe are in need of a central playmaker, and Arsenal; who have their yearly defensive injury crisis?
The answer is, as many of the top manager have put it, you can not find value in the January transfer window. Many of the top players will have been cup-tied for various European and domestic competitions while asking prices will rocket up as teams will not want to lose their prized assets during the middle of the season.
This has led to many teams turning to temporary solutions by loaning players with the current trend being to loan players from the MLS in the US. With three of the MLS' biggest stars; Thierry Henry, Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane, returning to the Premier League for a short period this has become very popular with Premier League teams who need that extra boost in the lead up to the final months of the season.
We have already seen the impact that they have had on their respective teams, Henry's delightful goal against Leeds in the FA Cup and Robbie Keane's double for Aston Villa against Wolves whilst Donovan returning to Goodison Park adding another dimension to Everton's attack. But will this persuade more teams to turn to players in the MLS in the January transfer window to give their team that breath of fresh life in the lead up to the final make or break months of the season?
The January transfer window always brings up great intrigue regardless of what managers say, it gives us fans something to get excited about, glued to our television screens watching Sky Sports News and grasping onto the hope that the manager of your team will be able to sign that one player who can change your team's fortune for the second half of the season. Over £200m was spent in the last January transfer window, Will we see a Torres-esque transfer before the transfer window deadline of 1:00pm on 31st January 2012 which would significantly increase the totalaliser on the Sky Sports website? Maybe not, but it would be great if it did happen.
Seeing as it is January, lets talk about the January transfer window, at the time of writing, we are 21 days into the January transfer window and there have not been any "big" transfers, with the total amount spent in this window at a meagre £18.4m. The two eye catching deals which have gone through is Gary Cahill heading to Chelsea to help shore up the surprisingly leaky defence, and Papiss Demba Cisse joining Newcastle to link up with Senegal international teammate Demba Ba. But why has there been a lack of movement in the transfer window? Has financial fair play finally made its mark on big spending teams? Are there no players who are good enough to strengthen teams like Man United; who many believe are in need of a central playmaker, and Arsenal; who have their yearly defensive injury crisis?
The answer is, as many of the top manager have put it, you can not find value in the January transfer window. Many of the top players will have been cup-tied for various European and domestic competitions while asking prices will rocket up as teams will not want to lose their prized assets during the middle of the season.
This has led to many teams turning to temporary solutions by loaning players with the current trend being to loan players from the MLS in the US. With three of the MLS' biggest stars; Thierry Henry, Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane, returning to the Premier League for a short period this has become very popular with Premier League teams who need that extra boost in the lead up to the final months of the season.
We have already seen the impact that they have had on their respective teams, Henry's delightful goal against Leeds in the FA Cup and Robbie Keane's double for Aston Villa against Wolves whilst Donovan returning to Goodison Park adding another dimension to Everton's attack. But will this persuade more teams to turn to players in the MLS in the January transfer window to give their team that breath of fresh life in the lead up to the final make or break months of the season?
The January transfer window always brings up great intrigue regardless of what managers say, it gives us fans something to get excited about, glued to our television screens watching Sky Sports News and grasping onto the hope that the manager of your team will be able to sign that one player who can change your team's fortune for the second half of the season. Over £200m was spent in the last January transfer window, Will we see a Torres-esque transfer before the transfer window deadline of 1:00pm on 31st January 2012 which would significantly increase the totalaliser on the Sky Sports website? Maybe not, but it would be great if it did happen.
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