Hardcore fans who await the release of Resident Evil 7 must be hyped up to hear the latest news that franchise developer, Capcom, has reportedly filed a trademark registration for Umbrella Corps known to many gamers and moviegoers alike as the fictional biotech organization related to the Resident Evil series. Resident Evil 0 HD Remaster, on the other hand, has been confirmed to release early next year.
This latest reveal is courtesy of NeoGAF which outed Capcom's move to register a trademark for Umbrella Corps and prompted RE gaming enthusiasts that it is applied for the highly anticipated Resident Evil 7 game.
At this point in time, no added information connected to the registration of this trademark has emerged and that some say that this could mean protection of IP and prevention of other outside companies to use the said trademark. Other speculations pegged that it might beintended for the upcoming launching of Rescident Evil 0 HD Remaster set early next year.
In earlier news, however, the latest research firm SuperData suggests that Resident Evil 7 as the next main title in the RE series will be released around Halo 5: Guardians official service launch this October.
SuperData is popularly known to be the no.1 provider of market intelligence on research pertaining to free-to-play gaming, digital console, mobile, PC downloadable, streaming media and eSports.
Meanwhile, the first trailer for Capcom's makeover of the 2002 survival horror game, Resident Evil Zero HD Remaster, has been released during E3 2015 that showed the opening part of the game. The 90 second trailer includes clips of both the gameplay and CGI cutscenes that provide fans an idea about the changes as well as improvements including better and improved visuals and sound, widescreen support including alternative way to use a modernized control setup.
Resident Evil Zero Zero HD Remaster is set before the events of the original Resident Evil game which was first released on Nintendo GameCube more than a decade ago.
According to reports, the new game will feature STARS police officer Rebecca Chambers and death row convict Billy Coen who will work together to survive a virus that resulted in a zombie outbreak. The game is designed where players can switch between the two main characters using the game feature called "partner zapping."
Both characters have their own unique abilities and players can also control both characters simultaneously or control them to separate in order to cover a larger area when exploring.
Resident Evil Zero HD Remaster was announced late last May and the game's original director Koji Oda will return to work the game for High Definition consoles and for Windows PC.
The original Resident Evil Zero game which is known as Biohazard Zero in Japan was a survival horror video game. The previous Resident Evil installments let the player store their items in boxes found in fixed locations.Resident Evil Zero changed this and instead, it allows them to drop the items on the floor freeing some space in the inventory temporarily until players return to retrieve them at a later point.
Resident Evil Zero HD Remaster is set to launch in early 2016 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and Windows PC while Resident Evil 7 is tipped to launch in fall season around October when Halo 5: Guardians hits shelves .
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