And as a huge fan of the video game series, I could not possibly be more ecstatic! A new live-action reboot movie, entitled Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, is set to debut this winter, and promises to be a closer adaptation of the actual plotline of the games than the hokey Milla Jovovich-starring six-part live-action movie series that ran from 2002 to 2016.

Now that it’s the 25th anniversary of the franchise, Resident Evil is perhaps as big, if not bigger, than it ever has been. But this is merely the first adventure, with untold shoot-outs and scares yet to come. First released for the PlayStation, the game follows Special Tactics And Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S.) recruits Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine, depending on who you choose to play as, as they navigate the terrifying Spencer Mansion riddled with zombies and beasts created by the evil Umbrella Corporation. One of the more notable from that era was explorer and action heroine Lara Croft, who would make her debut in the first Tomb Raider game released in October 1996.īut an even more seismic shift happened when, that March, Japanese video game maker Capcom released a unique “survival horror” game set in an abandoned mansion called Resident Evil. But soon, new characters and ideas would emerge on the scene. In the mid-90s, the video game world seemed dominated by the likes of kid-friendly characters, including Nintendo’s Mario and Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog.

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