"Japan's Beethoven," Mamoru Samuragoch, has admitted that he is a fraud. Now Niigaki, his ghost writer/composer is bringing his deafness into question. Samuragoch is famous for being a deaf composer. On the issue of his handicap, however, Niigaki revealed that he believed Samuragoch could still hear.

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Resident Evil and Onimusha composer Mamoru Samuragochi has admitted that for the past 10 years someone else wrote his arrangements, including what is considered his pinnacle achievement, a piece titled "Hiroshima Symphony" dedicated to the lives lost during the 1945 atomic explosion. The news comes by way of Samuragochi's lawyer to Japan Times, who said Samuragochi "deeply regrets" actions he called "totally inexcusable.

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The next game in the Resident Evil series will return to the game's survival horror roots, Capcom says. The firm told MCV it has listened to the negative feedback to last year's Resident Evil 6, which scored a Metacritic of just 67.

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Resident Evil 6 is now available on PC and coming soon is the free L4D2 addition to Mercenaries: No Mercy, which pits Coach, Ellis, Nick and Rochelle against RE enemies, plus brings in the Witch and Mini-Tank from L4D2.

Capcom and Valve have announced the Resident Evil 6 x Left 4 Dead 2 project. This crossover project will see characters from Left 4 Dead 2 featured exclusively in the forthcoming PC version of Resident Evil 6, while enemies from Resident Evil 6 will invade the PC version of Left 4 Dead 2. All content will be made available completely free for fans of either games to access and play.

Owners of Resident Evil 6 PC will be able to select one of four survivors from Left 4 Dead 2’s iconic cast – Coach, Nick, Ellis and Rochelle – when playing PC exclusive mode, The Mercenaries No Mercy. Each character will have a special customized weapon load-out created just for use in Resident Evil 6.  In addition to the four survivors, two of the infamous Special Infected zombies from the Left 4 Dead franchise – the Witch and Mini Tank – will also make a cameo appearance in this mode, relentlessly attacking players regardless of whether a character from Left 4 Dead 2 or Resident Evil 6 is chosen. This new and exclusive content will automatically be downloaded in the background to all owners of the PC version of Resident Evil 6 from April 5th.

Making the leap to the PC version of Left 4 Dead 2 will be some of Resident Evil 6’s most fearsome enemies – Lepotitsa, Napad and Ogroman. All three characters were brought to life in Left 4 Dead 2 by Valve’s renowned developers using its Steam Workshop tools. Owners of the PC version of Left 4 Dead 2 will be able to face a new deadly challenge when Resident Evil 6 characters infect Valve’s classic zombie title this spring.

Commenting on the crossover project, Chet Faliszek from Valve stated: “We’re huge Resident Evil fans, so when the opportunity arose to work directly with Capcom to combine L4D2 and RE6, we jumped at it.”

Resident Evil 6 Producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi added: “The Resident Evil 6 team really enjoyed working on this crossover, and we’re confident that our fans will have a great time with it too! We hope you enjoy this unique content.”

Sony Pictures and Screen Gems have confirmed that Resident Evil 6 is on the way and will be in cinemas on September 12th 2014. There has been no confirmation that Milla Jovovich will return as Alice or that Paul W.S. Anderson will be back in the director’s chair.

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During a brief exchange in Las Vegas, Capcom VP of strategic planning and business development Christian Svensson explained to RPS that Resident Evil’s due for a much-needed revamp.

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Gameplay video of the new and exclusive Mercenaries: No Mercy mode for Resident Evil 6 on PC. With more enemies on screen than ever before, the Mercenaries: No Mercy mode takes the fan favourite Mercenaries mode and ramps up the gameplay to 11.

Resident Evil producer Masachika Kawata has said that he has "started to revise [his] opinion" on comments he made last year about making the series more action-oriented after looking at "user feedback from the last couple of games".

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Capcom has listened to fan feedback following Resident Evil 6 and knows that the series must return to its roots going forward, even mentioning the possibility of a reboot.

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The PC version of Resident Evil 6 will contain a new and exclusive game mode, Mercenaries: No Mercy, Capcom has announced.

The Mercenaries: No Mercy mode takes the fan favourite Mercenaries mode and ramps up the gameplay to 11. With more enemies on screen than ever before, the new game mode will provide a greater challenge, but also give players the opportunity to use their skills to rack up even higher combo scores.

Resident Evil 6 for the PC will be available as a digital download in North America from March 22nd, 2013, with European PC gamers able to purchase both the digital version and a disc based version from the same date. Both digital and physical versions will include the following features, which were added to the console versions in post-launch title updates: access to Ada Wong’s campaign from the outset along with the option to play this campaign with a co-op partner and the ability to fine tune the in-game camera. As with the console releases, players of the PC version will also be able to take advantage of ResidentEvil.net.

Owners of Resident Evil 6 will be able to further expand their gameplay experience with the release of a fourth additional mode, Siege. An online multiplayer mode for two to six players, Siege sees a lone AI-controlled rookie BSAA agent in trouble and in need of help. Players will split into two teams with one assuming control of enemy creatures who are trying to take down the rookie, while the other team selects playable characters from the main game and must keep him alive. Each game consists of two rounds with teams switching between the human and enemy roles. The human team wins a round if the BSAA agent survives, while the enemies win if they can defeat him. Siege Mode will be available in March for the Xbox 360 and PS3, priced at 320MSP/$3.99/€3.99/£3.19.

It has also been confirmed that Survivors, Predator and Onslaught game add on modes will be available for PlayStation 3 owners this February, with each individually priced at $3.99/€3.99/£3.19.

All four post launch game add on modes – Survivors, Predator, Onslaught and Siege – will be available for PC owners to download and purchase shortly after March 22nd, with any future title updates for the console version also being made available free of charge for PC owners.

The second title update for Resident Evil 6 will be available for download on January 22nd, Capcom has announced. The update will include the following additions and improvements to the game:

Agent Hunt mode 

-Now available without completing the game first.
-Selectable criteria before joining a session: Stage, Region, other settings like Infinite Ammo and Friendly Fire.

Stage Selection

 -Individual stages within chapters can be accessed any time once completed.

 General updates

 -QTE assist: Players can optionally activate QTE assist from Amateur difficulty inside any other difficulty level.
 -Some areas have had their difficulty adjusted based on feedback.

The three new multiplayer modes for Resident Evil 6 - Predator, Survivors and Onslaught - are now available for purchase for the Xbox 360, Capcom has announced. The DLC are timed-exclusive for the Xbox 360 and will be released for the PlayStation 3 and PC at a later date.

Each of the multiplayer modes are individually priced at 320 Microsoft Points or all three can be purchased together as a bundle pack for 720 Microsoft Points on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace. Details of the new modes along with their gameplay videos can be fount below:

Predator 
In a series of quick fire rounds, up to six players take their turn as the fearsome Ustanak with full access to its weapons, while the others must avoid capture or worse. Human players score points for successful attacks, but lose points for being caught or taken down. The match is over once all have played as the Ustanak, with the participant with the most points crowned as the winner.

This is the Resident Evil 6 take on the classic solo and team based deatchmatch mode. Like Predator, you’ll compete for the highest score, but once a player is taken out, they respawn as one of the game’s enemy characters, and must then defeat another human character in order to return to the fray as their original player character. Survivors is available for two to six players.
Chaining combos is the key to success in this two player mode where each must clear waves of oncoming enemies. The twist comes when a player completes a combo chain as this will send enemies over to their opponent’s screen. Expect the balance of power to constantly shift in this intense addition to the Resident Evil 6 experience.

Resident Evil 6 will be available for the PC on March 22nd, 2013, Capcom has confirmed. The game will launch as a digital download in North America, European PC gamers will have the option to purchase a digital or a disc based version.

The digital and retail versions of Resident Evil 6 for the PC will contain all the content found in the original console release plus the additions contained in the free title updates, such as Ada Wong’s campaign being accessible from the outset and the challenging No Hope difficulty mode.

Furthermore the digital version will take full advantage of Steam functionality by supporting cloud saving, Steam achievements, friends support, game overlay and leader boards.

Spec-wise, this is what you’ll need:

Minimum specs:

OS: Windows Vista/XP, Windows 7, Windows 8
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or better, AMD Athlon X2 2.8 Ghz or better
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 16 GB free hard drive space
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS or better
DirectX: 9.0c or greater
Sound: Standard audio device

Recommended specs:

OS: Windows Vista/XP, Windows 7, Windows 8
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.7 Ghz or better, AMD Phenom II X4 3 Ghz or better
Memory: 4 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 16 GB free hard drive space
Video Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 or better
DirectX: 9.0c or greater
Sound: Standard audio device

Three new multiplayer modes for Resident Evil 6, Predator, Survivors and Onslaught, will be available for purchase for the Xbox 360 this December 18th, Capcom has announced. The DLC is a timed-exclusive for the Xbox 360 and will be released for the PlayStation 3 and PC at a later date.

Each mode is priced at 320 Microsoft Points or players can purchase all three modes together as a bundle pack for 720 Microsoft Points on the Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

Available for two to six players, in Predator one player takes on the role of the Ustanak, the fearsome B.O.W. that stalks Jake Muller throughout his campaign, and tries to eliminate the human players. The humans’ task: stop the deadly B.O.W. in its tracks, or at least survive until the end of the session.

Survivors takes the classic solo and team-based versus mode and adds a twist. Get killed and respawn as an enemy character with the ability to attack the human characters. Take down one human character to resurrect in human form. Last man or team standing wins. Survivors can be played by two to six players.

Onslaught sees two players go head to head in an attempt to clear waves of oncoming enemies. Chaining combos provides the key to success in Onslaught as this will send enemies over to the opponent’s screen, the more that are sent over, the quicker the victory will be.

Furthermore, December 17th, will also see the release of a free title update for Resident Evil 6 that will allow owners to adjust the in-game camera to give a greater field of view as best suits their play style, while those who want to combine English language audio with subtitles in their desired language will now be able to do so.

Also included in the title update is an unlock for Ada Wong’s campaign that adds an optional player-controlled co-op partner for that story, and the aptly named No Hope difficulty level, for those who want an extreme challenge.

Capcom has announced that, in response to player feedback, a free title update for both the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions of Resident Evil 6 will be made available in mid-December.

The update will include the following additions and improvements:

• Gamers will be able to adjust the camera to give a greater field of view as best suits their play style. 
• Subtitle options have been improved so that English language audio can be combined with subtitles in an alternative language. 
• As recently announced, Ada Wong’s campaign will be unlocked from the start and have an optional player-controlled co-op partner added. It was previously necessary to complete all three other campaigns in order to unlock Ada’s story. 
• ‘No Hope’ difficulty level will be added above the existing levels, for players who want an extreme challenge. 

Over on the forums for PlayStation in Europe, a thread (currently at 21 pages long) notes that Resident Evil 6 isn’t working for gamers who pre-purchased the title and subsequently downloaded it to their PS3s.

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Capcom's 1998 survival horror game Resident Evil 2 could have new life some day. Speaking to GameSpot today as part of a video question-and-answer session, Capcom producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi confirmed the studio is not working on a remake at the moment, but the door is open in the future.

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