Capcom’s first Resident Evil 5 trailer caused a minor uproar over its supposed racist imagery, showing a glorified white male American killing black African zombies. It’s understandable that such imagery might prompt a backlash, and so Capcom have rectified this in their new politically correct (yes, PC stands for politically correct and not Personal Computer in this instance ) “Captivate 2008″ trailer.

Notice how there are Caucasian zombies in almost every shot? This suggests Capcom either concentrated on showing these zombies in the trailer, or actually added multiracial enemies into the game itself after all the negative publicity.

Funcom recently announced that Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures is one of the fastest-selling PC titles of all time. Launched on May 17th, more than 400,000 gamers (almost half hailing from North America) have entered the bloody, violent, and very adult world of Hyboria. After all, who doesn’t like scantily clad women and dismembering enemies?

On May 23rd Age of Conan launched an extra nine servers: 5 PvE, 1 RP-PvP, and 3 PvP. In addition to those playing the game, the Age of Conan websites have been experiencing a mass of traffic, with more than 2.2 million unique visitors in the last ten days.

“This is just the beginning, and we already look forward to massive updates and cool new features,” said Funcom CEO Trond Arne Aas. “We believe our focus on making Conan unique and groundbreaking is a key reason for the initial success. This is a focus we will keep and reinforce, and players can expect continued quality and innovation as we enter a new era for the game.”

Granted, these are very early numbers and we don’t know what things will look like further down the line. However, I think it’s safe to say that so far, Age of Conan is a success and PC gaming may not be dead just yet.

Follow this link to read an interview with Age of Conan’s creator, Jorgen Tharaldsen.

Devil May Cry’s combat has amazing depth and unless you know how to master its secrets, you won’t be able to conquer its true style. With the addition of Nero and his devil bringer arm the possibilities have increased; the pumping action has been multiplied.

This can be seen in a 10 minute play through of the demo, which manages to take it all the way to beating the hell out of Beriel.

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You’re going to have to practice day and night to get the timing right, but when you do, you’ll look as good as this:

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When you fight stylistically you’ll have earned the right to taunt your opponents and even show off by playing a little bit of air guitar. If only we were this good when we play Devil May Cry.

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Bionic Commando has been dormant, apart from two Gameboy sequels in 1992 and 1999, but Capcom reintroduce the series for the next-generation. In this outing, players will be able to use the main character’s bionic grappling arm to traverse and kill enemies.

Enjoy the new screenshots and artwork.

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