Resident Evil

Jill Valentine is a fictional character in the Resident Evil survival horror series by Capcom. Jill is one of the two protagonists of the original... Resident Evil game, where she was introduced as a member of the Raccoon Police Department's Special Tactics And Rescue Service , trapped in a secret research complex of the sinister Umbrella Corporation. She returned as the protagonist in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, where she escapes Raccoon City following the zombie outbreak; in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles, in which she and Chris Redfield raid Umbrella's Russian base; and in Resident Evil 5, as a founding member of the UN-funded paramilitary group Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance . The film version of Jill appears in Resident Evil: Apocalypse and Resident Evil: Afterlife, where she is played by Sienna Guillory, who confirmed recently that she will reprise her role as Jill in the next installment, Resident Evil: Retribution. During development of the original Resident Evil game, Jill was conceived as the physically weaker than the male protagonist Chris Redfield, but she was given more skills and weapons to compensate for this.
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Albert Wesker is a character in the Resident Evil franchise. Although portrayed as a supporting character in the first game, he was later... established as the primary antagonist of the series; he usually manipulated story events behind-the-scenes and had a role in more games than the other main characters. The film version of Wesker is played by Jason O'Mara in Resident Evil: Extinction and Shawn Roberts in Resident Evil: Afterlife. Roberts will reprise the role of Wesker in Resident Evil: Retribution. Wesker made his first appearance as a non-playable character in the original Resident Evil game, assisting the player character against Lisa Trevor in the remake. In that game, he is the commanding officer of Alpha team of the Special Tactics And Rescue Service . It is eventually revealed that Wesker is a double agent working for the Umbrella Corporation; ordered by his superiors to lure the STARS into the Spencer mansion to be used as test subjects against the mutated creatures to gather battle data.
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Rebecca Chambers is a video game character from the Resident Evil series of survival horror game. She first appeared as a supporting character in the... original Resident Evil and later as the female protagonist of the prequel Resident Evil Zero. She subsequently starred in two separate chapters of Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles as one of the playable characters in the game. In the series Chambers is a rookie member of S.T.A.R.S. Bravo Team, who is in charge of rear security, and serves as the team's medic. She was voiced by Hope Levy in the GameCube remake of the first Resident Evil game, Riva DiPaola in Resident Evil Zero, and by Stephanie Sheh in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles. She was modeled after Japanese pop star Ayumi Hamasaki, who was the official spokeswoman for the game in Japan. Chambers makes her first appearance in the original Resident Evil, as a supporting character in Chris Redfield's scenario. She arrives at the Arklay Research Facility before the S.T.A.R.S' Alpha Team, after her unit is scattered across the Arklay Mountains.
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Barry Burton is a character in the Resident Evil video game series. Barry, along with most of the characters who originally appeared in the first... Resident Evil game, is a member of S.T.A.R.S. and the "backup man" and weapons expert of Alpha Team. Barry is described as a veteran of numerous special forces, as well as being a gun enthusiast who wields a Colt Python .357 Magnum revolver instead of the standard issue 9mm Parabellum handgun used by the other members. Following his appearance in the original game, Barry makes an appearance in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis and Resident Evil Gaiden. In the original Resident Evil, Barry serves as Jill Valentine's partner character and does not appear in Chris Redfield's scenario beyond the game's introduction. Barry aids Jill during the course of the game, often saving her from some of the more dangerous predicaments, as well as providing her with additional ammunition and items. In the beginning of the game, Barry is seen as a trustworthy member of the S.T.A.R.S. As the game progresses, however, Barry's actions in the story start to become suspicious.
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Shooter games are a sub-genre of action game, which often test the player's speed and reaction time. It includes many subgenres that have the... commonality of focusing "on the actions of the avatar using some sort of weapon. Usually this weapon is a gun, or some other long-range weapon". A common resource found in many shooter games is ammunition. Most commonly, the purpose of a shooter game is to shoot opponents and proceed through missions without the player character dying. There are many criteria to determine the type of shooter; listed below are some of the major divisions. Using the following, it is possible to categorize almost all shooters developed. The player usually views the events from behind the eyes of the character or from a camera that follows the character, usually a few feet behind . It is also possible for a game to have a fixed camera, especially shooting gallery games and some 2D overhead shooters such as Robotron 2084. Games that attempt to emulate life-like ballistics and character damage include tactical shooters.
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Tokuro Fujiwara , sometime credited as Professor F or Arthur King, is a Japanese video game designer, best known for creating Ghosts 'n Goblins and producing the Mega Man series. He worked as the general manager of the Capcom Console Games Division from 1988 to 1996. After working at Capcom for thirteen years, he left the company to form his own studio, Whoopee Camp, where he would serve as the director of the Tomba! series. -- By the way, At... that time, did you have a role model? I mean someone you admired in the field? Mikami: Mr. Fujiwara -— He is your master? M: Yeah. He is scary master for me. Maybe evil master. I still can't compete with him. I'll put myself at his feet. He has some kind of different atmosphere than other people. He is not big or macho and he doesn't raise his voice either but he is really scary. His way is not "Yes or No" only "YES". I learned a lot from him, one big thing I learned from him is "Create freedom inside restriction.
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Hideki Kamiya is a video game designer formerly employed by Capcom and Clover Studio. He is currently working with former Clover Studio members at Platinum Games. After graduating from college, Kamiya applied for jobs at various game developers. He was turned down by Sega and had an application accepted by Namco. However, Namco wanted him to be an artist rather than his desire to be a game designer. Kamiya joined Capcom as a designer in 1994.... His early works included planner of the original Resident Evil and director of Resident Evil 2. He was later the director of both Devil May Cry and the original Viewtiful Joe. In 2006, Kamiya worked as the director for the PlayStation 2 version of Clover Studio's Ōkami. He joined former Capcom colleagues, including Atsushi Inaba and Shinji Mikami, to create a new company, shortly before Clover Studio was closed by Capcom in late 2006. This new company, later named Platinum Games, announced a four game deal with publisher Sega. Included in the deal was an original game by Kamiya titled Bayonetta.
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Capcom Co., Ltd. is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Ghosts'n Goblins, Street Fighter, Mega Man, Resident Evil, and Dead Rising. Capcom also developed and published Bionic Commando, Ace Attorney, Lost... Planet and Dark Void, but they are less known. Its head office is in Chūō-ku, Osaka. Originally established in 1983, it has since become an international enterprise with branches and subsidiaries in North America, Europe, and East Asia. The original companies that spawned Capcom's Japanese branch were I.R.M Corporation founded on May 30, 1979, as well as its subsidiary Japan Capsule Computer Co., Ltd., both of which were devoted to the manufacturing and distribution of electronic game machines. The two companies underwent a name change to Sambi Co., Ltd. in September 1981, while Capcom Co., Ltd. itself was first established on June 11, 1983, for the purpose of taking over the internal sales department. In January 1989, the old affiliate company Capcom Co., Ltd. merged with Sambi Co., Ltd., resulting in the current Japanese branch.
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Nintendo Co., Ltd. is a multinational corporation located in Kyoto, Japan. Founded on September 23, 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi, it produced handmade hanafuda cards. By 1963, the company had tried several small niche businesses, such as a cab company and a love hotel. Nintendo developed into a video... game company, becoming what is arguably the most influential in the industry, and Japan's third most valuable listed company, with a market value of over US$85 billion. Nintendo of America is also the majority owner of the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team. The name Nintendo can be roughly translated from Japanese to English as "leave luck to heaven". As of October 18, 2010, Nintendo has sold over 565 million hardware units and 3.4 billion software units. Nintendo was founded as a card company in late 1889, originally named Nintendo Koppai. Based in Kyoto, Japan, the business produced and marketed a playing card game called Hanafuda. The handmade cards soon became popular, and Yamauchi hired assistants to mass produce cards to satisfy demand.
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THQ Inc. is an American developer and publisher of video games. Founded in 1989 in the United States, the company develops products for video game consoles, handheld game systems, as well as for personal computers and wireless devices. THQ has offices in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. The... company publishes internally created and externally licensed content in its product portfolio. THQ's internally created franchises include Saints Row, Frontlines: Fuel of War, Red Faction, MX vs. ATV, Company of Heroes and others. The company also holds exclusive, long-term licensing agreements with leading sports and entertainment content creators including World Wrestling Entertainment , Games Workshop , Ultimate Fighting Championship , Nickelodeon and Disney-Pixar. It has announced net sales of $830.0 million in 2008, down from $1.030 Billion in the year previous. Net losses were $431 million for the 12 months ending March 2009, down from $35.3 million in the year previous. Trinity Acquisition Corporation was founded in 1989. In 1991, it merged with Toy Head-Quarters, a toy manufacturer founded in 1990 by Jack Friedman.
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Nintendo Australia Pty. Ltd. established in 1994, located in Victoria is Australia's local head office, sales, licensing and distribution centre for products and other Intellectual Properties created by Nintendo Co., Ltd of Kyoto, Japan and is owned by Nintendo Co., Ltd in Japan. Prior distribution... of Nintendo products inside Australia had been handled by Mattel. The company was originally jointly managed by Susumu Tanaka of Nintendo UK and Graham Kerry who worked prior as the general Manager of Mattel. It is currently managed by Yuji Bando, who succeeded Rose Lappin as Managing Director in March 2010. Rose Lappin had worked for Nintendo since the early 90's when Nintendo's products were distributed in Australia by Mattel. Aside from distributing its own products, the company also distributes some games for its systems by developers including Capcom and Atlus. Nintendo Australia distribute Nintendo's products to most of the Oceanic region. Distribution of Nintendo's products in New Zealand was handled by Monaco Corporation Ltd, then Softprint Interactive Ltd, until Softprint went into bankruptcy.
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