Resident Evil 5 Launch

The Best Buy store in Stroudsborg, Pennsylvania will be holding a launch party for Resident Evil 5, an action-horror game for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. For the event, employees will transform the store into a massive haunted house and dress as zombie and monsters from the game. The event takes place on March 13th at midnight to coincide with the release of Resident Evil 5 and will only be happening at the Stroudsburg Best Buy.

Resident Evil 5 is the latest installment in Capcom's survival-horror franchise. Following in the footsteps of Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil 5 features more action-oriented gameplay focused on shooting enemies via a unique over-the-shoulder perspective and less on surviving by saving items and avoiding combat. It places players in the role of Chris Redfield, one of the series' primary protagonists, who is investigating some mysterious activities in an anonymous African country where citizens have become feral and zombie-like. Old foes from the series, like the mysterious Albert Wesker, return in the course of Chris' investigation.

Aiding Chris in his mission is Sheva, a highly trained special agent. In the game's cooperative mode, the second player takes control of Sheva, and both players must work co-operatively to succeed by defending each other from enemies, healing each other's wounds and discovering and giving vital items to each other like ammo, money and medicine. If either character is permanently killed, the game is over. Co-operative mode is available online over Xbox Live or PlayStation Network, and locally as well. In the single-player mode of the game, the computer controls Sheva.