Resident Evil returns in early 2015 for the third time

By Adam Rosenberg Published January 28, 2015

Like so many zombies that won’t lie still the way cooperative, little corpses are supposed to, Capcom’s original Resident Evil is set to return in early 2015 on PC and PlayStation/Xbox consoles as a remake of the 1996 survival horror game. The publisher confirms the coming remake in a morning announcement, noting that the upcoming release is actually built on the bones of the 2002 Resident Evil remake.

In addition to enhanced graphics and sound, the 2015 Resident Evil also features an alternative to the original’s “tank”-style controls. One of the elements in the 1996 game that made it so difficult was the way playable characters moved. Left and right on the control stick rotated the body and forward/backward moved. Like a tank. The 2015 remake offers that classic control scheme, but complements it with more sensible, modern-style controls in which a character moves in relation to the direction you push the analog stick.

The Resident Evil series has been dormant since 2012’s disastrous Resident Evil 6, which used three parallel, criss-crossing stories to deliver the three basic approaches to play that have characterized the series across its long history. The 2015 remake of the first game is presumably meant to keep the series in your consciousness while Capcom figures out where to take things next.

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Ada Wong points a gun

As you make your way through Resident Evil 4's Separate Ways DLC, you'll occasionally come across some blue notes stapled to the wall near merchant locations. These offer you unique merchant requests for the area that can be completed and turned in to earn Spinels for buying useful items. When you find yourself in Gregorio's Waterway in Chapter 5, you'll stumble upon one of these merchant requests asking you to track down, eliminate, and then sell the Lord of the Waterway. Here's where to reel in this big fish.
Where to find the Lord of the Waterway in Chapter 5
After picking up the merchant request, continue through the linear pathway until you come across a wheel you can turn that will lower the water in the area. Return to the merchant's room, where you'll find you can now descend a ladder into the remaining knee-deep water.

From where you land, take the left path through the destroyed wall and kill any bugs that get in your way. Take another left directly after and make your way around the pillar in the center of this next segment of the room. When you reach the back wall, you'll be able to crouch and pass through the tight opening here. Directly after exiting on the other side, you should notice a large fish in the water ahead of you – this is the Lord of the Waterway. Kill it, then loot its corpse.

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Ada Wong holds a gun in Resident Evil 4.

Much like in the main campaign of Resident Evil 4, the Separate Ways DLC features a variety of merchant requests to complete and turn in for some Spinel, which can be used to purchase useful upgrades, keys, and more. You'll stumble upon two of these requests asking you to find and kill bugs – once in Chapter 5 and again in Chapter 6. In this guide, we'll tell you where to find them.
Chapter 5 bug locations
The first Bug Buster merchant request can be found as a blue note in plain sight near the merchant toward the end of Chapter 5. After you accept the request, you'll find yourself tasked with tracking down and eradicating this chapter's three hidden bugs. When you're ready to take them out, begin by heading further into the caverns with your gun at the ready.
Bug No. 1
A little way into the caverns will be a lever you have to pull to make some giant pillars move up and down. Carefully make your way between the first and second pillars here, then look up at the ceiling to see the first bug.

Bug No. 2
After making your way through just a bit more of the level, you'll eventually head up a long flight of stairs that will lead you out of the caverns. After taking out the group of enemies on the landing here, turn around and look back at the stairs you just came up to see the second bug on the ceiling.