Resident Evil: Director's Cut Due From Capcom

Resident Evil fans, prepare yourselves. Capcom is bringing a revised version of its PlayStation hit Resident Evil to home screens in September.

Resident Evil: Director's Cut is a full-featured version of the game, complete with the original game as it was first conceived, and will likely include the violent, gory scenes cut from the original game when it was translated for the US market. Also awaiting gamers are new camera angles and harder gameplay.

Capcom says that included on a second disc packaged with the director's cut will be an interactive demo of Resident Evil 2, the much-anticipated title that is not scheduled to hit retail shelves until early next year. The demo is expected to placate fans of the game who had anticipated RE2's release this fall.

A spokesman at Capcom commented that since March, when the company stopped producing new copies of Resident Evil, the game has been harder to find. Capcom says it decided to produce the Director's Cut now to maintain strong consumer awareness of the title.

The game will be priced somewhere around US$40.

The Saturn version of Resident Evil, also scheduled for release in the fall, will not contain Director's Cut additions.