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Capcom has announced that new downloadable content will be released for Resident Evil 5 for the Xbox 360 and PS3 next year (2010). Also, a “Gold Edition” of the full game and downloadable content will be available March 2010.

That DLC includes two new episodes, new costumes and a new game mode called “Mercenaries’ Reunion” featuring eight new playable characters and weapon load outs.

Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition will be $49.99 on both 360 and PS3. The PS3’s additional content will be on the disc and the 360 version will be released with a token to download the content via Xbox Live.

According to Capcom’s press release, the first new episode, titled “Lost in Nightmares,” places BSAA agent Chris Redfield and his partner Jill Valentine in an investigation of Ozwell E. Spencer’s hideaway.

Spencer, the evil mastermind and co-founder of Umbrella Corporation, has something bad hidden in his basement. I’m betting whatever Spencer’s hiding does not involve insider trading and that Chris and Jill are going to terminate whatever’s down there with vengeance, shotguns and cut scenes. That episode hits the US and Europe February 17, 2010, along with the new costumes for Chris and Sheva.

Kill those creatures quickly because the next episode (title TBA) is slated for March 3, 2010, for 360 and March 4, 2010, on PS3.

Or, if you haven’t purchased the game and just want to wait it out, the Gold Edition comes to the US March 9, 2010, and Europe March 12, 2010.

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