How many Resident Evil games have there been now? Around eight in the main series and countless others in spin-offs, yeah? Better prepare yourself. Capcom says that all of that was only just "act one" of the Resident Evil saga.

Last month, Resident Evil producer Jun Takeuchi hinted that Resident Evil 5 (PS3, Xbox 360) will be the "last of its kind" and that RE6 will be a reboot. Capcom's Chris Kramer sheds more light on this, explaining that RE5 is a kind of "waving goodbye" to many of the the storylines and characters in previous games:

It’s a really good time for new players to jump in, because what we’re doing is kind of waving goodbye to a lot of storyline elements from, essentially, act one of the Resident Evil franchise.

Resident evil 5 is really setting the franchise up for what’s going to happen now going forwards, so establishing new characters and storylines, and pretty much a new direction for the game.

If you’re late to the party and you haven’t been playing the games for the past 15 years, all you need to know is that the game’s a lot of fun and just filled with action, so you don’t have to worry about the plot, as we’re kind up picking up and starting afresh.

Here's hoping they actually put the horror back into the franchise.