Episode 11 arrives, and Alex and Rob sit down to discuss - at the time of recording at least as we were mere weeks from the release of Requiem - the most recent brand new title in the series, Resident Evil Village. Released in May of 2021, confirmed nuggets about its development aren't as well known as earlier titles due to it being so recent, but that doesn't stop both the guys from looking into the origins, the decision to make a direct sequel to RE7, and various decisions such as some of the material shown but cut, the continued support to VR with the PSVR2, and much more.

The development of Village was indeed a long one, impacted by both being a follow up to a style reboot in Resident Evil 7, but also one that was impacted by COVID also. Indeed this lets Alex discuss some of the impacts by COVID to the franchise in general, and you might be surprised what that impact was overall. Additionally after we've looked into Village and all of it's content, we have a brief look back at the decision to make REVerse and the delay upon release that separate game title - included free with Village - that happened.

All this, and much more in the latest episode of Complete Global Saturation.

This 12 episode limited podcast series is a follow up to Alex Aniel's book, 'Itchy, Tasty: A Unofficial History of Resident Evil' - which covers the first decade of the series from its origins in the early 1990s through to 2006. The book is available online at the usual retailers, in bookstores, or can be purchased directly from Alex's website - www.cvxfreak.com - which you can also have signed by Alex.

Future episodes will cover other games in the decade or so beyond all in aid of looking into topics Alex will cover for an eventual follow up charting more direct history of the rest of the series, and some special guests will join us from time to time to talk about the series.

Please feel free to subscribe, review, and share - and any questions can be put alongside wherever this is posted and we will try to return to these in a future episode.

This podcast is not made for profit, but for educational purposes.

The theme for this podcast was composed by Ms. Akari Kaida, an ex-Capcom composer who worked on the original Resident Evil (the ceiling trap room theme), OKAMI, the Mega Man series and more! She’s on Twitter at ⁠⁠@AkariKaida⁠⁠ and speaks English, so give her a shoutout!

The music used at the end of the episode is:

Resident Evil Village | "Yearning For Dark Shadows" Guitar Cover | By Nocturne Music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWrWQjKPuO0

Welcome to 2026 and Episode 10 of the series. After the holiday break, Alex and Rob are looking towards the (30th Anniversary) year ahead and sharing their thoughts on Requiem and the next 12 months, but then it's onto the main topic and looking back to 2020 and the release of Resident Evil 3 Remake - and it's companion online game - Resistance.

It's not controversial to say response to RE3's remake has been a very mixed one and we don't hold back on why, but the more digging into the development certainly may provide some unknown answers to some on why. Did you know development for the game started still early during the RE2 remake's, was once considered to be combined with 2 as a combo, and Capcom didn't know how much they would likely feel was a safe amount to spend yet? Certainly starts to make more sense of some of the choices. This and much more is uncovered during the first half of the episode.

However things are looking up when a surprise guest joins in when the look back moves onto Resident Evil Resistance, the online multiplayer standalone that released alongside all copies of Resident Evil 3. We are joined by no less than the games director, Al Yang, from Neobards. Al is an exceptionally talented director, who's most recent title - Silent Hill f - for Konami has been exceptionally well received, and many of the team who worked on it - also worked previously on Resistance (making Al and many of the staff some of the only people who can say they worked on both major horror gaming franchises!).

Capcom chose the company to take onboard this project as its own thing, with it's own time frame, budget, and development and Al explains first hand how this happened, and lots about outsourcing development at the top level. While even Al himself knows multiplayer is not the top focus for Resident Evil, it's amazing to learn all about how these sorts of projects come together and learn more about why decisions are made. We hope you will find this all an amazing inside look directly that is extremely rare for such a recent release.

The video Al mentions regarding the pitch can be found here: https://youtu.be/s6PcbQC7YCg?si=bEBe7IVYikjGC7P7&t=572

So join us as we talk through all of this and much more on this episode of Complete Global Saturation!

This 12 episode limited podcast series is a follow up to Alex Aniel's book, 'Itchy, Tasty: A Unofficial History of Resident Evil' - which covers the first decade of the series from its origins in the early 1990s through to 2006. The book is available online at the usual retailers, in bookstores, or can be purchased directly from Alex's website - www.cvxfreak.com - which you can also have signed by Alex.

Future episodes will cover other games in the decade or so beyond all in aid of looking into topics Alex will cover for an eventual follow up charting more direct history of the rest of the series, and some special guests will join us from time to time to talk about the series.

Please feel free to subscribe, review, and share - and any questions can be put alongside wherever this is posted and we will try to return to these in a future episode.

This podcast is not made for profit, but for educational purposes.

The theme for this podcast was composed by Ms. Akari Kaida, an ex-Capcom composer who worked on the original Resident Evil (the ceiling trap room theme), OKAMI, the Mega Man series and more! She’s on Twitter at ⁠@AkariKaida⁠ speaks English, so give her a shoutout!

The music used at the end of the episode is:

Resident Evil 3 Remake - Ending Theme (Staffs & Credits) | Epic Cover by Rod Herold & ‪@Cheta5751160‬ ‪@KayThePianist‬

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSVs4lN8OV

In the latest episode, Alex and Rob are joined by a slightly exhausted CarcinogenSDA - right of the back of a massive no damage run in the RE3 Remakes hardest mode!

Carci's history of challenge gameplay dominates the early conversation, looking into the history of his interest in making his way through the various franchise titles and how that begun.

Eventually though its time to talk the main topic, the Resident Evil 2 remake - or rather more correctly 're-imagining' - and the massive impact it's had on the franchise and again gaming in general as we look into the development gameplay, and release of the groundbreaking modern classic.

Carci's got plenty to say about gameplay design, and we look both forward and backward of the RE2 remake on both the decisions that led Capcom to it, and the ones they're making since it's absolute smashing successful release.

So join us as we talk through all of this and much more on this episode of Complete Global Saturation!

(Please be aware this episode was recorded some weeks back prior to the announcement of Resident Evil Requiem).

We will be taking a break in December, and our next episode number 10 - will be landing in 2 months time on Jan 22nd 2026.

This 12 episode limited podcast series is a follow up to Alex Aniel's book, 'Itchy, Tasty: A Unofficial History of Resident Evil' - which covers the first decade of the series from its origins in the early 1990s through to 2006. The book is available online at the usual retailers, in bookstores, or can be purchased directly from Alex's website - www.cvxfreak.com - which you can also have signed by Alex.

Future episodes will cover other games in the decade or so beyond all in aid of looking into topics Alex will cover for an eventual follow up charting more direct history of the rest of the series, and some special guests will join us from time to time to talk about the series.

Please feel free to subscribe, review, and share - and any questions can be put alongside wherever this is posted and we will try to return to these in a future episode.

This podcast is not made for profit, but for educational purposes.

The theme for this podcast was composed by Ms. Akari Kaida, an ex-Capcom composer who worked on the original Resident Evil (the ceiling trap room theme), OKAMI, the Mega Man series and more! She’s on Twitter at ⁠@AkariKaida⁠ speaks English, so give her a shoutout!

The music used at the end of the episode is:

Saudade - Unplugged Ver. (from Resident Evil 2 Remake) by the Video Game Orchestra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eJ39BcdFMg