The legacy that is Resident Evil started long before the controversy involving racism, the history making release of RE5 in the UK, and all the other notable trinkets of success and failure that comprises of the survival-horror series.

Electronic Theatre has posted up a brief over-look into the history of the Resident Evil franchise and the success that Resident Evil 5 is gobbling up for Capcom.

What’s more, though, is that TheGameReviews have put together an extremely extensive piece about the historical journey Capcom has undertaken with the now mainstream RE series. And by extensive, I mean that Aaron Cooly from TGR has put together six pages worth of definitive information processing called Resident Evil 5: How we got here. In other words, everything you need to know about how and why Resident Evil 5 came into the spotlight in the way that it did is expressed in the article.

To date, Capcom has shipped close to five million units for their latest installment of Resident Evil. You can learn more about the game by visiting the Official Website. For more info, news, updates and insight, be sure to stay tuned in with Blend Games.