Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition release date is March 9, 2010, at retail

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Capcom has announced Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition for release on March 9, 2010 on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 at a price of $50. Gold Edition is the physical media release of Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition which will be released digitally as downloadable content (wow lots of “release” words in that sentence).

This physical edition will contain the game and all past and upcoming DLC that will be included in the Alternative Edition. This includes:

* Two new episodes.
* New Costumes.
* A new Mercenaries mode called “Mercenaries Reunion”

The first episode is entitled “Lost in Nightmares” and it sees Chris and Jill investigating the mansion of Umbrella Corporation founder Ozwell E. Spencer.

For those who are planning to purchase their content digitally, the Lost in Nightmares episode and the first costume pack will be released on Xbox Live Marketplace on February 17th, 2010 and for PlayStation Network on February 18th, 2010. The second episode and second costume pack will arrive on March 3, 2010.

Here’s a trailer for the Lost in Nightmare’s episode.

Via 1UP