Resident Evil 5 Alternative Edition to come to North America and Europe as downloadable content

While Japan may have to shell out money for a full retail version of Alternative Edition lucky Europeans and North Americans will be able to use their same copy of Resident Evil 5 to play new content. The content is currently scheduled to hit Spring 2010 on both X-box Live and PlayStation Network and will include a new chapter which follows Chris and Jill as they infiltrate the Spencer Estate. If the PlayStation 3 version follows the retail release in Japan it should include motion control support for Sony’s upcoming motion controller for the PS3. If you haven’t seen how it works yet imagine RE4 Wii Edition, but Resident Evil 5.