Bad news for fans as it is seems the Revolution won't be seeing a version of Resident Evil 5 anytime soon. Though could there be a silver lining to this news?

The producer of Resident Evil: Deadly Silence Minoru Nakai has said that Resident Evil 5 won't be making an appearance on the Revolution anytime soon, meaning that for now the game will stay on just the Xbox 360 and PS3. However, he did say that the possibility was always there once he was surer the controller would fit the game well.

Apparently, Nakai thinks that he can't translate the new control scheme for the series - first seen in the frighteningly good Resident Evil 4, and set to return in Resident Evil 5 - to the Revolution's contoller just now. Interestingly, he mentions players might soon tire of this control scheme though - hinting that it won't be a staple of the series forever - which is when the Revolution could get some Resi action once again.

It's still bad news, whatever way you look at it, though it's worth remembering that as the long-term producer of the series Shinji Mikami has left (with rumours suggesting he was unhappy at Capcom breaking it's exclusivity contract with Nintendo), fans have been speculating that the fifth incarnation of the series won't be as good as it's predecessor. We'll have to wait and see.

In the meantime though, we promised you a silver lining to the story, and it is this: Nakai has stated that players may not have to wait for a way-off incarnation of Resident Evil game for the Revolution to see support from the Studio 4 team, hinting there was a non-Resi title for the console in the works - let's just hope it's not just a puzzle game...