GameStop today announced that it will host Outbreak -™09 events at 3,000 of its stores to mark of the midnight release of Capcom-™s Resident Evil 5 on Thursday, March 12, 2009.
The outbreak will spread to GameStop stores coast-to-coast tomorrow at 10 p.m., where attendees can enjoy the “Dress up Dead” costume contest and experience the highly-anticipated Resident Evil 5 game before it goes on sale at midnight. Event goers can also participate in GameStop-™s first-ever March of the Living Dead.
In addition to widespread Outbreak -™09 events, GameStop is teaming up with Capcom to host a premier launch event in San Francisco-™s Union Square the evening of March 12, 2009. Attendees can experience Resident Evil 5 before it goes on sale at midnight and meet the development team including co-producers and series veterans Jun Takeuchi and Masachicka Kawata.
For more information on an event near you, log on to www.gamestop.com/re5.
