Resident Evil 0’s Billy Coen to appear in RE 5?

For the guys familiar with the Resident Evil franchise, you’ll probably remember Billy Coen, the character who became Rebecca Chamber’s impromptu partner in RE 0 for the GameCube.

In case you’re wondering what Billy has to do with RE 5 (he’s already been spotted in Umbrella Chronicles), a post by character voice actor Michael Van Wormer (who also voiced Maxi for Soul Calibur) at his blog hints that the ex-Marine (we mean Billy) just might be making an appearance in Capcom‘s 2008 release.

We say “might”, because after Michael posted the announcement on his site a few days ago, Billy Coen – much like he did in the game – disappeared from the site without a trace. We’re not sure what to make of this, although the REHorror site speculates that Capcom had Michael remove the name – once again we don’t why.

Could the company indeed be fielding Billy in RE5, and would prefer to keep the whole matter under the umbrella (pun intended), or is Billy’s possible return just a whole bunch of needless speculation? Time will tell, as will more information in the near future.

For the guys familiar with the Resident Evil franchise, you’ll probably remember Billy Coen, the character who became Rebecca Chamber’s impromptu partner in RE 0 for the GameCube.

In case you’re wondering what Billy has to do with RE 5 (he’s already been spotted in Umbrella Chronicles), a post by character voice actor Michael Van Wormer (who also voiced Maxi for Soul Calibur) at his blog hints that the ex-Marine (we mean Billy) just might be making an appearance in Capcom‘s 2008 release.

We say “might”, because after Michael posted the announcement on his site a few days ago, Billy Coen – much like he did in the game – disappeared from the site without a trace. We’re not sure what to make of this, although the REHorror site speculates that Capcom had Michael remove the name – once again we don’t why.

Could the company indeed be fielding Billy in RE5, and would prefer to keep the whole matter under the umbrella (pun intended), or is Billy’s possible return just a whole bunch of needless speculation? Time will tell, as will more information in the near future.