Leon Kennedy's 'hot uncle' design in the new Resident Evil is thanks to the women on the dev team, says director, who 'would point out and comment on even the finest details like the wrinkles on his neck'

If you asked me to rustle up a list of 'most lusted after men in gaming', I'd first establish some boundaries because that's a very strange thing to ask somebody and I don't know you that well. After we'd become more familiar, however, I'd certainly put Resident Evil heartthrob Leon Kennedy on the list. Modders put him in a thong within 0.1 picoseconds of the RE4 remake coming out, after all.

Which is why he made ripples on the internet when it was revealed that not only would he be in the new Resident Evil game...