New 360/PS3 Resident Evil game announced

[RPGGamer92]

Slant Six Games has thus far made its bread off of Sony's SOCOM: Navy SEALs franchise. However, last year word emerged that the studio may be branching out when Kotaku ran a rumor indicating that the studio was staffing up for Resident Evil: Raccoon City, a "team-based" spin-off for the franchise.

 

Now, it looks as if those rumors were well founded. Gaming website Stick Skills claims to have secured an advance copy of the May 2011 issue of the Official Xbox Magazine, within which are the first details on Slant Six's Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. Stick Skills ran down the details from the story on its website and forwarded a photo of the periodical to Joystiq.

 

According to the website, Operation Raccoon City will be available for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 this winter. It will reportedly be set in 1998, around the time of Umbrella's original T-virus outbreak. The squad-based shooter sees gamers assuming the role of one of four members in an Umbrella Security Services troupe.

 

A player's objective will reportedly be to cover up all evidence of the outbreak, indiscriminately killing zombies and survivors alike. However, not all humans will be easy prey, as the "three-corner conflict" reportedly sees gamers facing off against US Spec Ops.

 

Source: http://www.gamespot.com/news/6305877.html

[Thor.]

Sweeet a new Resident evil game, on top of the R4 HD remake, that would be Awesome. Probably will come out the same time to, fall or winter. Edited March 27, 2011 by Thor.

[suidery]

I'm interested to see how RE:ORC turns out, sounds like it'll be cool to play for Umbrella for a change. The direction that this game sounds like it'll go could be interesting and I'm always looking for a new co-op game for me to play with my friends ('cause I just can't get into competitive multiplayer, everyone takes it too seriously and ends up being jerks). I'll be keeping an eye on this as it develops 'cause it sounds like it'll be pretty neat.

 

It's a good year to be a Capcom fan with Resident Evil's 15th anniversary, Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, and (finally) SSFIV for PC (maybe I'm the only one psyched for that). If I had a 3DS I'd be excited for the Capcom lineup for that. I'm still confused, bitter, curious, and on-the-fence about them handing Devil May Cry to Ninja Theory and everything that's been revealed about that project but I don't want to derail this thread with that. There's enough debate and general unpleasantness on the net already about that. :confused:

Edited April 20, 2011 by suidery