New 360/PS3 Resident Evil game announced

[Cmdr Shepard]

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

 

[clint g]

Sounds cool. Maybe they'll get right some of the mistakes they made with resident evil online all those years ago.

 

[Jax]

Its the right era to release such a game and its going to be interested what engine they use because it will need to move away from the static Resident Evil typical engine. If its any good I have a few friends who are BIG ressie fans on the PS3

 

[bigdaddy]

That actually sounds like a halfway decent idea, something the RE franchise has been lacking.

 

[Kadratis]

Playing devil advocate here; as much as I love Resident Evil (every game and the films), this really sounds like a ripoff of Left4Dead. I might just be confused...

 

[clint g]

I wouldn't be TOO harsh on them. The RE franchise dabbled in online gaming years before Left 4 Dead came out.

 

[Kadratis]

That is true. Outbreak was enjoyable. I wish they would bring it back, especially considering the PlayStation Network (PSN) has been setup; they'd definitely have enough resources and an infrastructure to handle it. But then again, it would involve Sony and Capcom making a deal over a seven year old game (file one+two) is highly unlikely.

But I guess I'll sit and wait to try this one out since I cannot afford a 3DS to play Mercenaries (which I'm not interested in a game without a story) and Revolutions. Makes me wonder if HUNK will show up (or be playable) in REORC... or the magic tofu?!