Video game developer/publisher Capcom reports that "Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City", is now in development, a collaboration between Capcom and Vancouver-based studio Slant 6 Games.
Since the launch of the first title 15 years ago the "Resident Evil" game series has sold over 45 million units worldwide to date.
"Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City" delivers a third person team based shooter experience set within the "Resident Evil" universe and a reinterpretation of the events depicted in "Resident Evil 2" and "Resident Evil 3".
"It is September 1998 and the action centres once more on the ill-fated 'Raccoon City' and the horrific consequences of the deadly 'T-virus' outbreak from the 'Umbrella' facility. With a cover up required, Umbrella orders an elite team into Raccoon City to destroy all evidence of the outbreak and eliminate any survivors. Hearing of this plan, the US Government dispatches its own special forces to uncover any evidence that exposes the cause of the viral infection and Umbrella’s actions. Players take on the role of an 'Umbrella Security Services' soldier, competing alone or in four player co-op in a battle against all the competing forces at play in Raccoon City...""Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City" will be released Winter 2011.
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