The May 2011 issue of Official Xbox Magazine will feature a new Resident Evil game as its cover story, titledResident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, according toStickskills. Supposedly, this is the long-rumored game by ex-SOCOMdeveloper Slant Six.
RE:ORCwill be set in 1998, taking you back to the original outbreak that defined the events inResident Evil 2andResident Evil 3: Nemesis.You’ll be playing as four members of the Umbrella Security Services squad (inspired byRE2hidden character Hunk) who are destroying all evidence of this outbreak in a team-based shooter. That includes killing both real zombies — who can detect you through sight, sound, and smell — and survivors!
From the looks of it,RE:ORCwill be as much about direct combat as it will be about manipulating “Umbrella-created horrors” and other opposition in fights between themselves. What is sure to raise some fans’ eyebrows is that you’ll also be able to “change the history of Resident Evil,” potentially meeting and killing keyREuniverse characters and destroying canon. Another quote from OXM that may bother some: “It’s not fair to give people big guns, then take all the ammo away.”
RE:ORCis slated for a Winter 2011 release on Xbox 360 and PS3, and check out Stickskills for an extensive list of bullet points fromt he OXM cover story.
