Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City - USS vs Spec OPS

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Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City has a brand new trailer that shows you just what kind of bad asses Leon Kennedy is going to have to look out for!  

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Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

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It is said by Official Xbox Magazine (in their May issue) that the first details of the new Resident Evil (Operation Raccoon City).  The game will be developed by Slant Six & Capcom, the team that is responsible for creating SOCOM: Confrontation.  The new Resident Evil game seems to be taking a huge departure from its origins with the whole survival/horror motif.  This time around, players will be in the roles of Umbrella Corp. operatives looking to cover up evidence of the virus outbreak in 1998.

We are still waiting on official confirmation from Slant Six themselves to see if they're really working with this multi billion dollar video game/movie franchise.

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Resident Evil 5

All those who are familiar with zombie movies are quite familiar with the Resident Evil franchise, both movie and video game.  When Resident Evil (the film) first came out, I was immediately drawn into the world of Alice and what her life would tell.  My parents always played the video games but I never really bothered trying them until Leon Kennedy and RE4 came into the picture.  Well, Sony Pictures are giving us yet another chance to be catapulted into the world of Alice with the fifth Resident Evil film that is set to be released on September 14th of 2012.

With the released being set in 2012, that is officially the lowest down time between movies that Milla Jovovich and husband/director Paul W.S. Anderson have had.  There are usually 2.5-3 years between each Resident Evil film that has been released.

There has been no official statement about the plot as of just yet and the film is being called "Resident Evil 5" until further details are to be released.

Most of the fans of the franchise can easily agree that Resident Evil: Afterlife wasn't capable of living up to their expectations and personally, I wish that they hadn't implemented the 3D compatibility.  The movie may have put itself in second position for top grossing zombie movie (behind Zombieland) but the overall audience attendance was at an all time low.  With that being said, Milla Jovovich has said that her and Paul W.S. Anderson will be interacting with fans and seeing what the masses want before they start work on the title to ensure that it's going to be a hit this time around.

It's not said HOW they will be interacting with fans but just in case they drop by our site or GI's, leave a comment and let us know what you'd like to see in the new Resident Evil 5 movie.

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Slant Six & Capcom - Resident Evil: Raccoon City?

This has been travelling through the video game community for some time now but we thought we’d let you in on this little bit of information just in case you have yet to be informed.  Resident Evil: Racoon City (the next chapter in the series) is rumoured to be in the process of being developed by the same team that developed Socom: Confrontation for the PS3, Slant Six.  

Now, a lot of avid SOCOMers are going to be hesitant to buy this game solely because the vast majority of the Socom community believes that Slant Six ruined their beloved baby…but will it be a new change for the Resident Evil community?

Slant Six, being a Canadian development company based out of Vancouver, BC, has come out with many games within the Socom series: Socom: Confrontation (PS3), Socom: Fireteam Bravo (PSP), and Socom: Tactical Strike (PSP).  Will a project as heavy as Resident Evil be too much for Slant Six to handle or do you think that they’ll be able to trudge through the mud and the massive fan base revolving the very popular zombie series?

Capcom’s past development head (Keiji Inafune) had felt that Capcom/Japan was trailing so far behind Western developers that the only way to catch up with them is to partner with them.  That’s where the Slant Six/Capcom duo (East meets West) strategy comes in.  The first Capcom games to ever been outsourced to a Western developer was Dead Rising 2, Dark Void, and Bionic Commando. 

Though this is still a rumour, there is a substantial amount of circumstantial evidence to help support the theory that Slant Six and Capcom are pairing up together to take on this massive monster of a franchise.  

On Slant Six’s twitter feed, they were looking to hire a translator/interpreter, stating “Japanese translator/interpreter needed in Vancouver, BC.  Knowledge of the game industry a plus.  Contact jobs@slantsixgames.com.”  Also, on Slant Six’s website it states “Although we can’t say what we are working on right now, we are very excited to be creating a new product with an amazing publishing partner.”  In typical fashion, Capcom refuses to comment on any of these rumours but our sources say that it’s at a very high probability that this may happen.

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