Resident Evil 6 Revealed, Is A Thing

[drop2]Looks like our man Tuffcub was right – the viral site was from Capcom, and yep, it’s – save for a last minute switcharoo tonight – about Resident Evil 6.

The poster seen to the right, leaked by an IGN reader to the site’s Australian version, shows that the game is multiformat (although doesn’t seem to be heading to PC just yet) and will be released November this year, on the 20th.

It’s a pre-order display, which indicates that this is a retail stand. We’re gathering that this has come from GameSpot.

More is expected at 10pm GMT tonight, when the No Hope Left website will hopefully switch over to the full Resident Evil 6 thing and we’ll get more information.

We’ll update this post when we get more info through.  Until then, gaze at the poster and make comment about how ropey that ‘6’ logo looks but hang on to the notion that the game could be pretty good.


Update 1: we’re hearing that Leon Kennedy and Chris Redfield will both be playable characters.  The game will be ‘larger’ than the others.  Ada Wong will have a playable role at a certain point.  Resident Evil 6 will feature lots of locations, including the previously rumoured China.

It’s apparently the same team as Resident Evils 4 and 5.


Update 2: Here’s the press release and two videos, a teaser and a three minute epic:

“Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games,” says the press release, “is very proud to announce that Resident Evil 6 is in full development and scheduled for release on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system on November 20, 2012 with a Windows PC version to follow.”

Apparently it’s the “most ambitious, immersive and feature rich title of the series to date” with the publishers saying its’ “the dramatic horror experience of the year”.

“It has been ten years since the Raccoon City incident and the President of the United States has decided to reveal the truth behind what took place in the belief that it will curb the current resurgence in bioterrorist activity,” the PR continues. “Due to be by the President’s side is his personal friend and Raccoon City survivor, Leon S. Kennedy, but when the venue suffers a bioterrorist attack, Leon is forced to face a President transformed beyond recognition and make his hardest ever decision.”

“At the same time, Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance member Chris Redfield arrives in China, itself under threat of a bioterrorist attack. With no country safe from these attacks and the ensuing outbreaks, the entire world’s population is united by a common fear that there is no hope left.”

As we suspected, Leon and Chris will be there together for the first time, and will be “joined by new characters, each with their own unique perspective and involvement, in this relentless dramatic horror experience enacted on a global scale.”

“Resident Evil 6 represents a giant stride forward in the evolution of the series,” said Katsuhiko Ichii, Head of R&D and Global Marketing.

“The development team, led by Hiroyuki Kobayashi, is working tirelessly to deliver the most impressive Resident Evil title ever both in terms of scope and production values. We are all genuinely excited by the title and cannot wait to share it with the world.”

Resident Evil 6 Executive Producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi added: “From the outset the team’s intention was to create an experience that delivers a gripping storyline, tense single-player and co-op action all set against a constant theme of horror. We are calling this fusion dramatic horror and are confident it will resonate with both existing fans of the series as well as newcomers.”

What do you think?

68 Comments

  1. Looks pretty good from the trailer! Might have to buy the Resident Evil 4 HD remake off PS store to satisfy me for a bit because November is long time away.

  2. Looks good although, i hope that the new style won’t end up being horror free. :S Was that Ashley i saw in the trailer? And i think the guy who was beating up the zombies is Wesker’s brother.

    I’m glad that we can actually shoot and move instead of behaving like a turret. I wonder what Chris will beat up this time? I hope we will have to actually find weapons instead of buying them as that takes away from the surivial horror aspect. :)

  3. President Evil 6. I’m extremely excited!! :D

    • Jesus, I was almost convinced I was watching a Sony trailer for the first half of that.

      • i thought it was one of those ads they play before the video on youtube, then i remembered the “this trailer has been certified blah blah ” bit before.

        i would not be surprised if that was an actual sony ad that they’ve sheohorned in, either just in the trailer or maybe it’ll be shown somewhere in the background during the movie.

        anyway, it’ll be interesting to see where they’re going with this.
        i knew Michelle Rodriguez as Rain was back and Oded Fehr and Carlos, but i assumed they would feature in flashbacks or something.

        and what about the scenes where everything seems back to normal as opposed to the totally devastated world the previous films showed.
        i hope they’re not going down the whole, it was a dream or some sort of simulation route, because that would basically negate everything that’s happened since, either the first or second film.

        of course i’ll be there to see it opening day, like i have since the first one.

        this is, what, the fifth one now?

        i bet nobody would have predicted that before the first one came out.

  4. i see Ada Wong, Rain, she’s obviously belongs in another game where just one headshot isn’t fatal and she snuck into the Resi movie, and that sounded like Patrick Stewart, hey, it’s a step up from money supermarket. ^_^

  5. wooo…. Ada Wong and Rebecca Chambers as a playable characters?

    Give.Me.Game!!!

  6. So… many… aspect ratios… edited together so quickly..

  7. looking forward to this one but i hope wesker does not come back as a clone or something good to see the zombies back

  8. Wow. This announcement was as random as GTA V. However, I love Resident Evil, and I’m very excited for this one! Are Chris AND Leon playable?

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