Resident Evil 6/development

Development


An image of the apparent logo for Resident Evil 6 was first leaked at the San Diego Comic-Con on July 22, 2011 accompanied by the date; September 15, 2011, fueling speculation that the game will be formally announced at the Tokyo Game Show on that date. Despite the convincing rumors, there was no official sight of Resident Evil 6 at the 2011 Tokyo Game Show. The first public trailer was released on January 29, 2012.

In response to the positive reaction to the trailer, according to Hiroyuki Kobayashi, the development staff were encouraged to speed up their work on the game to such an extent that it would be expected to hit stores earlier; its expected release date was brought a month and a half earlier as a result.

In Chinese actress Wendy Monk's VC it is said that she voices a woman of a tribe that turns into a zombie during some part of Resident Evil 6.

Also, according to his curriculum, it appears that Joe Cappalletti will be voicing a character.

On January 9, 2012, Gamestop started placing posters of the game in their store, which then people took pictures of. The release date was reported to be 11.20.12, but the Captivate trailer announced the release date to have been advanced to 10.02.12.

The game is one of Capcom's largest-development games, with some 600 people involved in production.

Zombies will be the common enemies in game, however they were not infected with the t-Virus.

Producers Eiichiou and Yoshiaki said that they traveled to China to recreate a more realistic feeling of a Chinese city for Lanshiang. Also they estated that "someone" is behind the outbreaks.

Viral Marketing
NoHopeLeft, a site that has been active since before January 12, documents various spottings of signs saying "NoHopeLeft" over the world, as well as featuring a Chinese woman in a panic, wishing that her lover would come home soon. The latest post on the website links to a Youtube playlist for the official RE6 trailer, confirming it is indeed an advertisement for it.

Demo
Capcom has announced that there will be a demo for Resident Evil 6, which can be downloaded with codes when purchasing the Xbox port of Dragon's Dogma, which will be released in May, with the beta starting on July 3.

A more public demo of Resident Evil 6 is currently scheduled for release on PlayStation Network (and possibly on Xbox Live Marketplace, too) on September 5, 2012.