Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is an upcoming 2011 survival horror third-person shooter video game with online playability for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 developed by Slant Six Games and published by Capcom. The game will be a new installment in the Resident Evil series of video games and will be developed by Slant Six Games instead of Capcom. The game takes place during the events of Resident Evil 2 and 3. The game is currently scheduled for a release in late 2011.

Plot
The game takes place in the year 1998, during the events of Resident Evil 2 and 3, after the outbreak of the t-virus in Raccoon City. However it is a reinterpretation of the events that occurred in the original games, and players are given the opportunity to change the occurrence of certain events in the Resident Evil canon. Players will take the role of an officer of the Umbrella Security Service, part of the Umbrella Corporation. Members of the USS are tasked with destroying evidence of Umbrella Pharmaceutical, Inc.'s illegal activities which caused the t-virus outbreak, including killing survivors of the outbreak. Among their enemies are Government Spec Ops, who are tasked with exposing the actions of Umbrella and understanding the cause of the t-virus outbreak in Raccoon City. The game will see the return of major places as well as characters of the Resident Evil series including Raccoon City as well as characters; Leon S. Kennedy, and Claire Redfield. Also announced at E3 2011 is the decision whether or not to kill Leon and Claire so you can keep the RE storyline as it is or you can change it drastically.

Characters

 * Vector- Master of stealth
 * Bertha- Team medic
 * Beltway- Explosives expert
 * Spectre- Designated marksman
 * Lupo- Team leader and a USS Commander.
 * Four-Eyes- A USS Field scientist.
 * Leon S. Kennedy- Raccoon City Police officer; confirmed to be in the game but may not be playable.
 * Claire Redfield- Chris Redfield's sister is confirmed to be in the game but may not be playable.

Gameplay
The game has players taking the role of one of the members of a USS clean up crew. Alongside a single player mode, the game will also offer a 4 player co-operative mode as the player experiences the events of the game. Operation Raccoon City will allow the player to make decisions that could have major repercussions on series canon, such as causing the death of Leon S. Kennedy or Claire Redfield during the course of the game.

A multiplayer mode is confirmed, which pits the USS against the Government Spec Ops, with the latter looking to uncover the situation Umbrella is attempting to hide. In addition, there are a few elements being added to the multiplayer. One of which is the presence of zombies on the multiplayer maps, including Hunters and Tyrants being spawned occasionally. This is similar to Mercenaries, but with a twist: Normal zombies can be used as shields. Being shot may cause bleeding, which causes a feeding frenzy to converge on the bleeding character. The player must hide or hold their position while the bleeding subsides and the zombies become more passive again.

Capcom-unity just announced at E3 that Lupo, and Four-Eyes are new playable characters and that players will also get a chance to kill Claire Redfield. At E3 2011, the gameplay shows that if a member of the team becomes infected and their health bar runs out, the player turns into a zombie and can attack their former teammates.

Weapons
There are three specific weapons avaialable in each class. (Note: Question mark signifies weapon is unknown at this time.)
 * Assault Rifles: Assault Rifle (M4 Carbine), Burst Rifle (M16), Militia Rifle (AK-47). (In multiple trailers, USS operatives are seen using G36 rifles, and a HK G3 is seen in the hands of Spectre in the E3 2011 trailer)
 * Sub-Machine Gun: Submachine Gun (MP5), MINI SMG (Mac-10 or 11), Suppressed SMG (resembles H&K MP7)
 * Machine Guns: Machine Gun (FN MINIMI), ?, ?
 * Shotguns: Pump Action Shotgun, Semi-auto shotgun (SPAS-12), ?
 * Sniper Rifles: Bolt Action Rifle, Semi-auto Rifle (PSG-1), ?
 * Handguns - Leon is seen using a Glock 17 instead of the H&amp;K VP70 he used in Resident Evil 2. USS Operatives seem to use various handguns, and can wield them one-handed as to 'be able to shoot 360 degrees."

(source video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROiLLR7W8cE)

Development
The May 2011 edition of the Official Xbox Magazine, to be released on April 5, shows an image of an individual in a gas mask along Umbrella, Inc. logo on the issue's cover. On November 1, 2010 Kotaku reported on a rumor that Slant Six Games, developer of SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Confrontation, was developing Resident Evil: Raccoon City. On its website, Slant Six Games wrote that it was currently developing "an amazing new project" that was unannounced, which was developed in conjunction with a "new publishing partner on a world class franchise."

In an interview with 1up.com, Masachika Kawata estimated the game, as of March 30, 2011, to be 45% complete.

Offical japanese website

Trivia

 * At first there were supposed to be 4 playable characters now there's six.
 * According to Kawata, there are currently discussions on introducing brand-new B.O.W.s into the game.