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.

Enviroments known to appear in the game are Central street, the street left burning by the oil truck that decimates Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield's car in the opening cinematic to Resident Evil 2, about a block or so away from the Gun Shop Kendo (It is also the starting point for Scenario A, and a joint street to Central Station, where Jill Valentine makes her escape via Raccoon's Tram system in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis). This area is showcased in the latest gameplay video from E3 2011. It is also shown in the gameplay demo from San Diego Comic Con 2011, where the members of the Umbrella Task Force overhear Leon and Claire shouting to each other after the crash, re-creating dialouge from the original Resident Evil 2. New footage also shows a recreation of the ending of Resident Evil 2's opening cut sequence. This demo also reveals Kendo's Gun Shop as another location. Another area shown is the Stagla gas station, previously from Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, although it does not appear to be the same gas station Jill ends up in. The Raccoon City Police Department has also been shown in one of the trailers, and a screenshot indicates that the Raccoon City General Hospital from Resident Evil 3: Nemesis and Resident Evil: Outbreak will also make an appearance, although the screen shot appears to be of a back entrance previously unseen.

Characters

 * Vector - Master of stealth, real name unknown
 * Michaela Schneider - Team medic, codename Berha
 * Hector Hivers - Explosives expert,codename Beltway
 * Vladimir Bodrovski- Designated marksman, codenam Spectre
 * Karena Lesproux- Team leader and a USS Commander, codename Lupo
 * Christine Yamata- A USS Field scientist, codename Four-Eyes
 * 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.
 * HUNK - Capcom confirmed at Comic Con that HUNK will appear and have huge influences on the game
 * Albert Wesker - It has also been hinted,but not confirmed, that he may play a role in Operation Raccoon City, despite him not being present in Raccoon City during the events of the game, instead working for The Organization via agent Ada Wong

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 Four 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). Suppressed Rifle (G36)
 * Sub-Machine Gun: Submachine Gun (MP5), MINI SMG (Mac-10 or 11), Suppressed SMG (resembles H&K MP7), (4th unknown)
 * Machine Guns: Machine Gun (FN MINIMI),M240 or similar model, ?, ?
 * Shotguns: Pump Action Shotgun, Assault shotgun (SPAS-12), ?
 * Sniper Rifles: Bolt Action Rifle, Semi-auto Rifle (H&K G3 w/ ACOG), ?, ?
 * Handguns - Leon is seen using a Glock 17 instead of the H&amp;K VP70 he used in Resident Evil 2. In E3 footage, he uses a Beretta 92. USS Operatives seem to use either SIG P226 or SIG PRO handguns., and can wield them one-handed as to 'be able to shoot 360 degrees." Beltway is seen in one screenshot to be using a .38 revolver.
 * Grenade Launcher: Can be found in weapon crates at various stages of the game. Players must shoot the locks off of the crate in order to access the weapon.
 * Blades: Combat Knives (unknown models). Machete (Bertha attacks an injured SPF with it, however he manages to dodge the attack)

Videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEDYxdzJqII, 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7f_dSATBLk&feature=watch_response

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.
 * In the demo, signs written on walls written in blood are seen around (often asking for HELP), this was already in the beta version of the original Resident Evil(1996), but for unknown reasons, blood signs were cut from the final product.