Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is an upcoming 2012 third-person shooter video game with online playability for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. It will be 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. Capcom hopes for an early 2012 release.

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 storyline as it is or you can change it drastically.

Environments 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 Security Service overhear Leon and Claire shouting to each other after the crash, re-creating dialogue 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 General Hospital from Resident Evil 3: Nemesis and Resident Evil Outbreak will also make an appearance, although the screenshot appears to be of a back entrance previously unseen. Other places likely to appear due to information from the "Inserted Evil" ARG are the sewers from RE2 and Raccoon City Hall and the Raccoon Park (Information from the second ARG mission :Check The stairway in City Hall. Check out the big sewer grate in the park.) Other locations revealed by the site are the RPD and Lonsdale Yard.

The game is separed in two sides: the USS side and the SPECOPS side (DLC). Each side have six chapters, when the players can choose four of the six characters per side.

Campaign Scenarios
The game contains these current scenarios:

Corruption

 * Objective: Destroy all the evidence of the Umbrella participation in the outbreak.
 * Areas: Raccoon City Hall
 * Characters: Nicholai Zinoviev.
 * Enemies: Zombies, Lickers, SpecOps.

No Survivors

 * Objective: Find the cop and kill him.
 * Areas: Stagla Gas Station, Kendo Gun Shop.
 * Characters: Claire Redfield, Leon S. Kennedy.
 * Enemies: Zombies, Hunters, Lickers, SpecOps, Tyrant (T-103 Type)

Wolfpack unit
An elite Umbrella Security Service team sent to kill any survivors and destroy all the evidence about the company's culpability for the infamous outbreak.
 * "Vector" - Master of stealth, real name unknown
 * Hector Hivers - Explosives expert, codename Beltway
 * Karena Lesproux - Team leader and USS Commander, codename Lupo
 * Vladimir Bodrovski- Designated marksman, codename Spectre
 * Michaela Heinzwaffen- Team medic, codename Bertha
 * Christine Yamata- A USS Field scientist, codename Four-Eyes

Echo Six
An elite squad of the Special Operations unit sent by the US Government to find the truth about the outbreak and rescue the civilians of Raccoon City.
 * Caroline Floyd- Code named "Willow." Class: recon.
 * Crispin Jettingham- Team leader Code named "Dee-Ay." Class: assault.
 * Marissa Ronson- Code named "Tweed." Class: demolition.
 * Erez Morris- Code named "Harley." Class: medic.
 * Lawrence Kimbala- Code named "Shona." Class: field scientist.
 * Sienna Fowler- Code named "Party girl." Class: marksman.

Playables in Heroes Mode
Main article: Heroes Mode

Currently, seven playable classic characters from Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 was recently confirmed as a playables in the new Heroes Mode. Also, a new character nicknamed LONE WOLF was confirmed to enter in the mode.
 * Leon S. Kennedy - A rookie cop and one of the surviving Raccoon City Police Department, and as a cop, he was being procecuted by the USS
 * Claire Redfield - College student and sister to Chris Redfield. She was "procecuted" by the WOLFPACK.
 * Jill Valentine - A former STARS Alpha Team member and a survivor of the "mansion incident".
 * Carlos Oliveira - One of the few surviving UBCS mecenaries, he was confirmed in the same trailer as Jill.
 * HUNK - A USS veteran member known as "Mr. Death", confirmed via Inserted Evil clue #4; the Wolfpack met with him after he obtained a G-Virus sample.
 * Nicholai Ginovaef - A russian mercenary of the UBCS, he was confirmed to play a important role in the main game.
 * LONE WOLF - A legendary helicopter pilot of Umbrella, is unknown if he appears in the main game, but he was confirmed as a playable character in the Heroes Mode.
 * Ada Wong - A female spy sent by The Agency to obtain a G-virus sample.

Rumored to appear

 * Albert Wesker - Has been hinted at E3 to make a "cameo" via agent Wong.
 * Sergei Vladimir - It is speculated that Sergei would be in the game as he was in Raccoon City during the viral outbreak.
 * Brian Irons - The Raccoon City Police Department's chief, the Clue #7 of Inserted Evil suggests that he will be featured in the game; it includes an Umbrella report noting the chief's increasingly erratic behavior and recommending that the situation be dealt with.
 * Mikhail Victor - It can also be assumed that Mikhail might appear since he was join forces with Nicholai and Carlos.
 * Sherry Birkin - It can also be assumed that Sherry might appear since she was found by Claire Redfield during the Raccoon City outbreak.
 * Annette Birkin - Annette might make an appearance since the USS stole the G-virus sample and William Birkin mutates into G.
 * Brad Vickers - It can be assumed that he might appear due to the fact he is a S.T.A.R.S. member and knows about what Umbrella did at the mansion.

B.O.Ws/Non Human

 * Nemesis Beta Parasite
 * Zombie
 * Crimson Head
 * Licker
 * MA-121 Hunter α
 * T-103
 * Nemesis T-02
 * Zombie Dog
 * G-Birkin

Human

 * Government Spec Ops
 * RPD Officers
 * UBCS Mercenaries

Targets

 * Leon S. Kennedy
 * Claire Redfield
 * Nicholai Ginovaef

Areas

 * Raccoon City Police Department
 * Raccoon City Hall
 * Raccoon City Hospital
 * Raccoon City Laboratory
 * Raccoon City Park
 * Stalga Gas Station
 * Lonsdale Yard
 * Other locations were mentioned in Inserted Evil, yet have only been speculated to be included in the game.

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 later 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. Gameinformer also added that the government Spec Ops might be playable team in the game and might be set out similar to the USS.&#91;4&#93;

Confirmed weapons
The weapons for the game are directly taken for Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3: Nemesis and Slant Six SOCOM titles, takes the more notable weapons for this games. A great part of the weapons are confirmed via Kendo Gun Shop webpage, via Inserted Evil in the fifth clue.

All the playable characters begin the game with a standard handgun and a combat knife. The selectable weapons are separed in six categories yet, free to choose only one before the campaign begins: shotguns, sniper rifles, assault rifles, machine guns and submachine guns, and each category has between 3 and 6 weapons. Other weapons, like handguns, flamethrowers and grenade launchers are confirmed in game, but is unknown if the players can select these, start with these, or need obtain them in the game. The "magnums" (and/or revolvers) category is not confirmed yet, but the standard Desert Eagle (aka "L. Hawk") is listed as a "handgun". Currently, the grenade launcher only uses explosive rounds ammo, despite the incendiary, acid and nitrogen rounds from RE2 and RE3.

Other non-playable characters and bosses use weapons not shown on the Kendo Gun Shop web page. Nemesis-T Type uses his trademark FIM-92 Stinger rocket launcher, as well as the Gatling minigun from his movie appearance. Claire Redfield uses a Penn Arms L1 rather than her signature M79 Grenade launcher against USS. Also, in Claire's render, she is shown using a shotgun rather than her canon bowgun. Nicholai Ginovaef uses a H&amp;K PSG1, likely in Outbreak File 2.

It is unknown if the classic characters like Leon and Claire use their trademark sidearms H&K VP70 and Browning HP, respectivly, but both weapons were confirmed to be in the game. During the Heroes Mode trailer, Carlos Oliveira and Nicholai Ginovaef were shown using a SIG P226 as the standard sidearm of the UBCS. The render of Ada Wong was shown using the Blacktail and the Samurai Edge for Jill Valentine.

Another weapon pack is taken from Resident Evil 5, with weapons like the AK-74, H&K MP5, H&amp;K PSG-1 and others. The Alfred Ashford's sniper rifle from Code: Veronica was confirmed to be in the game.

The grenades in game can be used by USS members, UBCS mercenaries, RPD Officers and Government Spec Ops. Currently, just the frag and flash grenades are confirmed, with the proximity bomb used by Beltway and Nicholai.

The knife has some special action techniques, merging with martial arts attacks to kill enemies. Blades include survival knifes, machetes and daggers used by Wolfpack members and classic characters in the Heroes Mode.

Non-confirmed weapons
Currently, only real life firearms are present in game, despite the non-real weapons like the RE2's Spark Shot and the RE3's Mine Thrower.

Also, is unknown if the game includes the infinite ammo option and the unlockables weapons feature, despite another classic and notable past games weapons like the M202A1, the RPG-7, the S&amp;W M500, the M93R, the ARWEN 37, the Red9 and the Claire's bowgun, for example.

Downloable weapons
Operation Raccoon City is the first game in the series to include DLC weapons, currently eight in total: Machine Pistol, Combat Shotgun (Armsel Stryker), Perforator, Combat SMG (TDI Vector), Anti-material rifle (Barret M87), Matilda (H&K VP70 burst), Cowboy Shotgun, and Classic Launcher (M79). Some of these weapons has based in country-like style and another ones has notorious designs.

Downloadable Missions
According to Xbox360Achievements.org, an additional 20 achievements worth collectively 500 points has been added to their preview code, which suggests that there will be a post-launch DLC pack. Based on the text of the achievements, it seems the DLC will contain a set of missions for Echo Six.

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.

Release
During E3 2011, French game site Play3-live.com claims that Capcom gave a release day of November 25, 2011 for Europeans, however, Capcom confirmed the wordwide release in March 2012.

A special edition of the game includes a steel cover for the game, 8 exclusive weapons and one alternate costume for Lupo, FourEyes, Bertha, Specter, Vector and Beltway.

If you pre-order the game at GameStop, BestBuy or Amazon.com, you will receive two DLC weapons different for each retailer.

Trivia

 * Originally shown was that the U.S.S only had four playable characters, that number was later increased to 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.

Trailers
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