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Resident Evil 6 Has Been In Development For Two Years

By Ishaan . January 22, 2012 . 10:30am

Resident Evil 6 Has Been In Development For Two Years

Ever since Resident Evil 6’s official announcement, the series’ official Twitter feed has been buzzing with conversation with fans, and also brings us a little more information on the game. Here’s a bullet list of things that you may or may not be aware of:

 

  • The game has been in development for 2 years.

 

  • More information on a demo will be available in the coming months.

 

  • “Tall Oaks” is the site of a new outbreak in Resident Evil 6, and is populated with 70,000 zombies. [note: Tall Oaks is where Leon’s story takes place. Chris is in China.]

 

  • The zombies are “a bit different to what you may be used to”and are unlike any in past Resident Evil games.

 

  • “There will certainly be a survival horror element to the game, mixed in with classic Resident Evil moments.”

 

  • This one is more obvious, but the control system has been “overhauled” and will feature “a number of new elements”.

 

  • According to Xbox.com, Resident Evil 6 supports 2 players offline co-op, up to 6 players for online co-op, and up to 8 players for another online multiplayer mode.

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  • antperze17

    “THIS” is going to be the best resident evil game known to man!! I CAN’T WAIT TO GET IT!

  • http://www.facebook.com/JaeWhy SasuleUchiha

    That’s how you release a trailer. Kept a development in secret and bam release a trailer without anyone expecting it, unlike some game company that boasts the game for 6 years and we know next to nothing about it. Kudos for Capcom

    • Gatchaman1

      FF Versus XIII! Do I get a prize?

    • PrinceHeir

      hell yeah :)

      maybe this will renew my faith in capcom to develop their own games.

      i just hope Hiroyuki Kobayashi and his team can deliver an awesome RE game that mixed it’s own classic roots as well as RE4/RE5 style(which they plan to)

      • evilkaz

        my faith in capcom will not be renewed until I see megaman in a good game again

  • dragoon_slayer12

    This game became my number one anticipated game of this year. I just hope the story is on par with 2s.

  • TheDarkEmpress

    6 player co-op? I came…

    • Gatchaman1

      You came from where?

      • http://www.facebook.com/people/Utku-Savaş/571425196 Utku Savaş

        Orgasmland.

        • TheDarkEmpress

          Your ava makes it perfect.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/Kamek20xxExtra?feature=mhee Michael Stevens

    Very good, Capcom. Props to you all. Not only have you released a fancy trailer and announced the fan-favorite characters (still hope Jill comes. Can’t be too sure), but secretly developing this game for two whole years? I have much more confidence now that this will be a highly terrifying and entertaining Resident Evil game with a cool plot, new elements with refreshing elements from the classic RE series, and fantastic gameplay. I’m looking forward to this project. Thank you so much for all of your hard work, people of Capcom, as I (and I bet many others) truly appreciate that you are all trying your hardest to entertain many of us fans, and I hope that everything goes to your liking once this very anticipating little gem is released. Kudos to you all so far! X3

    Oh. By the way:

    “According to Xbox.com, Resident Evil 6 supports 2 players offline co-op, up to 6 players for online co-op, and up to 8 players for another online multiplayer mode.”

    Like…..wow. I’m just amazed. I REALLY hope this goes well.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Stephen-Mc-Devitt/100002626261475 Stephen Mc Devitt

    That is really good what I’m hearing. Secretly developing a game for few years AND with very few leeks and then unveil it on the year it will be released in instead of announcing it, then actually start development five years later, I’m looking at you, Final Fantasy Versus XIII…

  • Solomon_Kano

    6-player co-op? Ohoho. I like the sound of that.

    And there’s gonna be a demo? You’re on a roll right now, Capcom.

    • Yu_TheKing

      Im definitely intrigued by the 6-player co-op bit. Hopefully that means a significant bit of other playable RE characters.(I want Claire)

      • Solomon_Kano

        That would be awesome. I have a feeling it’ll end up being the 6 characters we’ve seen so far (Chris/partner, Leon/partner, new guy/partner) though. Hopefully I’m wrong and they allow us to unlock more or something (Ada would be sweet).

        • http://www.facebook.com/benjtan Benjamin Tan

          unlockable in a capcom game? dlc or a UMVC3 situation more likely

  • http://twitter.com/RefueledPants Jordan Slovsaki

    Survival horror and co-op just don’t mix. I played through res 5 with a friend, and we might as well have been playing gears of war. It wasn’t scary for a second nor did it feel like it was a fight to stay alive. I’m not saying res 6 will be a bad game, but there’s a difference between a game evolving, and totally changing it to the point where it can’t even be classified under the same genres. Next they’ll be announcing perks, killstreaks and custom loadouts.

    • Luna Kazemaru

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      • EDGEucator

        This exactly.
        This is what i did when i saw Chris’ scene in the RE6 trailer.

        • Luna Kazemaru

          To bad that was aimed at the person i was replying to now you aswell lol.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Valtiel-Ikari/1217218156 Valtiel Ikari

      I think it’s depends on the developers skill to balance the elements, still remember when me an a bud played Obscure at night at his house, whe where scared… a lot.

    • Guest

      Yeah but…RE games were never scary, that’s what Silent Hill was for.

    • http://madebyluke.com madebyluke

      I disagree. Put it on the hardest setting (one below Insane) and try managing 7 bullets to get through a whole section, that’s pretty tense. You have to really be careful with your bullets and tactically manage who has what. I loved that, the only thing I didn’t like was facing enemies with machine guns because of the control style.

    • http://www.facebook.com/benjtan Benjamin Tan

      don’t forget prestige and camping

  • Rupedgo

    I gotta say, I’m really really excited about Leon’s story segment, it gives a RE4 feeling. The other two not so much, Chris just seems a rip-off from gears and I don’t know what to think about the other one. Besides I don’t get why you need co-op in this kind of game, but for now I’ll just wait and see.
    Hope it turns out good.

    • Luna Kazemaru

      explan to me how its a gears rip-off and do not say the cover system if thats the only thing i will lol

      • Rupedgo

        Not only the cover system, as I saw the trailer everything like the running and shooting mechanics reminded me of gears,  only thing that looked different is that you got zombies instead of loucust. Of course I’m saying this based on 1 trailer, but as I was utterly disappointed with RE5, I’ll face anything new to the series with some suspicion. Like Mercenaries that still haven’t convinced me.  

        • Guest

          Because in the previous RE games you could never ever run.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001559914929 Timothy Solis

      I couldn’t care less about Leon. Nor Chris.

      They’re both way too over-used >_<

    • Nemesis_Dawn

      I dunno. That cover actually seemed pretty ineffective against that thing.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Leon-Hart/100002316814779 Leon Hart

    Leon is one the best RE characters and talk about he went thru hell in RE2

  • doctorpope181

    Overhauled control system? I hope it’s not too different from RE4 and 5 ..

  • NTyron52

    I’ve got to wonder, how have they kept this secret for over 2 years? I
    guess their security was pretty high for this game, because there wasn’t
    any hints or leaks about it (except for the leak that happened, but then after a few minutes the trailer was released). Either way I’m REALLY happy this game was announced just a few days ago, otherwise I’d know I’d have to wait 2 whole years for this game.

    I also wonder what they’ve done in these 2 years of development. I’m
    hoping this game will be longer than RE5, but since you have 3
    characters in different places, then yeah, I’m looking forward to this. RE5 is a good game and I hope the gameplay will be just as good.

    This is really good, rather than announcing a game that will be in development for some years, they just announce a game without anyone expecting it. Capcom, you’re doing good.

    • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001559914929 Timothy Solis

      Really? There were leaks about it pretty far back actually. People just dismissed them as rumors and eventually forgot about it.

      • Exkaiser

        Yeah, like the leak implying it would take place in China.

        • NTyron52

          Oh yeah, I remember this rumor that would take place in China. I think it was one year after the release of RE5, now I’m not sure.

    • http://www.siliconera.com Ishaan

      Well, as long as they were working on the game solely at Capcom Japan, and involved with things like prototyping, getting the systems fleshed out, the story written up etc. etc., it wouldn’t have been too hard to keep it a secret.

      The problem arises when you start getting into the presentation aspect of the game, because for things like the animation and the motion capture and recording the soundtrack, they collaborate with U.S. studios (RE5 was mocapped in Hollywood). Once that many people are involved, it gets kind of hard to keep everyone’s mouth closed. :P

  • Yu_TheKing

    Does this mean we’ll get to see Leon, Claire, Chris, Jill, Ashley, and New Guy whooping some zombie ass together. At the very least, that’s what I’m hoping for.

    • http://madebyluke.com madebyluke

      It will most likely be Chris and the special forces team he’s seen running around with in the trailer.

  • Guest

    I really wonder why people want to see so many RE characters crammed up in one game. Most of them barely qualify as stick figures, Leon was the one with the 80s action witty one liners, that’s what made him fun, everyone else is just “HHMHFP GRUFF I’M A SUPER TRAINED SOLDIER, WATCH ME BLAST ZOMBIES”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ty-Austin/100002154794093 Ty Austin

    Any of my thoughts on this game are automatically lost because of the fact that the 6 in the logo looks exactly like a Giraffe getting ‘a special favor’ from a woman.

    Good job, Capcom, this is forever.

    • epy

      Damn you!! I can’t unsee it!

    • http://www.facebook.com/ChrisDrake37 Chris Sánchez

      you sir, are a God. XD

    • MrRobbyM

      Resident Evil 6 = Zombie Giraffes!!

    • http://twitter.com/nozomi429 Nozomi

      Can’t unsee! D:

  • http://www.facebook.com/benjtan Benjamin Tan

    the zombies doing the wiggle dance, sexy  cuz they know it

  • SirRichard

    Six player online co-op? That’s going to make arguments over herbs and ammo fun.

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