RESIDENT EVIL UMBRELLA SERIES

Built in Unity and with a breakneck approach to multiplayer shooting, in the hand it feels more like Counter-Strike than Resident Evil. Even in the eccentric lineage of Resident Evil spin-offs, this one stands out. We've an anniversary year, which starts this year and continues into next year, and we've got a few things in store, so they can look forward to more announcements down the line.'īefore then, though, there's Umbrella Corps. 'I'm sure some people, when they saw us speaking about the 20th anniversary of the series, then introducing something so different, that might be somewhat confusing or upsetting to some users. I think this reflects that history, and as a company we like to try new things.'

RESIDENT EVIL UMBRELLA SERIES

'I can understand people hearing the Resident Evil team in Osaka, then seeing a shooting-based game coming out and not being sure where that impetus is coming from, but as a team we've always challenged ourselves to strike out in new directions - the series has a history of spin-offs that don't stick to the script of the earlier titles. I kind of fumbled my words a bit - I felt that atmosphere of expectation,' he says in a gaudy hotel room looking out over the show. It could, it's fair to say, have gone down better.Įven Kawata, a long-time producer on the series who's part of a small team within Capcom's Osaka studio, could sense the anticipation, just as he could tell when we meet a couple of days after the conference that this new project wasn't exactly what fans had wanted. That was the moment that Capcom decided to announce Umbrella Corps, a multiplayer-focused online shooter set nominally within the universe of Resident Evil. Everyone in the auditorium was too polite to speak out, but you could feel their hearts pumping to the same beat: 'Seven, seven, seven, seven.' It's okay Capcom - we'll happily see you unveil all the logos in the world if you're teeing up something new. You could even feel that anticipation, still, after the somewhat flat reveal of a new logo that Capcom would be using throughout the 20th anniversary of its most famous series, Resident Evil. You could feel the anticipation build when Masachika Kawata took to the stage at Sony's Tokyo Game Show conference last week to make an announcement.

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