{"id":31085,"date":"2012-01-20T00:52:18","date_gmt":"2012-01-19T22:52:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=31085"},"modified":"2012-01-20T11:53:19","modified_gmt":"2012-01-20T09:53:19","slug":"resident-evil-6-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/business\/31085-resident-evil-6-confirmed","title":{"rendered":"Resident Evil 6: Confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boom! Thanks to the super sleuths of the Internet, we saw this one coming – but now, with all rumours put to rest, it’s official: Resident Evil 6 is coming – and it’s looking damn awesome.<\/p>\n

Viral campaign “blog” nohopeleft.com spent the week updating the site with pictures from various locations bearing the biohazard symbol – and at 14h00 PST (that’s midnight here in SA), Capcom pulled back the curtain.<\/p>\n

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Leon S. Kennedy<\/p><\/div>\n

Resident Evil 6 is bringing Leon S. “check the emo flip” Kennedy and Chris “my head is smaller than my bicep” Redfield together in one action-horror title, taking place in two different locations.<\/p>\n

Leon, who’s the US President’s favourite person, is seemingly forced to cap the US chief after a bioterrorist attack interrupts his planned reveal-all address to the nation – which leaves over 70,000 people infected and zombified.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on the other side of the world in China, Chris drops down with his team to face an onslaught of zombies from yet another bioterror attack.<\/p>\n

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Chris Redfield<\/p><\/div>\n

The trailer also reveals more insight into the story – featuring new faces, including a man of some prominence who has special blood (probably immune to the many mutating viruses).<\/p>\n

The launch trailer also shows gameplay – and by the looks of things, Capcom certainly aren’t moving back towards traditional survival-horror – instead pushing ahead with it’s over-the-shoulder action-orientated gunplay.<\/p>\n

Thankfully though, it looks like Leon and Chris are skipping remote Spanish and African locales, and are returning to the bustling, zombie-infested city streets we were so fond of in the past.<\/p>\n

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Reminiscent of Resident Evil 2, don't you think?<\/p><\/div>\n

That means zombies, guys. Lots of zombies. And loads of massive monsters.<\/p>\n

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Massive.<\/p><\/div>\n

Even though the announcement didn’t catch us entirely off-guard, we never quite expected so much – and for it to look this good.<\/p>\n

Oh, and Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Resident Evil 6\u2019s Executive Producer, also added a bit of extra info:<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the outset the team\u2019s intention was to create an experience that delivers a gripping storyline, tense single-player and co-op action all set against a constant theme of horror.\u201d<\/p>\n

Co-op confirmed!<\/p>\n

Better still – we have a date; Resident Evil 6 will be hitting PS3 and Xbox 360 on 20 November 2012, with the PC version still sitting as TBA on Capcom’s press site.<\/p>\n

Check out the trailer below – it’s a goodie!<\/p>\n