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• Operation Racoon City developer cuts staff by 25%

  Slant Six Games has laid off a quarter of its total work force, although the developer hopes to re-hire the affected staffers.

• Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City hits 2 million shipped worldwide

  Capcom’s announced this morning its shipped 2 million units worldwide of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. The Slant Six shooter launched at the end of March in the west and the end of April in Japan, but was critically slammed, hitting 52 on MetaCritic on both PS3 and 360.

• Rumour: Star Wars Battlefront 3 files found on Operation Raccoon City disc

  Some industrious and curious folks have been trawling through the data on the Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City disc and found what appear to be data files related to a Star Wars game that is likely Battlefront 3.

• "We accomplished" what Capcom "wanted to do" with Operation Raccoon City, says Slant Six

  Slant Six’s Mike Kerr has said that while studio would have liked Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City ti have received better review scores, the firm is confident it achieved what Capcom asked it to accomplish with the title.

• Blockbuster selling Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City for a fiver

  If the reviews hadn’t turned you off REORC somehow, Blockbuster is selling Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City on PS3 and 360 for £4.99. The catch? Trade either Mass Effect 3, Street Fighter x Tekken, FIFA Street or Twisted Metal. Watch some footage of it in action here. The Slant Six shooter’s out in the UK […]

• Slant Six debuts new IP Strata Scavenger

  Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City developer Slant Six Games has debuted its first new original IP as Strata Scavenger.

• Free Operation Raccoon City DLC stars Jill Valentine

  Note sure whether Operation Raccoon City’s multiplayer squad stylings can ease the Resident Evil ache in your heart? Jill’s in it. Sold.

• Quick quotes: Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is "a world of ifs"

  “This title was set in the timeline between RE3 and RE2. However, this is a totally different story, which has not so much to do with the RE history. This is a world of ifs. And because of this setting and the point of view, we were able to broaden our possibilities and realise all […]

• Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City gameplay features Nemesis

  GT’s gone live with a new three minute clip of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City ahead of the shooter’s March release. The video shows mainly action gameplay, but Nemesis also makes an appearance near the end. It also shows one of the Umbrella lot become infected by a zombie and become one herself. Get a […]

• Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City's first ten minutes go all out

  GameReactor’s gone live with the first ten minutes of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. The video sees Delta Squad infiltrating Umbrella Corp to supress William Burkin and the only known samples of a virus codenamed the G-Virus. Get all the action below the break, via AGB. The Slant Six shooter launches in March for PS3, […]

• Resident Evil: Operation Racoon City beta due early 2012

  A beta for multiplayer squad-shooter Resident Evil: Operation Racoon City is expected “early next year”, according to producer Mike Jones. Joystiq reports the beta was outed at Capcom’s Gamers Day 2011 last week. Operation Raccoon City is expected on PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the first half of 2012. See the latest trailer […]

• RE: Operation Raccoon City "definitely locked in" for winter release

  Capcom has confirmed to Kotaku Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is a shoe-in for a late 2011 release, but instead “definitely locked in,” for a winter release. Winter, for the seasonally challenged, starts December 22, 2011 and ends on March 19, 2012 – meaning to expect it sometime before the Vernal Equinox, but not before […]

• Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City gets half-hour long gameplay video

  Capcom’s released a full half-hour’s worth of gameplay footage from Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. The video of the Slant Six shooter is definitely very meaty for those who have still yet to see the game in action. Give it a watch below the break, via Siliconera. Game’s out by the end of the year […]

• Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City gets E3 trailer

  The E3 trailer for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City has hit YouTube, and it’s all CG.

• Mass Effect 3 and Slant Six talks added to GDC Europe

  New lectures for Mass Effect 3 and Slant Six have been added to the GDC Europe line-up.

• RE: Operation Raccoon City shots and video are mental

  Direct feed shots and character renders for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City from Capcom’s Captivate Event have been released, and each shows just hectic and mental this game is going to be. There’s also a video in there with Japanese subtitles, so don’t let the Biohazard moniker in it fool you or anything.

• Kawata on RE: Raccoon City's "third-person shooter" set-up

  Masachika Kawata has told Famitsu that the control scheme in Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is reminiscent of third-person shooters – something OXM and OPM both mentioned in the magazines’ respective articles on the game.

• RE: Operation Racoon City out winter for PS3, 360, PC

  Capcom’s announced Resident Evil: Operation Racoon City for a winter release on PS3, 360 and PC, confirming Canadian studio Slant Six Games is developing the title.

• More Resident Evil:Raccoon City rumors surface

  New rumors regarding Resident Evil: Raccoon City have surfaced, thanks to The Kartel, and according to the site, the game will indeed include a multiplayer component.