Overview

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Release Date

PlayStation 3

  • US 20th Mar 2012
  • EU 23rd Mar 2012

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  • 13th Jun 2022
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Reviews

  • Review Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City (PlayStation 3)

    No braaains

    Set as a side story during the events of Resident Evil 2's Raccoon City outbreak, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City drops you in the heavy boots of an elite Umbrella commando squad. Your assignment: retrieve the G-Virus or, failing that, destroy all evidence of Umbrella's connection and remove any dangerous survivors — Leon S...

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Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City News

  • News RE: Operation Raccoon City Soundtrack Launches

    Rotten racket

    You probably don’t want to be reminded of Slant Six’s diabolical third-person shooter, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City. But on the off-chance that you actually enjoyed the squad-based spin-off (what’s wrong with you?), Sumthing Music has announced that it has finally launched the game’s official soundtrack. To be fair,...

  • News RE: Operation Raccoon City Nets Much Needed Patch

    Healing wounds

    Slant Six’s rotten squad-based shooter Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City has been patched, publisher Capcom has announced. While the update doesn’t do the honourable thing and transform the experience into a completely different game, it does fix a number of issues prevalent in the vanilla release. The most notable...

  • News Slant Six Slashes Workforce By 25%

    Rotten news

    Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City developer Slant Six has been forced to cull its workforce by about 25%. However, the studio hopes to rehire those affected employees in the coming months. Speaking with GameInformer magazine, a company spokesperson said: Regretfully, we can confirm that there have been some temporary layoffs at...

  • News RE: Operation Raccoon City's Sales Top 2 Million

    Brand awareness

    Slant Six’s rotten squad-based zombie spin-off Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City has sold over 2 million units worldwide. According to publisher Capcom’s annual financial report, the shoddy shooter had sold 1.7 million copies as of 31st March 2012. Factor in the title’s surprisingly strong Japanese debut of 290,000 units,...

  • News Grit Your Teeth Through Free RE: Operation Raccoon City DLC

    There's a catch

    As our Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City review established last month, Slant Six’s squad-based spin-off isn’t exactly the most polished entry in Capcom’s traditionally high-quality horror series. But if you’re enjoying the title regardless, you might be, ahem, thrilled to learn that there’s some free DLC on the way...

  • News Slant Six Responds to RE: Operation Raccoon City Reviews

    Biohazard

    Developer Slant Six has spoken out about Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City’s less than stellar review scores, telling Eurogamer.net that it believes it “accomplished what Capcom wanted us to do”. Studio producer Mike Kerr revealed that while Slant Six would have preferred the game to have seen higher review scores, he's confident...

  • News Capcom Releases RE: Operation Raccoon City Launch Trailer

    An assault on your eardrums

    Before you press play on this Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City launch trailer, make sure you turn your speakers down. Capcom’s set the latest footage of its spin-off squad based shooter to the noisiest dubstep soundtrack of all time. There’s no melody here, just vibrations. You can find out whether Slant Six’s...

  • News GAME Won't Stock Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City or Ninja Gaiden 3

    Confirmed by the publishers

    UK Retailer GAME has missed out on a number of big releases in recent weeks as a result of losing its credit insurance, as negotiations with publishers and distributors have continued to break down. As the company reportedly seeks buyers, its been confirmed that two more high-profile PS3 titles won't be stocked by the...

  • News Nemesis Drops By For New Resi: Raccoon City Trailer

    We want to like Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, we really do. The game sounds really cool. After all, we're big fans of SOCOM and enjoy the Resident Evil universe: it should be perfect. But something just seems off. Even this latest gameplay trailer — which features Resident Evil 3's Nemesis — can't get us excited. Is there something...

About The Game

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City delivers a true third-person team-based shooter experience set within the dark and sinister Resident Evil universe.

Not only does this setting provide a rich backdrop to the action but it also delivers a unique and brutal triple-threat battle. Zombies and Bio-Organic Weapons (B.O.W.s) add to the mix as players compete against their team’s opposing squad and tackle this third, unpredictable element that could only exist in the twisted Resident Evil universe.

The result is a brand new style of gameplay that breaks the conventions of traditional third person shooters. It is September 1998 and the action centres on the ill-fated Raccoon City. When the Umbrella Corporation learns that one of its top scientists, Dr. William Birkin, plans to sell the experimental G-Virus to the US Government they order an elite team of Umbrella Security Service (USS) soldiers led by Hunk into their secret research facility to secure the only known sample of the virus. The operation takes a turn for the worse when Dr. Birkin injects himself with the last vial, mutating into a deadly creature, G-Birkin and over powering the team. During the battle the deadly ‘t-Virus’ is leaked into the sewers and spread through Raccoon City, infecting the entire population.

Hearing of the outbreak, the USS team is given fresh orders to destroy all evidence of Umbrella’s involvement and silence anyone that might discover the truth. The Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure service (UBCS) is also deployed to help contain the situation. Meanwhile the US Government has quarantined the city and dispatched its own team of special operatives to determine the source of the mysterious outbreak. Caught up in the chaos are rookie police officer Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield. Players take on the role of an Umbrella Security Soldier (U.S.S) and battle against all the competing forces at play in Raccoon City. Choose from six characters,each one equipped with a unique skill set, including the female field scientist Four-Eyes who can manipulate the T-virus and take control of the B.O.W’s raiding the streets of Raccoon City or the weapons expert and U.S.S team captain Lupo.

Features:

Team based shooter set in the dark and sinister Resident Evil universe.
Triple threat battle as zombies and B.O.W’s add to the action.
Return of favourite RE enemies, including Hunters, Tyrants and the Nemesis.
Risk infection from the hordes of zombies, zombie dogs and lickers. Fight to survive with anti-viral sprays, your character’s special skills or help from field scientist Bertha before your character’s condition worsens, turning you into a violent zombie who will attack your own team members.
Compete with up to three friends as an Umbrella Security Service squad member in Campaign mode.
Choose from six U.S.S characters, each with their own unique skill set and roles.
Rewrite the history of the Raccoon City outbreak. Destroy all evidence of Umbrella’s involvement at the City Hall and discover UBCS operative Nicholai Ginovaef’s true intentions.
Explore Raccoon City, collecting evidence and intel to report back to Umbrella command.
Competitive online multiplayer modes provide a unique gaming experience thanks to the three corner combat between the Umbrella Security Service, US Special Ops and threat of zombies and B.O.W’s