Resident Evil Survival Unit Announced, and It's a Real-Time Strategy Spin-Off for Mobile

A real-time strategy instrumentality connected Resident Evil has been announced for iPhone and Android, developed successful "close collaboration with Capcom to guarantee authenticity and quality."

Resident Evil Survival Unit is being co-developed by Joycity Corporation, a Korean mobile gaming institution that antecedently made Pirates of the Caribbean: Tides of War, different licensed real-time strategy spin-off.

A afloat uncover of Survival Unit volition instrumentality spot adjacent week but, until then, a azygous portion of artwork released contiguous offers the smallest of clues to the game's setting.

Amid a suitably acheronian and ominous atmosphere, a conveyance is stopped successful the woods adjacent to an advertizing billboard for... you guessed it, Umbrella Corporation. The advertisement shows 2 happily smiling people, with the tagline: "Our Business is beingness itself..."

Umbrella existing apt places Resident Evil Survival Unit earlier the events of Resident Evil 4, by which constituent the evil organisation has crumbled. Could we beryllium looking astatine the woods astir the Arklay Mountains, adjacent Raccoon City? We tin conscionable astir glimpse a upland scope successful the background, truthful it's possible.

It's casual to ideate a real-time shooter taking vantage of the events seen successful and astir the Resident Evil game, wherever respective teams of STARS commandos — characters that fans person present grown to attraction astir — astir beryllium poked and prodded into action, portion kept live for arsenic agelong arsenic you can.

Resident Evil Survival Unit.

An accompanying property merchandise states that Survival Unit is "designed to entreaty to some long-time fans and caller players," suggesting we volition spot immoderate acquainted faces oregon settings here.

And with the main bid headed backmost to Raccoon City successful Resident Evil Requiem, and supposedly picking up the storyline of Umbrella, present seems a bully clip to revisit the mounting and events that started it all.

Resident Evil Survival Unit volition motorboat successful Japan, South Korea, North America, Europe, and Asia, published by anime institution Aniplex, a subsidiary of Sony. More details volition beryllium confirmed adjacent week via an online showcase, acceptable to broadcast via YouTube connected July 10.

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