Rumour: SOCOM team developing new Resident Evil Game?

Rumour Mirror Rumour Mirror on the wall, tell me what’s the new rumour of the day? A new multi-player centric Resident Evil game!

According to Kotaku, Slant-Six – the same studio beind most of the SOCOM games like SOCOM: Confrontation, Tactical Strike and Firetam Bravo 3 on PSP are picking up the development keys for a new Resident Evil game and are going back to the series’ roots.

Titled, Resident Evil: Raccoon City, it’s touted as a team-based game.

Capcom has denied to comment whether this rumour holds any truth to it HOWEVER, the official Slant Six’s website say otherwise –

“Everyone here at Slant is  very excited as we begin development on an amazing new project.  The title is unannounced so far but we are very pleased to be working with our new publishing partner on a world class franchise!”

Interesting, let’s see how this develops. We will keep you updated as usual.