While “there’s no forward-facing story,” Vance says corporations have hired mercenaries to go into areas where a biological incident may have occurred to extract something of value. The title is ironic because Umbrella no longer exists at this time, though Kawata adds, “There’s definitely a kind of a background of the Resident Evil universe that forms the basis of the game’s premise.” Instead, it’s set in the present day, after the events of Resident Evil 6. Umbrella Corps is not a hypothetical side scenario in the Resident Evil series. The close-quarters battle system that we’ve got with these quite cramped and claustrophobic environments combined with the unique elements like the Zombie Jammer (a backpack of sorts that keeps you safe from zombies when not directly attacking them) that you don’t find in many other titles will be enticing elements that will get Japanese users on board. Well, we think we’ve made a quite a unique proposition here. Slated for release in 2016 on PlayStation 4 and PC without cross-play, Umbrella Corps was discussed by Producers Masachika Kawata and James Vance in an interview with GameSpot, where they revealed this different take on the series was done to capture the Western audience.Īsked if they’re doing anything to attract the Japanese audience, Kawata said:

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