Tag: Slant Six
News Incredibly, There Was a Medal of Honor Game in Development for Vita
On the agenda
Seasoned online sleuth Superannution has uncovered some classified information regarding a cancelled Medal of Honor title that was in production for the PlayStation Vita. The game – which was in construction at Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City developer Slant Six – popped up on concept artist Alex Carigi’s personal portfoli
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 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 Slant Six Announces Strata Scavenger
Next on the agenda
With Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City done and dusted, former SOCOM developer Slant Six is turning its attention to its first new intellectual property. Named Strata Scavenger, the currently platform-less title is due out in 2013. The company explained: Though we’re keeping this one close to our collective chests, we can...
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...
News Capcom Dishes The Dirt On Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City's Multiplayer Modes
Capcom's dropped some intel outlining each of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City's multiplayer modes
The spin-off tactical shooter — which got a stunning CG trailer at the back-end of last week — pitches the Umbrella Security Service against the US Spec Ops, with hordes of zombies adding to the exhilarating affair. It's a cool concept, but...
News Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Ups The Ante With Stunning CG Trailer
We don't think it would be particularly unfair to say that Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City hasn't had the best build up
Hastily announced after a slew of rumours, then brushed aside because of its spin-off nature — the game needs to catch a break. After being delayed at the end of last year, Capcom's hoping that the extra time will give its...
News Familiar Faces Return For Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City's 'Heroes Mode'
Proving that you can't quite beat a familiar face, Capcom's lifted the lid on a new mode for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Entitled the "Heroes Mode", the additional playlist will allow players to assume the role of several Resident Evil stalwarts, including Jill Valentine, Claire Redfield, Ada Wong, Leon Kennedy and Hunk...
News Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City To Get Open Beta Early Next Year
Capcom's announced that its Slant Six developed third-person shooter, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, will get a beta ahead of its March release "early next year"
Producer Mike Jones made the announcement as part of a presentation at Capcom's Gamers Day last week, though was coy on specific details. The game itself is due out on March 20th,...
News Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Shoots Up The Undead In Brand New Trailer
Capcom might be losing faith in its Slant Six developed squad based shooter, but Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City still looks pretty cool to us
This latest cinematic trailer goes heavy on atmosphere, and pretty much knocks it out of the park. There's a smattering of gameplay footage in there too, which looks decent. The game's out in March next...
News Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Opens Its Umbrella On March 20th
We should probably apologise
That headline contained a pun so awful it could probably wipe out humanity through a chorus of collective groans. Seeing as we're still here, writing this story, we're going to guess that we got away with it. On topic: after lowing the game's commercial expectations earlier in the week, Capcom has attached a March 20th...
News Capcom Aims To 'Make The Best Use' Of Resident Evil Brand With Multiple Experiences
If there's one aspect of the Resident Evil franchise that fans are most critical of, it's that the series has lost its survival horror origins
Mysterious plots, brilliantly executed jump scares and resource management have all been replaced by a heavy action flavour. For fans, the franchise's change of direction can be epitomised by Resident Evil:...
News Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Trailer Gets Out Ahead Of E3
Capcom's released a new trailer for Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
The E3 trailer is an entirely CG affair, depicting Umbrella troops tracking a lone soldier into an abandoned warehouse. Naturally that warehouse is packed full of the undead. We like the vibe of the trailer, but we're not sure how well it's going to transition into gameplay...
News Capcom: Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City To Be Slant Six's Best Game
Capcom's Masachika Kawata reckons that Slant Six's upcoming squad-based RE spin-off, Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, will be the studio's best game
Since forming in 2005, the studio has put out three SOCOM games on PSP and PS3. While the PlayStation 3's SOCOM: Confrontation wasn't brilliant, its definitely worth mentioning that the team's two...
News Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Totally Looks Like This
If you've not forgotten about Slant-Six's controversial squad-based take on the Resident Evil franchise already, Capcom's released some fresh screenshots of the upcoming Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
They've got Resident Evil 4's Leon Kennedy in them. Check out the full set on Joystiq.</em>
News Let's Try Not To Be Too Cynical About Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, Ok?
Capcom's released a teaser trailer for the freshly announced Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
The reaction around the 'net hasn't been brilliant. "Capcom played Left 4 Dead then," seems to be the common reaction, and while it appears those people are probably on the money, we're not sure how they are deriving that from this trailer...
News Capcom Confirms Winter Release For Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City
Capcom's offically confirmed that Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City will release on PlayStation 3 this winter
It puts an end to a long period of speculation surrounding the game. The game's essentially a squad based co-op shooter (as the rumours previously suggested) and is in development at SOCOM: Confrontation outfit Slant-Six. Your task is to...
Rumour Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City Confirmed, In Development At SOCOM Confrontation Studio
Reports filtering out of the US edition of the Official XBOX Magazine confirm that Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is in development at SOCOM: Confrontation developer Slant Six
The reports seemingly confirm rumours we'd heard earlier in the year. According to CVG, the team-based shooter puts teams of four-players in charge of clearing away any...
Rumour Spike Teaser Hints At New Resident Evil Game Reveal
If you follow the games media closely you might remember the press going mad over a Spike TV teaser which seemed to hint at the reveal of a new zombie game
Now Spike's dropped another hint, this time including a biohazard logo. It's all part of the build-up for the VGAs — are we on the cusp of a new Resident Evil announcement? There's not enough...
Rumour SOCOM Confrontation Team Working On A New Resident Evil
Do something for us: read that headline a second time
How absurd does it sound? But with Devil May Cry being shipped over to Ninja Theory, and Dead Rising 2 coming out of Canada, how believable does it sound too? Pretty darn believable in our opinion. Kotaku's got the scoop that SOCOM: Confrontation developers Slant Six are in control of the...
News SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 Finally Coming February 16th
It seems to have been subject to a never-ending list of delays, but Slant Six's latest portable take on the SOCOM franchise, SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3, is finally due for release on February 16th
It'll be available on the Playstation Store and in retail outlets on UMD. Amazingly, this Playstation Portable shooter will feature both 16-player online...
News What About SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3's Multiplayer Options, Then?
The Playstation Blog has multiplayer details for the upcoming SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3
The game will feature 16-player competitive multiplayer across eight maps and seven modes. So, lots of stuff. The modes - which can be played locally or online - include "Leader Mode" where the team designate a captain and "Tug Of War", a...
News SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 Gets On The Delay Train
SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 is one of those games we weren't sure about
Just the whole concept of SOCOM on a PSP has never sounded too stellar to us. Then we played it, and came away pleasantly surprised. So we're a little disappointed to see the game slip. It was originally due in late November but will now launch on January 12th. SCEA Senior Producer...
News Cold Front DLC Coming To SOCOM: Confrontation
Sony have announced today that a new DLC pack is headed to SOCOM: Confrontation entitled "Cold Front"
There'll be two new maps included in the DLC, alongside three classic maps. The classic maps are drawn from the most popular SOCOM maps of all time, and have been built from the ground up. For the full list of contents in "Cold Front", hit...
First Impressions SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 on PSP
The SOCOM franchise has been moderately successful in its conversion to the PSP
SOCOM: U.S. Navy SEALs Fireteam Bravo 3 looks set to continue that trend with solid co-operative gameplay and interesting mission set-ups. We recently got our hands on one of Fireteam Bravo 3's single player campaign missions ahead of the game's November launch and these...
News SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 Hits The PSP This November In North America
SOCOM: Fireteam Bravo 3 is on the horizon for Playstation Portable shooting fans
The game comes with a host of pre-order related bonuses (as detailed on the Playstation Blog) should you wish to place your committment to the product in stores or order it within the first 30 days of release on the PSN. We'll have a hands-on with the game next week.
News Ever Wondered What The Biggest Online Game On The Playstation 3 Is...?
Killzone 2? Motorstorm: Pacific Rift? Resistance 2? Nope
.. SOCOM: Confrontation. SCEA's Mark Rogers is basing this statistic by counting the number of simultaneous Playstation Network connections. He bases the game's success off the community's commitment to the franchise. Rogers concluded that dedicated fans will be rewarded by an upcoming patch...
News Heartbreak: No Syphon Filter 5, SOCOM 4 After All... For Now
Oh PCB Productions
How you have broken our hearts. After listing Syphon Filter 5 and more recently SOCOM 4 in the credits section of their website many believed the reality of new games in the popular franchises being under development. Alas, they are not."I apologize for the confusion. There appears to be some errors on our credits," said...
News SOCOM 4 May Well Be "In Development" For Playstation 3
Who's ready for more SOCOM? Well just like Peter Dille hinted back in 2007, there may well be some more SOCOM on the way
A job listing for PCB Productions, the same company who mentioned the words Syphon Filter 5, have added the words SOCOM 4 to their credits page before promptly removing them. It's safe to assume then that someone, somewhere is t
News SOCOM: Confrontation 1.60 Adds A Load Of New Bits & Bobs
With SOCOM: Confrontation barely being workable until patch 1
50, it's nice to see the development team Slant Six expanding the experience for free for patient players. Patch 1.60 will add new Special Forces to the game: the Dutch KCT and the Italian COMSUBIN. So that means a ton of new heads, voices, outfits, weapons and more. Beyond that Slant Six...
News SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 Heading To The PSP Before The Year's Out
Chalk this up as another PSP announcement; SOCOM Fireteam Bravo 3 has just been announced
Being developed by Slant Six, the team behind Tactical Strike on the PSP, Fireteam Bravo 3 will provide an online campaign, co-op and leaderboards. The single player campaign takes players on a mission to locate ex-KGB agent Alexander Gozorov, who is believed...
