Resident Evil 6 · RAWG · Courtesy of RAWG
Game data
Metacritic 67- Released
- 2012-10-02
- User rating
- 3.43 / 5
- Genres
- Shooter, Action
- Platforms
- PC, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Web
- ESRB
- Mature
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Game details · IGDB
Resident Evil 6 is the ninth video game installment in the Resident Evil series. It continues the struggle against zombies infected by the new highly virulent C-virus. The game uses the same over-the-shoulder view as Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil 5, however with a new gameplay mechanic that allows players to slowly move while shoot. Players can select between three scenarios featuring multiple characters and intertwined storylines, and within these scenarios both stories and action cross paths. At key moments during the game, up to four players can join together online to tackle a speci…
- Released
- 2012
- Genres
- Shooter, Adventure
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Engine
- MT Framework
- Franchise
- Resident Evil
- Developer
- Capcom
- Publisher
- Capcom
Key facts
- Developer
- Capcom
- Publisher
- Capcom
- Director
- Eiichiro Sasaki
- Producer
- Yoshiaki Hirabayashi
- Designer
- Jiro Taoka
- Programmer
- Soji Seta
- Artist
- Tomonori Takano
- Writers
- Shōtarō Suga , Hiroshi Yamashita
- Composers
- Akihiko Narita , Akiyuki Morimoto, Kōta Suzuki, Azusa Kato, Thomas Parisch, Laurent Ziliani, Daniel Lindholm, Sebastian Schwartz
- Series
- Resident Evil
- Engine
- MT Framework
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Windows PlayStation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch
- Release
- 2 October 2012 PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 WW : 2 October 2012 JP : 4 October 2012 Windows AU : 21 March 2013 WW : 22 March 2013 PlayStation 4, Xbox One WW : 29 March 2016 Nintendo Switch WW : October 29, 2019
- Genre
- Third-person shooter
- Modes
- Single-player , multiplayer
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Genre
- third-person shooter
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Publisher
- Capcom
- Main subject
- cloning
- Voice actor
- Yuri Lowenthal
- Producer
- Hiroyuki Kobayashi
- Narrative location
- Hong Kong
- Developer
- Capcom
- Platform
- Microsoft Windows
- Game mode
- co-op mode
- Game engine
- MT Framework
- Official website
- www.residentevil.com/6
Show 10 more facts
- publication date
- 2013-03-22
- distributed by
- PlayStation Store
- set in environment
- fictional country
- units sold
- 9900000
- language of work or name
- Russian
- media franchise
- Resident Evil
- review score
- 65/100
- compatible with
- Linux
- Commons category
- Resident Evil 6
- uses
- Valve Anti-Cheat
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Encyclopedic overview
Resident Evil 6 is a 2012 third-person shooter video game developed and published by Capcom. It was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in October 2012, and for Windows in March 2013. It was re-released with all downloadable content for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in March 2016, and for the Nintendo Switch in October 2019. Players control Chris Redfield, Leon S. Kennedy, Jake Muller and Ada Wong as they confront the force behind a worldwide bio-terrorist attack. The story is centred around their four interwoven campaigns, and every campaign features a unique style in both tone and gameplay.
Resident Evil 6 was conceived in 2009 and entered full development the following year under Resident Evil 4 producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi. It had a development staff of more than 600, making it Capcom's largest production. Resident Evil 6 received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the graphics, artificial intelligence and controls, but criticized the execution of the interwoven campaigns and departure from the survival horror roots of the franchise in favor of a more action-oriented style. Despite these criticisms, the game sold 15.2 million units by September 2025. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, released in 2017, switched to a first-person perspective and returned to the survival horror genre.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Resident Evil 6” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.