Capcom’s giving Resident Evil fans the chance to return to some familiar locales in the upcoming squad-based multiplayer spin-off Umbrella Corps. This multiplayer-centric twist on a horror franchise that many of us grew up playing will feature a handful of maps taken from previous games, including the village from Resident Evil 4 that’s largely responsible for starting a decade-long — and still strong — chainsaw craze in horror games.
Umbrella Corps will also bring us back to the shantytown of Kijuju, before Chris and Sheva cleaned it out in Resident Evil 5. “Kijuju will be a new battle zone that is also the biggest map in the game, with plenty of open areas and webbed underground passages to keep things interesting.” writes Capcom community manager Neil Gortz on the Capcom Unity blog.
“Each map includes other enemy threats that won’t make for an easy win. In this case, you’ll have to watch out for the infected Kijuju inhabitants called the Majini who are just as fierce and dangerous as you remember from Resident Evil 5!”
Umbrella Corps is slated for a May release on PC and PS4.
