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‘Resident Evil Survival Unit’ Launches on November 18th
With the buzz surrounding Resident Evil Requiem only getting louder as we get closer to its release date, it’s a no-brainer that Aniplex Inc. and JOYCITY Corporation today announced that their upcoming real-time strategy game Resident Evil Survival Unit will officially launch worldwide on November 18.
Pre-orders are now available on the App Store, and pre-registration is open via Google Play and the official website.
Working in conjunction with Capcom, Resident Evil Survival Unit offers fans a fresh strategic experience tailored for mobile devices. The game blends the accessibility of mobile gaming with the depth of real-time strategy, allowing players worldwide to connect and compete in a new survival-themed adventure set in the Resident Evil universe.
Survival Unit has already surpassed 2 million pre-registrations across multiple regions, but had already secured the pre-registration bonuses after reaching 1 million pre-registrations back in August.
Featuring a new storyline that diverges from the series’ Survival Horror origins, Resident Evil Survival Unit sees players awaken in a mysterious hospital, a test subject of the latest experiments by the Umbrella Corporation. As you uncover the truth and attempt to escape, the story unfolds into a parallel world where you meet up with familiar faces from the main series. Those faces include Resident Evil mainstays Leon Kennedy, Claire Redfield, Jill Valentine and more.
The results of Xbox’s layoffs last week have resulted in a metaphorical monkey’s paw effect of sorts surrounding Obsidian Entertainment. As a result of the layoffs, the studio has canceled multiple projects, and in turn has begun work on a new game in the Fallout series. However, there are conflicting reports that the sequel to last year’s Avowed, which was mandated to be one of the projects canceled, is still alive.
Initially reported by Bloomberg, Obsidian has laid off around a quarter of its employees as a result of the mandate by Xbox. At the same time, the studio’s new directive is a new title in the Fallout universe. This would be the second time Obsidian has developed a Fallout title, with the first obviously being 2010’s much-lauded Fallout: New Vegas.
As for the sequel to Avowed, Bloomberg reported that the project was canceled. However, designer and co-founder of Obsidian Entertainment Chris Avellone took to X in response to the news, stating that the team was still working on the project, and was waiting to re-pitch the game “when the dust settles“, as so much work had already been put into the project.
In fact, progress on the Avowed sequel was “going well”, and was expected to be announced within the next year.
As for the new Fallout title, this would be the first new entry in the series since 2018’s online title Fallout 76, which has reached over 23 million players. Fallout: New Vegas is currently available on Steam, PlayStation 3, and the Xbox 360.