Resident Evil 7 update: Capcom talk planned projects following Umbrella Corps release

CAPCOM have given an update on the Resident Evil franchise and what the development of Umbrella Corps on PS4 and PC means for the wider series.

Resident Evil: Umbrella Corps was revealed at The Tokyo Game Show last week and marks yet another instalment and spin off in the overall Resi universe.

Capcom say they wanted to focus on a shooter title due to the genre's popularity in the West, while also retaining a horror setting filled with zombies to keep some appeal for the core Japanese audience.

Umbrella Corps uses a close-quarters battle system which includes being able to use the undead population as a human shield, or a possible hindrance during firefights in claustrophobic environments.

Capcom have also supplied some of the premise of the new title, which sees groups of mercenaries in the pay of the world's biggest corporations trying to retrieve Umbrella's top research following its fall.

The setting will include a wide range of environments  from past games that have seen biological incidents occur, meaning they'll be plenty of maps to explore from arround the world.

As spin offs go, this sounds like quite a tantalizing prospect, although the world isn't really in need of more shooter titles, the story of Umbrella Corps does seem to slide in quite nicely with the overall game lore.

Capcom have also given an apparent update on Resident Evil 7, with Umbrella Corps producers, Masachika Kawata and James Vance revealing to Gamespot that projects are being worked on that fit with the mainstream version of the franchise.