Capcom’s just announced Resident Evil 6 is in full devel­op­ment for a November 20, 2012 release date on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. With a PC ver­sion to fol­low at a later unspe­cified date.

Set ten years after the Raccoon City incid­ent, the President of the United States has decided to reveal the truth behind what took place in the belief that it will curb the cur­rent resur­gence in bio­ter­ror­ist activ­ity. Due to be by the President’s side is his per­sonal friend and Raccoon City sur­vivor, Leon S. Kennedy, but when the venue suf­fers a bio­ter­ror­ist attack, Leon is forced to face a President trans­formed bey­ond recog­ni­tion and make his hard­est ever decision.

At the same time, Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance mem­ber, Chris Redfield arrives in China, itself under threat of a bio­ter­ror­ist attack. With no coun­try safe, and the ensu­ing out­breaks, the world’s entire pop­u­la­tion is united by a com­mand fear that there is no hope left.

According to Capcom the latest instal­ment into the multi-million selling fran­chise is the “most ambi­tious, immers­ive and fea­ture rich title of the series to date” and is set to be the most “dra­matic hor­ror exper­i­ence of the year.”

“Resident Evil 6 rep­res­ents a giant stride for­ward in the evol­u­tion of the series,” com­men­ted Katsuhiko Ichii, Head of R&D and Global Marketing.

“The devel­op­ment team, led by Hiroyuki Kobayashi, is work­ing tire­lessly to deliver the most impress­ive Resident Evil™ title ever both in terms of scope and pro­duc­tion val­ues. We are all genu­inely excited by the title and can­not wait to share it with the world.”

Resident Evil 6 makes a first for the fran­chise, with both fan-favourites Leon and Chris com­ing together to face this unpre­ced­en­ted threat. The pair will be joined by a num­ber of new char­ac­ters, each with their own unique per­spect­ive and involve­ment in this “relent­less hor­ror exper­i­ence enacted on a global scale.”

“From the out­set the team’s inten­tion was to cre­ate an exper­i­ence that deliv­ers a grip­ping storyline, tense single-player and co-op action all set against a con­stant theme of hor­ror. We are call­ing this fusion dra­matic hor­ror and are con­fid­ent it will res­on­ate with both exist­ing fans of the series as well as new­comers” com­men­ted Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Resident Evil 6’s Executive Producer.

The last instal­ment into the series, Resident Evil 5, released on March 5, 2009 to a mostly pos­it­ive response from crit­ics and con­sumers alike becom­ing the fastest-selling game in the fran­chise in the United Kingdom. It has since gone on to sell more than 5 mil­lion cop­ies world­wide.

Resident Evil 6 is sched­uled for release on November 20, 2012 on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. There’s no con­firmed release date for its PC coun­ter­part as of yet.