It looks like there definitely will be a Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City beta–or at least something similar. Speaking to Joystiq, Raccoon’s producer Mike Jones stated that gamers will have access to a public demo “early next year”. Seeing as how the game releases on March 20th, the demo will probably arrive in January or February.
Capcom has given Resident Evil fans a lot to be happy about recently. After seeing William Birkin and Nemesis in Raccoon City, I think I have reached nirvana. Somebody get Jorge a stretcher when he hears about this demo.
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