Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, known in Japan as Biohazard: Operation Raccoon City (バイオハザード オペレーション・ラクーンシティ Baiohazādo Operēshon Rakūn Shiti?) is a third-person shooter video game for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360, co-developed by Slant Six Games and Capcom. It was released on March 20, 2012 in North America, March 22, 2012 in Australia, March 23, 2012 in Europe and April 26, 2012 in Japan.[2]
It is part of the Resident Evil series, being set around the same time as Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, and featuring the characters from these two games, though it is a non-canon hypothetical scenario.[3] The game follows a group of elite paramilitary mercenaries for the Umbrella Corporation during the zombie outbreak in Raccoon City.
The game was met with a mixed and often negative critical reception. It was a commercial success, selling more than 2 million units.
| Minimum System Requirements | Recommended System Requirements | |
| CPU | Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or better, AMD Athlon(TM) X2 2.8 Ghz or better | Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad 2.7 Ghz or better, AMD Phenom(TM)II X4 3 Ghz or better |
| RAM | 2 GB RAM | 4 GB RAM |
| OS | Windows Vista(R)/XP, Windows 7 | Windows Vista(R)/XP, Windows 7 |
| Graphics Card | NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) 8800GTS or better, ATI Radeon(TM) HD 3850 or better | NVIDIA(R) GeForce(R) GTX 560 or better |
| Direct X | 9.0c | 9.0c |
| SOUND CARD | Standard audio device | Standard audio device |
| HDD Space | 8 GB HD space | 8 GB HD space |