

Both digital and physical versions will include the following features, which were added to the console versions in post-launch title updates: access to Ada Wong's campaign from the outset along with the option to play this campaign with a co-op partner, and the ability to fine tune the in-game camera. Resident Evil 6 PC will be available as a digital download in North America from Friday March 22, 2013, with European PC gamers able to purchase both the digital version and a disc based version from the same date. More enemies on screen than ever before will provide a greater challenge, but also the opportunity for players to use their skills to rack up even higher combo scores. The ethical argument over whether paid on-disc DLC is a non-issue or a greedy play to squeeze extra revenue from fans will continue – but for the time being, it looks like Capcom has successfully skirted the issue.We're pleased to confirm that the PC version of Resident Evil 6 will contain a new and exclusive mode as The Mercenaries: No Mercy takes fan favorite The Mercenaries and ramps up the gameplay to 11. At the time, the company claimed it was re-evaluating the practice for future titles.

In May, the company even went so far as to directly address the growing concern via a post on its official forums.

No date has been specified for the update, but the company says it will hit consoles “soon.”Ĭapcom has come under fire in the recent past for paid on-disc DLC practices for titles including Dragon’s Dogma and Street Fighter X Tekken. Said update will add a new difficulty level to the action horror title, as well as allow gamers to embark on Ada’s adventure without tackling the rest of the game first. RE6 on-disc DLC is free, paid DLC is not on the disc.” We said as much a month ago, but that point may have been lost in the shuffle. “Future paid DLC – like the multiplayer modes we revealed a while ago – is not on the disc.

“Some data of this update is on the disc, but said data is incomplete and requires the actual download to access. After letting the web’s conspiracy theorists once again stew for a few days over the prospect of on-disc paid DLC, Capcom is clearing things up: All of the content that appears on the physical disc will indeed be unlocked for free. On notice for past DLC practices, Capcom reveals that a free Resident Evil 6 update is coming in the very near future.Įarlier this week, some intrepid disc divers discovered additional Resident Evil 6 content hidden away within the bowels of the boxed version of the game, awaiting unlock via a downloadable update.
