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PC Version of Resident Evil 6 dated with news of a second free title update

by: Nathan -
More On: Resident Evil 6
Lots of big Resident Evil 6 news. First off is the news that Resident Evil 6 will be heading to PC's on March 22, 2013. Resident Evil 6 on PC will contain all of the DLC and free title updates found in the console versions

Since the game will be released on Steam, you can expect the following features
  • Cloud saving
  • Steam Achievements
  • Friends support
  • Game overlay
  • Leaderboards
And since this is a PC release, possibly the most important piece of information was also released and that are the specs of the game

Minimum specs
  • OS: Windows Vista®/XP, Windows 7, Windows 8
  •  Processor: Intel® CoreTM2 Duo 2.4 Ghz or better, AMD AthlonTM X2 2.8 Ghz or better
  • Memory: 2 GB RAM
  • Hard Disk Space: 16 GB free hard drive space
  • Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® 8800GTS or better
  • DirectX®: 9.0c or greater
  • Sound: Standard audio device

Recommended specs
  • OS: Windows Vista®/XP, Windows 7, Windows 8
  • Processor: Intel® CoreTM 2 Quad 2.7 Ghz or better, AMD PhenomTM II X4 3 Ghz or better
  • Memory: 4 GB RAM
  • Hard Disk Space: 16 GB free hard drive space
  • Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX 560 or better
  • DirectX®: 9.0c or greater
  • Sound: Standard audio device
Now the second bit of news is that Capcom has announced a second free title update to the game which will be released on January 22, 2013. This update contains the following.

Agent Hunt Mode
  • Available without having to complete a campaign
  • Selectable criteria for joining a session
  • Stage selection
  • Region selection
  • Players can determine whether to join a session based on campaign player’s settings such as infinite ammo or friendly fire setting.
Stage selection
  • Individual stages within chapters can be accessed at any time once completed.
General
  • QTE assist
  • QTE assist is currently part of the Amateur difficulty level, and automatically completes QTEs for the player. With this update, players can optionally activate QTE assist on any difficulty level.
  • Some sections of the game have had their difficulty adjusted to provide an improved experience.

and finally Capcom has announced that Resident Evil 6 will be offered as a digital download on the Xbox 360 this holiday season.