Capcom To Reward Players With Resident Evil.Net

There has been no shortage of Resident Evil 6 news coming out of Gamescom, including a new trailer featuring Jake, (Jake Wesker?) in action. But once gamers are able to rack up their zombie kill count, it looks like a little more will be at stake than just bragging rights.

Introducing Resident Evil.net, the feature acts as a leaderboard that constantly tracks each player’s progress and stats as they play and compares them to other gamers around the world. Leaderboards are nothing new, but the plan is to hold community events where racking up the kills or meeting certain goals will earn points that can be used to redeem rewards such as costumes and other goods through the ResidentEvil.net site.

This is quite the departure from what Capcom’s recent trends have been. I’m all for rewarding players with unlocks rather than charging them extra on top of the $60 price tag. Does this get you more excited for release day?

Resident Evil 6 will infest stores on October 2nd.