Capcom and Valve announce Resident Evil 6 and Left 4 Dead 2 crossover event

Capcom and Valve are teaming up for an event in time for the upcoming PC release of Resident Evil 6. The event is a crossover between Resident Evil 6 and Valve’s own zombie-shooter Left 4 Dead 2. Characters from L4D2 will be making an appearance in RE6 and enemies of RE6 will be invading the levels of L4D2. The crossover event will be available on both games regardless of whether you own one game and not the other.Owners of Resident Evil 6 PC will be able to select one of four survivors from Left 4 Dead 2’s iconic cast – Coach, Nick, Ellis and Rochelle – when playing PC exclusive mode, The Mercenaries No Mercy. Each character will have a special customised weapon load-out created just for use in Resident Evil 6.  In addition to the four survivors, two of the infamous Special Infected zombies from the Left 4 Dead franchise – the Witch and Mini Tank – will also make a cameo appearance in this mode, relentlessly attacking players regardless of whether a character from Left 4 Dead 2 or Resident Evil 6 is chosen. The content will automatically be downloaded in the background to all owners of the PC version of Resident Evil 6 from April 5.Click here for full story