In June 2011, the Outbreak brand was revived as a social network-based game known as Outbreak Survive. These games' place in the canon is often the subject of dispute, due to the fact that they need to accommodate all eight characters, as well as contradictions present in these titles compared to the primary series. They really don't have a singular overarching story, per se, and instead are presented as a series of short scenarios which pit a group of characters in a location and task them with following its story to the conclusion and subsequent escape. The biggest point of interest is that it's a classic style Resident Evil (aka tank controls, fixed camera angles and inventory management) but with online coop capabilities, meaning several people can work together to try to survive. Both games take place during the Raccoon City viral outbreak covered in Resident Evil 2 and 3 centering on how an octet of normal citizens - Kevin Ryman, Mark Wilkins, Jim Chapman, David King, George Hamilton, Cindy Lennox, Alyssa Ashcroft, and Yoko Suzuki - react to the disaster, along with their efforts to escape the city safely.
