Resident Evil: Umbrella Corps will be set after the events of Resident Evil 6.
Despite the title, the newly-announced multiplayer shooter will actually take place after Umbrella has been destroyed.
Game producer Masachika Kawata told Gamespot: "Umbrella Corps is set in the present day of Resident Evil, which means it's after the events of Resident Evil 6.
"It's almost in an ironic way that we're using the title Umbrella Corps. If you know your Resident Evil lore, Umbrella no longer exists at this time in the universe; it's been destroyed.
"There's definitely a kind of a background of the Resident Evil universe that forms the basis of the game's premise."
Unfortunately, however the game won't have a "forward-facing story" of any kind, so don't expect any sort of solo campaign.
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In better news, it won't be a full-priced release and Capcom isn't focusing on microtransactions, although there will be post-release DLC.
"We're not looking to focus on microtransactions with this title," Kawata continued.
"There will be additional free DLC - for example, a few additional maps and so forth - that will help revitalise the player base as time goes on.
"But it's not something where we're going to try and make the main source of revenue be constantly expanding extra content over a long period of time or anything like that.
"For the same reason, the price of the game isn't going to be a full-price title - we want to be able to get people to have it be a no-brainer, so to speak."
Moving even further from the series' survival horror roots, Umbrella Corps is a multiplayer shooter that shares more in common with Call of Duty than the Resident Evil games of old.
Set in the Resident Evil universe, it features a combination of first and third-person action, as players compete in fast-paced multiplayer matches.
Priced at £24.99, Resident Evil Umbrella Corps - which was first spied back in July - will be available in the early part of 2016.
Watch the Resident Evil: Umbrella Corps announcement trailer:
