Capcom surprised by strong work ethic at Slant Six

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It turns out Canadian studio Slant Six, the team in charge of Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City, is full of hard working staff which don’t fit the lazy Western stereotype believed by Capcom producer Masachika Kawata.

“I’ve never worked with any Western developers besides Slant Six, and I don’t know if the same is true of other Western developers, but they work very hard,” Kawata told Official Xbox Magazine.

“I didn’t find any differences to any of the Japanese developers I’ve worked with before. Besides the time zone and language, I’ve had no problems working with them at all.”

He added: “To be honest, I had my own impression about Western people – being laid back and sitting on sofas, but even yesterday they came in early, on a Sunday, and gave us all sorts of recommendations. They wanted to do it, rather than being dragged out of bed if you like. So they’ve completely changed my perception about working with Western developers.”

Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City is set for release winter 2011 for Xbox 360, PS3 and PC.

It’s great to hear Slant Six is helping to change Capcom’s perception of Western devs. Sadly the work ethic here at VideoGamer.com isn’t so great. This morning Martin has been working in his PJs, Pearson has spent two hours looking at funny pictures of cats and Neon is still running around the office in a state of childlike excitement following this morning’s post delivery and Emily has only just made it into the office.