Resident Evil 6, known as in Japan, is an action-adventure third-person shooter video game  and the ninth installment in the Resident Evil series, developed and published by Capcom. The developers define the game's genre as "dramatic horror", although promotional materials for the Japanese version (such as the packaging and official website) still classify the game as survival horror. It was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 on October 2, 2012, and for Microsoft Windows on March 22, 2013.