With not-E3 season in full swing, Capcom took the time to focus on its upcoming slate of video games and updates throughout a particular broadcast this afternoon. Resident Evil naturally performed an enormous half within the present, which included data on quite a lot of upcoming downloadable content material for Resident Evil Village and a few very early footage of the Resident Evil 4 remake.
Resident Evil Village could have ended on a little bit of a cliffhanger, however Capcom plans to resolve these free strings with a brand new chapter following protagonist Ethan Winters’ now-teenage daughter. Playable episode Shadow of Rose follows the eponymous heroine as she enters the consciousness of the Megamycete, the mold-like super-organism that gave the antagonists of the earlier two Resident Evil video games their horrifying powers, to search for a strategy to treatment herself of the identical affliction.
Shadow of Rose will likely be performed from the over-the-shoulder perspective most just lately seen within the Resident Evil 2 and 3 remakes, and the same third-person possibility may also be added to the principle Village storyline for folk who don’t go in for all of the first-person stuff.
The rating attack-style “Mercenaries” mode can also be getting a large replace that can embrace playable variations of Resident Evil vet Chris Redfield and Village baddies Karl Heisenberg and Woman Dimitrescu. Capcom’s temporary preview teased that the 2 villains have distinctive weaponry at their disposal that goes past the litany of firearms often seen in Mercenaries, together with the flexibility to command Heisenberg’s minions and to physique slam foes as Woman Dimitrescu.
All these updates will likely be collected individually because the “Winters’ Growth” in addition to bundled with the unique recreation in Resident Evil Village Gold Version, each of which launch on October 28.
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Capcom additionally shared a little bit little bit of gameplay from the reimagined Resident Evil 4. It’s just some clips of Leon Kennedy in a Spanish village, however the recreation is wanting wonderful up to now. Oh, and the lady within the crimson coat from the reveal is Ashley Graham, the presidential daughter whom Leon spends the entire recreation attempting to rescue—not Ada Wong as I beforehand guessed. Whereas not tremendous compelling, that little tidbit does imply Ada’s iconic crimson gown should seem within the remake when it hits retailer cabinets on March 24, 2023.
And eventually, the Resident Evil 2 remake, the Resident Evil 3 remake, and Resident Evil 7 are coming to PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC as we speak, full with up to date visuals and 3D audio. When you already bought them in your older consoles, you must have free upgrades ready for you.
It’s a great time to be a Resident Evil fan.
