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Today during Capcom’s Resident Evil showcase, the publisher announced Resident Evil Village is coming out for PC, PS5, PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X / S, and Steam on May 7, 2021.
Here’s a replay of the showcase video. The trailers begin at 28:53:
And here is a direct link to a standalone Resident Evil Village trailer.
Like Resident Evil 7, Village is played from a first-person perspective. Capcom showed off new gameplay, including our first look at the game’s merchant, a man named The Duke. The game also uses an inventory system similar to Resident Evil 4's, letting players move around differently sized objects on a grid.
Also announced during the showcase was news of a new demo that will be exclusive to the PS5, for now. The demo stars a character known as The Maiden and will focus on puzzles. It’ll be out later today.
Update (01/21/2021, 6:00 p.m. ET): The Maiden demo is now live on the PlayStation 5 Store. It’s a 4GB download.
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DISCUSSION
Well, that was...underwhelming.
RE8 looks solid and I’m stoked to play it, but it looks essentially as expected. RE:Verse could be neat, and I’m digging the comic-book art style, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t severely disappointed that the new MP title they’ve been teasing is another free pack-in instead of something more substantial...like bringing back Outbreak.
Sadly, I’m more excited for the Division 2 crossover than I am anything else announced today. Fingers crossed this was just the first of a few streams they do this year to celebrate the 25th Anniversary and we’ll get a bit more as we get deeper into the year.