Rose as seen in the new Resident Evil Village DLC. Screenshot: Capcom / Kotaku
Today, Capcom held another digital showcase dedicated to all things Resident Evil. Previously, the publisher had done something similar in June and before that in April 2021. As in these, Capcom used the event to show new trailers and gameplay footage of upcoming Resident Evil projects, such as the remake from Resident Evil 4.
Here’s everything Capcom announced and showed off during today’s event, which lasted about 30 minutes. You can also watch the entire presentation below.
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A new trailer for The Winters expansion
Capcom kicked off the show with a new trailer for the upcoming Resident Evil Village DLC expansion, which features a new narrative campaign starring Ethan’s daughter Rose. The developers also shared more information about Rose and why they decided to make her the star of the new Village story expansion.
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The Winters expansion, which can be purchased separately or as part of a larger Resident Evil Village Gold Edition bundle, also includes a new third-person mode for the main campaign and new content for the Mercenaries mode action-packed gameplay even lets you play as Lady Dimitrescu herself. (Though it will be lower now, in one of the biggest disappointments of 2022.)
All of this will be released on October 28, 2022 for all major platforms.
Multiplayer shooter Resident Evil Re:Verse is still coming out later this month
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Even though I’m not really excited to play it, online shooter Resident Evil Re:Verse is still coming out on October 28th. It will be free for all owners of Resident Evil Village or Resident Evil Village Gold Edition. Capcom announced that it will fully support cross-play and showed off a new game featuring Village locations and characters.
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Capcom says it plans to update this game multiple times, even showing a roadmap of new content coming to the game after launch. It will also have an early access period starting October 24th for all Village owners.
Resident Evil Village is coming to Mac, previous games getting cloud versions for Nintendo Switch
Capcom also announced the release date for the new cloud versions of Resident Evil Village, RE7, RE2 Remake and RE3 Remake coming to Nintendo Switch. These ports were previously announced to be in the works, but now we know when we can play them.
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All games will have demos, allowing people to test how well they stream over their internet connection. The cloud version of RE2 will be released on November 11 this year. After that, RE3 arrives on November 18, and finally RE7 lands on December 16, 2022.
Resident Evil Village will also make the jump to Macs on October 28th, with the Winters expansion DLC coming at a later, unannounced date.
New Resident Evil 4 Remake game, pre-orders begin
Capcom previously promised more gameplay footage of the upcoming remake and really delivered during the event. In the footage, we see what appears to be a reimagined version of RE4’s opening section, including the iconic village sequence and that cool moment when Leon climbs out of a window like an action star. Even the scary chainsaw man showed up to ruin Leon’s day. Yes, I will buy this game again.
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Capcom also released a new cinematic trailer featuring Ada, Ashley, and other scenes from iconic moments from the game, such as the lake fight.
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You can pre-order Resident Evil 4 Remake on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and PC starting today, with multiple versions featuring different goodies. In a very nice move, Capcom says that people who buy the game on PS4 will be able to upgrade to the PS5 version for free. This new remake will be released on March 24, 2023.