As promised, Capcom revealed a bunch of new stuff for the upcoming Resident Evil Village during its latest Resident Evil Showcase event last night, including a new trailer, details of a demo and the return of the series’ classic Mercenaries mode.
Let’s kick off with that demo then — there’ll be a multi-format demo (as opposed to the previous PlayStation 5-exclusive Maiden demo) before the release of the game that will let you explore the Village and Castle areas of the game. The demo will have timed access, with PlayStation formats getting an extra 30 minutes for each segment on top of everyone else’s 60 minutes. The demo will also only be available for a limited window for you to fit in that hour, with the schedule in the handy tweet below.
Elsewhere, it was confirmed that the series’ classic Mercenaries arcade-style mode will make its return in Resident Evil Village once you complete the main story, which sees you running through stage attempting to kill creatures to rack up points and get through stages quickly for rewards. There’ll be new useful bonus skills to acquire this time around such as ones that can increase firepower or boost your movement speed, and in between stages you’ll get to spend any coins you earn to buy supplies and upgrade your gear between rounds to try and help you reach the highest rank possible.
The event also confirmed a Resident Evil crossover with Dead by Daylight scheduled for June, promising more information on that in a reveal on May 25 and a new trailer and details on the plot of the upcoming Resident Evil Netflix series Infinite Darkness were also offered, revealing the series will take place two years after the event of Resident Evil 4 and will also feature the father of that game’s Ashley Graham as the President. Finally, the broadcast also revealed that Resident Evil 4 VR for Oculus Quest 2 is in the works, more on that over here.
For now, you can check out the latest trailer and gameplay footage for Resident Evil Village, alongside a trailer for the Mercenaries mode and the new Infinite Darkness trailer and the entire broadcast below. Resident Evil Village launches on May 7 on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Google Stadia and PC.
