Sony opened Thursday’s State of Play livestream by asserting the long-rumored, often-leaked Resident Evil 4 Remake. Whereas the transient trailer did not present a lot in the way in which of gameplay, it did present numerous areas and characters from the sport, and most significantly, a launch date: March 24, 2023.
Most strikingly – and predictably – the brand new Resident Evil 4 seems leagues higher visually than its 2005 counterpart. Throughout the minute-long trailer, we see protagonist Leon Kennedy, antihero Ada Wong, Ashley Graham, Luis, and transient glimpses of antagonists Osmund Saddler and Bitores Mendez. The trailer additionally exhibits fast seems at Salazar Citadel and the long-lasting village from the start of RE4 and the baddies that inhabit them. The voiceover appears to point the sport’s story has been expanded and can act as a extra direct sequel to Resident Evil 2, which additionally stars Leon as its protagonist.
The trailer ends with a short tease that VR content material can be in improvement for Resident Evil 4.
See the trailer in full under.
That is simply the most recent within the lengthy line of Resident Evil remakes – which, when you’re being precise, begins all the way in which again on the GameCube with the remake of the unique 1996 sport. In 2019, developer-publisher Capcom launched a remake of Resident Evil 2, which was then adopted by a Resident Evil 3: Nemesis remake in 2020.
