Capcom has always had a strong connection to the PlayStation brand, and the publisher used Sony’s Future of Gaming event to unveil the next mainline entry in the Resident Evil franchise.
Resident Evil Village (stylized in some promotional material as, and I’m not making this up, Resident Evil VIllAGE) will serve as a direct sequel to Resident Evil 7: Biohazard. Utilizing a first-person perspective, Ethan Winters will return as the playable protagonist, and a hulking Chris Redfield is back in the fray as well. Chris is possibly the villain of the piece as he appears to by murder Ethan’s wife in the closing seconds of the Announcement Trailer.
Here’s what the Capcom-Unity blog had to say about Resident Evil Village:
Taking place a few years after the critically acclaimed Resident Evil 7 biohazard, Ethan Winters and his wife, Mia, seem to have finally found peace after the horrifying events they endured at the Baker family’s plantation house. Despite putting the past behind them, a surprising yet familiar face returns in the form of Chris Redfield… whose shocking actions ultimately cause Ethan to end up in a mysterious, snow-covered village.
Unlike the claustrophobic hallways of the Baker mansion, Resident Evil Village provides a different kind of terror: The fear of the unknown. Each encounter is another fight for survival, with a first-person perspective making things that much more personal as you chart unknown territory. There’s much more to the village than what you see on the surface.
Resident Evil Village is currently in development for the PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X… though fans are in for a bit of a wait as the game is set to launch sometime in 2021. But that just means you’ve got plenty of time to pore over that Announcement Trailer for more clues.
