Everything you need to know about Resident Evil 7, including trailers, release date, and latest news!
Resident Evil 7 Latest News
Resident Evil 7 director Koushi Nakanishi revealed to IGN that The Beginning Hour demo released during E3 2016 will not be part of the finished game. Instead, the demo's purpose is more about introducing the tone of the new game.
"The teaser demo is a bespoke experience that isn’t just a slice of gameplay from the main game," adding that it's "kind of a tonal preview instead of a content preview." Nakanishi described the game's key pillars as "fear/horror and exploration of an environment," two things that are clearly showcased in the demo.
Nakanishi also revealed that there's more to Resident Evil 7 that we didn't see in the demo, namely "puzzle solving, resource management, and combat. They’re all in there, but we’re focusing on horror has come home as a kind of theme for the teaser demo. So if you thought the games were going away from horror in previous years, this is just a statement of intent, purpose, to say it’s back."
Resident Evil 7 Trailer
We had a suspicion that Resident Evil might be making an appearance at E3 2016, but nothing could have prepared us for the game's fascinating and terrifying new horror style. It is unclear if we're dealing with zombies in this sequel, and there is at least one mention of ghosts at the beginning of the trailer, but there are definitely glimpses of monsters that go bump in the night.
Watch the trailer below:
This nightmarish house presented in the trailer suggests that Capcom spent time playing P.T., though these masters of horror have clearly decided to prove to the world that they are ready to take back the horror crown. The upcoming Resident Evil is most certainly a return to the pure terror of the Resident Evil series, and we could not be more excited about what has been shown so far.
If you don't have PlayStation Plus, you can always just check out IGN's video of the full demo below:
Resident Evil 7 Release Date
Resident Evil 7 is scheduled to release on the Xbox One and PS4 on January 24, 2017. Even better, the game's demo is available to PlayStation Plus subscribers now.
