Resident Evil 4 Remake Coming In March 2023

Sony opened Thursday’s State of Play livestream by saying the long-rumored, often-leaked Resident Evil 4 Remake. Whereas the temporary trailer did not present a lot in the way in which of gameplay, it did present numerous places and characters from the sport, and most significantly, a launch date: March 24, 2023.

Most strikingly – and predictably – the brand new Resident Evil 4 appears leagues higher visually than its 2005 counterpart. Through the minute-long trailer, we see protagonist Leon Kennedy, antihero Ada Wong, Ashley Graham, Luis, and temporary glimpses of antagonists Osmund Saddler and Bitores Mendez. The trailer additionally exhibits temporary appears at Salazar Citadel and the enduring 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 growth 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, if you happen to’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.