Resident Evil Village Release Date Confirmed As Pre-Orders Go Live

During today's Resident Evil showcase, Capcom gave us the expected trailer and gameplay peek for Resident Evil: Village. We also got a very brief look at plans for Resident Evil's 25th anniversary, a crossover with The Division 2, the online multiplayer title Re:Verse, and a teaser for Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness. But the main focus of the ~15-minute showcase was Resident Evil: Village. And now we know when that game will arrive, when you can pre-order it should you choose to do so, and when you can get your hands on an early demo to give you a sense of the game's visuals and artistic aesthetic. It's probably sooner than you expected!

Pre-orders are available now, and you can expect to play worldwide on May 7, 2021. As of today, an exclusive demo is available to download on the PlayStation 5; look for that demo on all platforms later this spring. The playable demo allows you to play as "The Maiden", though without combat or guarding/blocking. Instead, it's intended to show off the visuals and artistry of the game.

Resident Evil: Village will be coming to both past-gen and current-gen systems, as well as PC, and will be available in a Deluxe Edition "Trauma Pack", a Collector's Edition, and a "Biohazard Bundle" complete with Village and RE7.

Image via Capcom

During the showcase, we also got a little bit more info on the new vampire ladies (or whatever they identify as, but boy is the thirst strong among the community) and other supernatural baddies awaiting Ethan Winters & Co. in the new installment. Additionally, we learned a touch more about plans for the rebooted Resident Evil movie franchise, the new animated series movie coming to Netflix, and the live-action Netflix series, which centers on the Wesker children... yep.

If you need a bit of a refresher on the story of Resident Evil so far, and boy is it a bonkers story, you're in luck! Our own Rafael Motamayor put together a fantastic timeline of the game's many story beats for readers out there to peruse; we'll update it with new info as it becomes available.

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And here's the trailer in case you missed it!

Fear surrounds you in Resident Evil Village, unleashing a new chapter of survival horror on PS5, PS4, XBSX, XB1, and PC on May 7th, 2021.