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‘Resident Evil’ Team is Focused On Virtual Reality
Virtual reality is the future, at least as far as Capcom’s Development Division 1 — their in-house Resident Evil team — is concerned. In an Integrated Report published earlier this week, the company detailed their financial growth strategies and plans for the future, the latter of which will focus heavily on the VR tech that has yet to make its way to consumers.
The report gets interesting when Jun Takeuchi, head of the Resident Evil team, starts getting passionate about the tech.
“At present, we are focusing our energy on challenging the virtual reality (VR) game market,” writes Takeuchi. “In this terrifying world, you can twist and turn as you like, but there’s no escaping the creatures closing in on you…until you remove your VR headset and return to reality, that is.”
Virtual reality gear such as the Oculus Rift and Project Morpheus, which are coming from Oculus VR and Sony, respectively, could have a massive impact on the horror genre. It’s just a matter of time before we see the tech in future Resident Evil games.
The “Kitchen” demo Capcom used to show off their new virtual reality engine at E3 earlier this year traumatized some folks, but that was just the beginning.
“The response [to the “Kitchen” demo] was excellent. Currently, we are building a new game development engine able to support VR, which is the hottest market right now, while simultaneously developing titles for current game consoles. We have just set sail on our latest voyage.”
It’ll be interesting to see where this goes. What do you think?
We have the Jason Universe to thank for the recent return of Jason Voorhees, with the short film Sweet Revenge and Jason’s arrival in Dead by Daylight helping to bring the hockey mask-wearing horror icon back into our lives. What else is planned, you ask?
In a chat with Variety this week, Jason Universe’s Robbie Barsamian teases that everything we’ve seen up to this point is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Jason’s return.
“We’ve been busy behind the scenes laying the foundation that everyone is finally starting to see come to life, but this is just the tip of the iceberg,” Barsamian teases.
“We have a thrilling lineup of new projects that we can’t wait to share more details on soon.”
Barsamian also notes during the chat with Variety, “We want to give fans fresh takes on what they love most about Jason and continue to expand his world in authentic ways that resonate with horror fans today.” One of those expansions will take the form of the upcoming Peacock and A24 series “Crystal Lake,” which stars Linda Cardellini as Pamela Voorhees.
“The Crystal Lake TV series will take fans back in time to tell the story of how Pamela Voorhees came to be the mother of all slashers,” Barsamian tells Variety this week.
“Crystal Lake” premieres October 15 on Peacock.
Callum Vinson (“Chucky”) is playing young Jason in “Crystal Lake,” which will tell the origin story of the masked slasher who has stalked the grounds of Crystal Lake for decades.
Last year, the Jason Universe team had teased that a new movie and a new video game are top priorities for the near future. But at this time we have no updates on either front.
Stay tuned for more from the Jason Universe.
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