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New ‘Resident Evil 3’ Details Emerge From Online Xbox Magazine

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If you’re wanting more details on next month’s Resident Evil 3, this month’s Online Xbox Magazine is happy to oblige. The issue has revealed several new details, including one that breaks the series’ norms.

Keep in mind, some of these details contain spoilers, so you’ve been warned!

Anyways, here are the details:

  • It is confirmed Nemesis is able to break into safe rooms when chasing the player. *UPDATE* Capcom issued a clarification that Nemesis will not be able to break into safe rooms.
  • The devs used Mr. X as a way to gather some feedback on Nemesis, though their goal all along was to make Nemesis a more terrifying and tense foe than Mr. X in nearly every way.
  • The classic red explosive barrel returns, bringing with it some strategy: Do you use it immediately on some zombies right now, or save it for later to be able to use it against Nemesis?
  • The first time you down Nemesis, he can drop rare items for you to pick up.
  • The dodge mechanic has some context-sensitive actions Jill can do if you pull off a perfect dodge against specific types of attacks.
  • Certain areas in the game give you an excuse as to why Nemesis can’t follow you, giving you a breather, but one of the main goals of the remake was to make him a consistent threat. Not always chasing you but the possibility he could chase you there stays true.
  • Nemesis’ AI is designed to actually not be relentless. His AI works to dynamically telegraph his moves, and give the player breathing room.
  • Monsters react more to the environment and situations, and can potentially work together or separately, depending upon their numbers.
  • The Grave Digger is confirmed to be in the game. With some potential Tremors-inspired sequences.
  • Spiders are also confirmed to be in the game. They have a tendency to scuttle all over the place, sometimes towards or away from you, or drop on you from the ceiling.
  • Hunter Betas are confirmed to be in the game as well.
  • Raccoon City is a much bigger than it was in Resident Evil 2, with multiple paths.
  • Jill can unlock more pathways in the Subway System to new parts of the city as a form of fast travel.
  • There are a lot more side tasks available to the player, including a weapon that requires you to backtrack in order to obtain it.
  • Carlos is playable and has more playable sequences, but he doesn’t have his own campaign.
  • There may be a couple new monsters in the game that weren’t in the original.
  • Capcom focused on having one consistent story, rather than different ways events could unfold. That said, the devs did a lot to make the story have more depth and stand out. Jill, Nemesis, and the UBSC are more fleshed-out than in the original.
  • As the game takes place a day before and a day after RE2, you may also see some “before and after”.

Resident Evil 3, together with Resident Evil Resistance, heads home April 3 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.

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‘System Shock’ Remake Now Available on PlayStation, Xbox [Trailer]

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The long wait for console owners to play Nightdive’s System Shock remake is finally over. Almost a year to the day the remake of the iconic 1994 FPS was released on PC via Steam, the Epic Games Store and GOG, System Shock is now available for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and the Xbox Series.

“For the first time ever, the incredible world of System Shock is available to console gamers,” said Stephen Kick, CEO of Nightdive Studios. “We’re so excited to introduce our take on this pioneering piece of gaming history to a whole new audience.”

The PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series versions of System Shock have a physical and digital release, while the last-gen versions will be digital-only.

System Shock takes place in the year 2072. You are a nameless hacker, and you’ve been caught while attempting to access files concerning Citadel Station, a space station owned by the TriOptimum Corporation. However, in exchange for the dropping of all charges (and a military grade neural implant), you are tasked with hacking SHODAN, the artificial intelligence that controls the station. After hacking SHODAN, removing the AI’s ethical constraints, you are given the implants and put into a healing coma. You wake up six months later on board Citadel, and all hell has broken loose.

If you’re still on the fence of diving into System Shock, check out Harrison’s review, who stated that Nightdive “have absolutely achieved what they set out to do” in regards to updating and bringing the game to a modern audience.

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