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Rumour: ‘Resident Evil 8’ Title, More Info Leaked
The rumours for the next Resident Evil keep coming. The latest batch, courtesy of Biohazard Declassified, echoes some of what Dusk Golem had mentioned a few days back, along with some brand new tidbits. Check your sodium levels, because once again, none of this has been verified/confirmed by Capcom.
For starters, RE8 has a title: Resident Evil Village. And much like the Resident Evil VII script, Capcom is apparently playing with the font, highlighting the ‘VIII’ in ‘Village’. Also, the game will have a European setting, which is where Ethan from RE7 encounters Chris Redfield.
Speaking of Chris, he will undergo another redesign, and be playing an integral part in RE8. He appears in flashbacks surrounding Ethan, Mia, and apparently their baby. As for enemies, a new one is a Witch that will be similar to Marguerite, in that she operates with insects. She will haunt the player, and has a distinctive laugh.
And as mentioned before, hallucinations will apparently also play a part in the game, further emphasizing the theme of distrust with whomever you meet. The game will apparently return to the Resident Evil 4 inventory management style, so get used to rotating those sprays. Lastly, the game is slated to release in Q1 of 2021, but that might change, given the circumstances.
Rumor: RE8 is called RESIDENT EVIL VILLAGE (notice the VIII)
– Chris to play a central role; has been redesigned
– New stalker enemy type: witch
– European setting, weird elements (hallucinations)
– Possible RE4 style inventory UI
– Planned for Q1 2021https://t.co/rOklTAjP7P pic.twitter.com/QCRQRRSecF— Nibel (@Nibellion) April 7, 2020
Black Tabby Games has dropped a little update on the progress for Scarlet Hollow, announcing that writing work on their planned expansion to the game’s first five episodes has finished, with the team pivoting to the art. Testing for the update is set to begin in “about a couple of weeks,” though if you’re a Patreon member, you can get early access to it.
The update adds around 70,000 words of new and remastered content, with most of it expanding some of the shorter sections. The update also tweaks certain aspects of gameplay, as well as adding more dialogue (obviously) between characters, and even revamps one of the endings to the fifth episode.
The team also confirmed that writing for Episode 6 is well underway, though no release date has been announced.
Currently in Early Access on Steam, Scarlet Hollow is an immersive horror-mystery with sharp writing, impactful choices, and meticulously hand-drawn art. What was supposed to be a quiet getaway in the rural mountains of North Carolina to meet your long-lost cousin and comfort her through her mother’s funeral, has turned into a nightmare of cryptids and other supernatural horrors. You only have to survive a week. But can you get to the bottom of these mysteries haunting Scarlet Hollow before they claim your life?
If you’re keen on learning more about the game, check out Aaron’s review of the first five chapters.