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Mercenaries Mode, New Challenges Mode Arrive in ‘Resident Evil 4 VR’
Resident Evil 4 VR players longing for the addition of Mercenaries Mode, rejoice! Capcom has finally added the mode (for free!) after teasing fans with it last November. The addition was announced during the Meta Quest Gaming Showcase.
For those wondering just what Mercenaries Mode in Resident Evil 4 is all about (because let’s be honest: not everyone knows), the mode puts you through a gauntlet of waves of enemies across a variety of levels, racking up points for each kill. Not only do you have to contend with keeping your health up, there’s a timer ticking down before you’re rescued via helicopter, so you’ve got to amass a high score while staying alive.
On top of Mercenaries Mode, Resident Evil 4 VR also now has “20 all-new, made-for-virtual reality Challenges”. In Challenges Mode, you’re put up against different scenarios, each with restricted conditions for completing them. In completing these Challenges, you can unlock new modes that can be used in the main game. Big Head Mode? A black-and-white Classic Horror Mode? Those modes and more are available to unlock in Challenges.
Resident Evil 4 VR is available for the Meta Quest via Oculus Store.
After yesterday’s news that Undead Labs is rumoured to be facing potential closure (and potentially taking State of Decay 3 with it), another Microsoft studio is facing a similar situation in Arkane Lyon, which is currently developing a title based on Marvel’s Blade.
According to a new report by The Verge, which cites sources familiar with the situation surrounding Xbox and Microsoft, the computer giant is reportedly considering closing the developer, joining Undead Labs, Compulsion Games, Double Fine and Ninja Theory. However, Microsoft is also considering selling the studio.
Despite that hope for Arkane Lyon, that reportedly doesn’t apply to Marvel’s Blade, which is facing cancellation by Microsoft. The game was announced back in 2023 at The Game Awards, and was supposed to debut later this year. However, the game’s release has now slipped to “late 2027”, and has also ran over budget.
While all the studios involved have been trying to find buyers in order to avoid closure, South of Midnight developer Compulsion Games has already begun telling employees to look for jobs elsewhere. Meanwhile, Ninja Theory, which had its third entry in the Hellblade series announced during Summer Game Fest in Senua, has already told employees that Microsoft wants to close the studio or sell it.
Not much information on Marvel’s Blade was revealed, other than it was a third-person title to be set in a quarantined section of Paris in the middle of a supernatural emergency. Vampires have emerged, terrorizing the city of lights and forcing Parisians to shelter inside their homes at night to wait for sunrise. It’s up to the Daywalker known as Blade to investigate.