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[Rumor] Capcom Preparing Switch 2 Ports for All Six RE Engine ‘Resident Evil’ Games
Noted Capcom insider Dusk Golem is back again with another round of Resident Evil rumors, this time involving the Switch 2. According to Dusk Golem’s sources, Capcom is prepping ports of all six RE Engine Resident Evil games. In fact, with Nintendo just announcing a Nintendo Direct showcase for September 12, Dusk Golem claims that Resident Evil 7 is “at least” going to be there.
As always, things of these nature are not verified by Capcom, so take it with your salt.
Dusk Golem made the claim yesterday that this still is a “grapevine rumor”, but they have heard “very reliably several times now” that Capcom will be bringing Resident Evil 7, the remakes of Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil 4, Resident Evil Village, and the still-to-come Resident Evil Requiem to the Switch 2 as part of the series’ 30th anniversary. Unlike the original Switch ports, these new versions will be running natively from the console instead of being streamed from the cloud.
This all comes after Dusk Golem reported last week that Capcom was also rumored to be doing a PlayStation 4 port of Resident Evil Requiem. According to them, it’s unclear if the PS4 version will be available at the same time as the current-gen launch, but “it’s happening.”
If this is the case, the PS4 version of Requiem will be hit with some downgrades, since the PS4 obviously doesn’t have the capability for ray tracing and the like. Still, if this does indeed turn out to be true, previous-gen players won’t have to shelve their PS4 just yet.
Resident Evil Requiem will launch February 27 for PC via Steam, PlayStation 5 and the Xbox Series.
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.