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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.
While not quite Snakes on a Plane or Red Eye, co-developers Liquid Static Studio and Snapping Turtle have something darker in mind with their upcoming job-sim horror game, Night Plane. Coming to Steam later this year, the game has you doing the expected work as a flight attendant, but with the added bonus of trying to find demons hiding amongst the passengers.
It’s 1999, and it’s your first day on the job. You must do the usual things as a flight attendant: welcoming passengers aboard, check tickets, and attend to their needs. However, shape-shifting entities may attempt to come aboard disguised as humans. So, your additional job in Night Plane is to question passengers, and find a way to remove any unauthorized non-human visitors from the plane.
That also leads to assisting passengers in unorthodox ways inside the plane, outside the plane, and in places not listed in your training manual. To make things even more complicated, you’ll need to make tough decisions with irreversible consequences. Naturally, the company will not be held accountable for any mistakes you make. You live with them.
Oh, and seeing as this is a plane, you may encounter some turbulence while in flight, along with power failures, lightning strikes and more. All of which, including your decisions, will lead to one of the multiple endings in Night Plane.
If you wish to get in on the fun prior to the game’s release, you can sign up for the playtest via the Steam page.