Thursday afternoon, Capcom held its latestResident EvilShowcase event. The online presentation featured several bit announcements about upcomingResident Evilprojects, with a focus onResident Evil Village. One of the biggest surprises of the event had nothing to do withResident Evil 8, however. Rather, divide that number in two to getResident Evil 4, instead. Capcom announced thatResident Evil 4is currently being ported to virtual reality for the Oculus Quest 2 platform.
Details are unfortunately thin regarding the virtual reality port ofResident Evil 4, at least for the time being. What’s confirmed is thatResident Evil 4will support first-person virtual reality via the Facebook headset, which isn’t a first for the franchise, but still hints at Capcom’s continued support for virtual reality. The Oculus Quest being exclusively mentioned is also notable, as the only virtual reality version of aResident Evilgame,Resident Evil 7, is exclusive to PlayStation VR. There could be more platform support announced later.
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The nature of the port isn’t entirely clear at this point. As in, it isn’t clear how much ofResident Evil 4is being changed for its virtual reality port. Early gameplay ofResident Evil 4in VRshows that some changes have been made, such as how the player wields both the knife and weapons with ease. Interactive objects are also handled differently, as is the game’sTetris-like inventory. But how far the changes go isn’t entirely clear. It may be a straight port with adjustments made for VR, or it could be a surprising upgrade.
Luckily,Resident Evilfans won’t have to wait much longer for more information. Capcom says more will be shared at an upcomingonline Oculus Gaming Showcase event. Facebook will be hosting the event on April 21 at 3:00 pm PT. The event can be streamed on the official Oculus channels on Twitch, Facebook, and YouTube.
While theResident Evil 4virtual reality port announcement was one of the biggest surprises of theResident EvilShowcase, it wasn’t entirely a surprise.Oculus had promoted the event on social mediabefore it started, leading many to speculate that Capcom had a virtual reality surprise up its sleeve.
Resident Evil 4was also on the minds ofResident Evilfans going into today’s show. The major Capcom leaks from the past several months revealed what’s believed to be afullResident Evil 4remake. However, there have been rumors that the project has been delayed significantly. Hopefully, fans will be content withResident Evil 4in VR until Capcom is ready to share more news about its futureResident Evilplans.
Resident Evil 4 VRreleases in 2021 on Oculus Quest 2.
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