Resident Evil Village’s VR mode will launch alongside Sony’s PSVR2 as a free replace

Resident Evil Village’s VR mode will likely be accessible on the PlayStation VR 2 the identical date Sony’s new VR {hardware} launches in February, Capcom introduced on Wednesday. And even higher, it’s being added as a free replace for homeowners of the sport.

In fight, the Sense controllers “enable intuitive movements like putting your arms up to guard and holding your gun out in front of you to shoot,” Tsuyoshi writes, and also you’ll additionally be capable to maintain two weapons on the identical time. It’s too dangerous none of that can assist in the course of the terrifying child scene. (If you wish to know what I’m speaking about, I’m going to warn you that this is a NSFW click.) Village’s VR mode is just accessible in the primary marketing campaign, Capcom spokesperson Kyle Burleson confirmed to The Verge, which means you received’t be capable to use it within the arcade-y Mercenaries mode or the recently-launched story growth Shadows of Rose.

Resident Evil Village isn’t the one new PSVR2 launch title revealed on Wednesday: Sony introduced that the platform will get a sequel to the PS2 fireworks puzzle recreation Fantavision, titled Fantavision 202X. This new model is powered by Unreal Engine, Sony’s Takao Uehara wrote on the PlayStation blog, and I feel the screenshots included within the weblog look fairly good; it looks like a extra stress-free expertise than Village, at the least.

Sony’s weblog additionally contains some particulars on different launch titles just like the multiplayer sword-fighting recreation Altair Breaker, the co-op title The Tale of Onogoro, and the rhythm recreation Kizuna AI — Touch the Beat!. And final week, Sony shared a quick new trailer for what’s arguably its flagship launch title, Horizon Call of the Mountain.

PSVR2 launches on February twenty second, 2023, nevertheless it’s not low-cost: it begins at $549.99 and solely works with a PS5. Sony’s preorders have been initially by invitation solely, however they’ve opened up in latest days to anybody with a PlayStation account, so if you wish to have one to discover Castle Dimitrescu in VR at launch, you may wish to put your order in now, simply in case.