Several days ago, Capcom held a huge showcase event that detailed some of theResident Evilfranchise’s upcoming projects. The biggest announcements revealed at the event mostly revolved aroundResident Evil: Village, such as its release date, characters, and more. However, towards the end of the showcase event, Capcom also revealed another new project calledRe: Verse.
Prior to the event, reports surfaced that Capcom is about to launch a beta test for a new multiplayer game, and it happens to be the beta forRe: Verse.Initially, many thought thatRe: Verseis the multiplayer component forResident Evil: Village, similar toResident Evil: Resistance. AlthoughRe: Versewill be released alongsideResident Evil: Village, it is a standalone multiplayer game covering the widerResident Eviluniverse in celebration of the franchise’s 25th anniversary.
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What is RE: Verse?
According to Capcom,Resident Evil Re: Verseis a versus multiplayer gamethat features four to six-person deathmatch battles. As stated in the upcoming game’s official website,Re: Versewill allow players to participate in 5-minute Deathmatches, where the player who earns the most points wins the round. In typicalResident Evilfashion, players will be able to find weapons and items all around the map to take down even more powerful enemies. One thing that separatesRe: VersefromResident Evil Resistanceis when players are taken out; their body mutates into a powerful bioweapon, which can be used to hun down other players. Additionally, players can pick up several Virus Capsules to transform into even stronger bioweapons, allowing them to take the ultimate revenge against the player who killed them.
Alongside the announcement ofRe: Verseis a trailer that showed several players wandering around the Raccoon City Police Department. Likely, other locations from the widerResident Eviluniverse will also be available in the game. So far, it is confirmed that players will play asone of the four main characters of Resident Evil,which includes Chris Redfield, Jill Valentine, Claire Redfield, and Leon Kennedy. Apart from the heroes, the latest trailer also showed some ofResident Evil’smost iconic foes, such as Nemesis, Tyrant, Hunk, and Jack Baker fromResident Evil 7.
When is RE: Verse’s Release Date?
Given thatRe: Versewill be bundled alongsideResident Evil: Village,players interested in trying out the multiplayer game should expect its release on Jun 16, 2025, for the PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S. Additionally, players would be happy to know thatRe: Versewill be available to allResident Evil: Villageowners at no additional cost, which means that similar toResident Evil 3 Remake, players will be getting two games for the price of one.
It is worth noting for console players that sinceRe: Verseis an online game, players on the PS4 and PS5 would need an activePS Plus subscriptionto access the game, while those on the Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S are required to have an Xbox Live Gold membership to play. At the moment, it is unclear whetherRe: Versewill support crossplay, but it is worth noting thatResident Evil: Resistancedoes not include a crossplay feature, so it is likely thatRe: Versewill be the same.
Resident Evil: VillageandResident Evil Re: Versewill both launch worldwide on Aug 05, 2025, for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
