The Resident Evil Village release date is merely a month away, and that means Capcom is running out of time to release the second demo. While Capcom still has yet to confirm the exact date when the second Resident Evil Village demo will be available, a recent leak suggests that fans may be able to play it sooner rather than later. In fact, it's possible that Resident Evil Village fans will get to play the demo as early as next week.
As spotted by MP1st, a new Resident Evil Village gameplay demo has been uploaded to the PlayStation Store on the backend. According to the information currently available, the demo will have new dashboard music and the file size will be around 10GB. Not only that, but the new Resident Evil Village demo is expected to support PlayStation Remote Play functionality, meaning it will supposedly be playable off-screen on a PlayStation Vita.
This demo information popping up on the PlayStation Store is a pretty good indication that it will be available to the masses soon, but we may be able to pinpoint the exact day. Capcom has announced that April Resident Evil showcase will take place on Thursday, April 15. As some may recall, the Resident Evil Maiden demo released on the same day as the previous Resident Evil showcase, so odds are high that the next demo will launch on the same day as the next showcase. And if not, it's highly likely that the showcase will include a release date for the new demo.
The new Resident Evil Village demo will differ from the PS5 exclusive Maiden demo in a number of ways. The new demo is expected to include gameplay from the final version of the game, whereas the Maiden demo was a completely separate work and designed to be a visual showcase, not to show off Resident Evil Village's gameplay features. Not only that, but the new Resident Evil Village demo is expected to come to multiple platforms, not just PlayStation 5.
Specific platforms have not been confirmed at the time of this writing, but it seems likely that the new Resident Evil Village gameplay demo will be hitting PC, PlayStation, and Xbox platforms at the very least. There's also a Stadia version of Resident Evil Village on the way as well, so it's possible that users of Google's game streaming platform may be able to get in on the demo action as well.
Resident Evil Village launches May 7 for PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.
Source: MP1st