Capcom to Pull the Plug on Rubbish Resident Evil Multiplayer Spin-Off | Push Square

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Capcom has had multiple attempts at trying to get a multiplayer version of Resident Evil to stick, but they’ve pretty much all come up short, and Resident Evil Re:Verse is no different.

You may recall this game was included with purchases of Resident Evil Village, although it faced a hearty delay, and didn’t actually deploy until over a year after the single player title it was supposed to be included alongside.

And now, a little over two years after launching, the publisher is pulling the plug. The game, and all of its various DLC, will be removed from digital storefronts on 3rd March, and will officially end service on 29th June. That means you’ll no longer be able to play from the latter date even if it’s installed on your console.

“Resident Evil Re:Verse was developed in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Resident Evil series, and your overwhelming support for the game has far exceeded our expectations since the time of its release,” a rather optimistic statement said.

“Now that we’ve reached a new turning point for the series, we feel that Resident Evil Re:Verse has served its original, celebratory purpose admirably. We are incredibly grateful for your warm support for Resident Evil Re:Verse, and we deeply apologise for bringing you this disappointing news.”

While we never quite got around to reviewing Resident Evil Re:Verse upon release, we tried it out and had a torrid time with it. It attracted some pretty dreadful reviews elsewhere, though, with its user score settling at just 1.0 on Metacritic.

We’re sure Capcom will keep trying to make competitive Resident Evil a thing, but hopefully it cooks up something better than Re:Verse next time.

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