Resident Evil Multiplayer Game Re:Verse Finally Gets Release Date

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In the absence of any E3 shows for 2022, some game developers have been holding their own E3-style live streams to tease some upcoming game releases to fans. The latest developer to host one of these shows is Capcom, and unsurprisingly, Resident Evil content took up a lot of the developer’s presentation. With a story DLC for Resident Evil Village on the way, along with a remake of Resident Evil 4, there was a lot that fans wanted to see. And although gameplay for both was kept tantalizingly brief, Capcom did reveal the release dates for both RE8's DLC and the RE4 remake.

These aren’t the only two Resident Evil titles Capcom has yet to release, however. Resident Evil Re:Verse is the multiplayer PvP game that came bundled with Resident Evil Village and received only ten seconds of screen time during Capcom's Resident Evil Village showcase.

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The brief announcement simply stated that Re:Verse would become available to play on the same date as the DLC for Resident Evil Village, on October 28, 2022. Re:Verse was meant to release alongside Resident Evil Village to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Resident Evil series, but it was delayed for a year after the game’s online beta revealed a lot of issues in matchmaking. A multiplayer shooter mode is a curious direction of the series to go, however, especially since the series has only recently re-established itself as a more focused survival horror franchise with Resident Evil 7.

Re:Verse is a multiplayer PvP game mode for up to six players, with the unique Resident Evil distinction that after a player is killed, they will turn into one of the series' iconic bioweapon enemies for a short duration of time. The game reuses