Resident Evil Village DLC has a third person mode and new story

metro.co.uk:

Capcom’s not-E3 showcase has announced Resident Evil Village Gold Edition and it’s out this October, alongside RE:Verse.

To be fair to Capcom, they did say they wouldn’t be announcing any new games during their E3-esque showcase on Monday night, but unfortunately the closest they came to breaking that promise was the first details on the Resident Evil Village DLC.

The DLC was announced in June 2021 but it was never said what it would include, but now we know that ‘Winters’ Expansion’ will comprise three main parts: a new story mode starring Rose, an expansion of The Mercenaries mode, and a third person option for the main game.

The story mode is set 16 years after the main game and follows on from the epilogue, where you control Ethan Winters’ daughter Rose as a teenager. The story will be played entirely in third person, making it look more like the Resident Evil 2 and 3 remakes.

The plot itself involves Rose trying to get rid of her (so far undefined) powers by entering the consciousness of the fungal Megamycete. This seems to involve meeting evil versions of herself and the Duke, as the word itself changes and attacks you.

The Mercenaries Additional Orders will add new stages and three new playable characters: Chris Redfield, Karl Heisenberg, and Lady Dimitrescu (we still refuse to believe her name is pronounced like that).

The DLC will be released on October 28, alongside a Gold Edition of Resident Evil Village that includes the base game and the DLC.

Continually delayed multiplayer game RE:Verse will also be released on the same day, but Capcom seemed actively embarrassed of that fact, as they barely gave it a moment’s mention.

Although the showcase was slickly presented there wasn’t much else in the way of announcements,