Month: January 2021

A Humble Bundle store page listing has revealed that Resident Evil Village will feature a mode called Re:Verse. Further details about what bonuses will feature in the game’s deluxe edition have also been revealed ahead of today’s Resident Evil Showcase stream.

Twitter user Edward_Outcast first spotted the leak, posting it to Twitter. The copy they’ve screen-capped is sourced from the Humble Bundle store page for Resident Evil Village, which is still live as of writing. The description mentions that both versions of the game will include a new mode called Re:Verse. It’s not clear yet whether this is a multiplayer mode or something else, but the copy surrounding it mentions “end of service” and its availability suggests as such.

“Details of the operational period for Resident Evil Re:Verse, including commencement of availability and any potential announcements relating to the end of service, can be found on the official website,” the copy reads. “Please note that, depending on the timing of your purchase of Resident Evil Village, Resident Evil Re:Verse may already no longer be available, and/or the title may become available through other means in the future.”

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The description also links to a website for Re:Verse, which isn’t live just yet. The store page also lists the items contained in the Deluxe Edition of the game. Players who purchase the Deluxe Edition will pick up the ‘Trauma Pack’ which contains “the “Samurai Edge” weapon, the “Mr. Everywhere” accessory, a screen filter and special safe room background music.”

There is also a pack of bonus items available to players who pre-order any edition of the game. This includes a Mr. Racoon Weapon Charm, a Survival Resources Pack and a Resident Evil Village Mini Soundtrack.

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We’ve also got a short blurb describing the premise of the game “Set a few years after the horrifying events in the critically acclaimed Resident Evil 7 biohazard, the all-new storyline begins with Ethan Winters and his wife Mia living peacefully in a new location, free from their past nightmares,” it reads. “Just as they are building their new life together, tragedy befalls them once again.”

The Resident Evil Showcase was announced last week and is set to take place today at 2pm Pacific / 5pm Eastern / 10pm UK (that’s 9am AEDT on January 22). Check out our article for all the details on how you can tune in.

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A new Resident Evil project called Resident Evil Re:Verse has seemingly leaked ahead of its presumed official announcement during the Resident Evil Showcase later today.

The Humble Store leaked the name. All we know so far is that whatever Resident Evil Re:Verse is, it’s included with Resident Evil Village. People online are speculating that Re:Verse is the name of the new Resident Evil multiplayer game or mode that we heard about for the first time recently.

The Humble Store page includes a link to a Resident Evil Re:Verse website, but the page is not available just yet. It appears the link went live too early.

Whatever Capcom has in store, it seems we’ll learn more during the Resident Evil Showcase, which begins on January 21 at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET. Capcom is promising more news about Resident Evil Village along with further updates on the wider Resident Evil series.

You can watch the event here on GameSpot, and we’ll report back with all the big news as it happens. Capcom already announced that a closed beta for the Resident Evil multiplayer game will take place starting on January 28–here’s how to sign up.

The website mentions that this new Resident Evil game supports 4-6 players, but that’s all the information that’s available at this stage. Capcom has tried Resident Evil multiplayer before, most recently with Resident Evil Resistance.

Resident Evil Village, meanwhile, is slated for release in 2021 on PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC.

In other news about Capcom, the publisher has raised its financial guidance for the fiscal year due to strong sales of Resident Evil 3 and Monster Hunter World, among other factors. In addition, Capcom has been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars by the EU over an issue with PC games.

Japanese gaming publisher Capcom has announced that it expects to make even more money than anticipated for its latest financial year due to the big success of a few key titles.

In a news release, Capcom said it is increasing its forecast for revenue and profit for the financial year ending March 31 due in part to big sales of Resident Evil 3 and ongoing sales of catalog titles like Monster Hunter World.

Capcom said its efforts to grow digital game sales have paid off, and that is also part of the reason why the company is increasing its revenue and profit forecast. On top of that, Capcom said preorders for Monster Hunter Rise for Nintendo Switch are “off to a promising start.” All of these factors, in addition to a presumed boost due to COVID-19, is why Capcom is raising its performance estimates for the financial period.

As you can see in the chart below, Capcom now plans to bring in 92 billion yen for the year in revenue and 21 billion in profit, which compares to the previous forecast of 85 billion yen in revenue and 18 billion yen in profit.

Capcom will officially announce its earnings results for the period on January 28, so check back with GameSpot then to find out if the company reached its increased targets.

In other Capcom news, the publisher is holding a special Resident Evil showcase event on January 21 starting at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET. One of the surprises has seemingly been revealed early, as the Resident Evil multiplayer game Resident Evil Re:Verse has leaked online.

Avalanche Studios, the developer of the Just Cause series, was once at work on game that took place in an alternate-history version of the 1950s. A game writer who worked on the project recently revealed the scuttled game, along with what ultimately happened to it.

In an interview with the YouTube channel Wassup Conversations, writer Mikael Saker recalled when Avalanche had to make severe studio cuts to both personnel and projects, including the alternate-history game.

“The publisher cancelled all their games except one, and it was a big publisher,” Saker said. “But had been working on this awesome open-world game set in an alternative reality version of 1950s. It was insane! We had this huge version of London that looked spectacular. We didn’t have skyscrapers, but we had, like inverted heights, so the city grew downwards, to the ground. You could fly ziplines, airships, planes and jump down to these really, really deep holes in the middle of the city. So it was visually, and world-building wise spectacular and it had some really great gameplay ideas.”

Saker went on to say the game was still roughly two years from completion, so it had to be one of the games on the chopping block during the cuts. He didn’t give a specific timeframe for when this project was in the works.

Avalanche is mostly known for the Just Cause series, and released Just Cause 4 in 2018. It also developed a Mad Max licensed game in 2015. More recently it worked with Bethesda Softworks on Rage 2.

The second mission in Hitman 3 sends you to a huge English mansion that’s straight out of an Agatha Christie novel. That’s not an exaggeration; the enormous estate is also the setting of a murder mystery that’s playing out at the same time as your assassination mission to eliminate Alexa Carlisle.

There are many paths through the mansion to complete your objective and eliminate Alexa Carlisle. You can even find a way to solve the murder mystery in the mansion and use your findings to manipulate the situation. To do that, though, you’ll need to uncover some of the mansion’s secrets, including a series of hidden rooms that can allow you to get into and out of certain specific areas unseen.

Finding your way into those hidden rooms is essential to mastering Dartmoor and to completing the murder mystery. But some hidden rooms are easier to find than others. Here’s a quick rundown of how to get into all the hidden rooms in Dartmoor and what tools you’ll need to access them.

We’ve got lots more Hitman 3 coverage to help you through every aspect of the game–just check out our Hitman 3 guide hub for a full rundown. You might also want to read our Hitman 3 review.

Hitman 3 Dartmoor Secret Room Locations

Secret Books And Switches Behind Paintings

Most of the secret rooms are fairly obvious if you make use of Agent 47’s Instinct vision. You can note their locations on your map and track them down by interacting with objects that are highlighted in yellow, like books or paintings. You’ll find a hidden room in Zachary’s bedroom that you can access with a book on his shelf, and another in Rebecca’s bedroom that opens when you turn a painting. There’s also a switch to return to the secret room off Rebecca’s room from the lawyer’s small room–look for the switch on the bookcase.

How To Use Mysterious Switches

In certain locations in Dartmoor, you’ll find small interactive objects set into the floor of the mansion. You’ll see these in Instinct vision, but you won’t be able to interact with them unless you have the right tool.

That tool is the English bulldog walking cane. The cane has no other real use (except smacking people in the head to pacify them), but if you take it to the floor switches, it can open up hidden doors to access secret rooms.

You’ll find the cane in the bedroom of Emma and Gregory Carlisle. Be careful using it, though–if you drop it or pick it up in the view of other characters, they’ll become suspicious. Holding it is okay, though, for some reason. You can find the switches on the second floor of the library, and on the third floor, in the hallway outside of Alexa Carlisle’s Office. You can also access the small office from the hallway using a switch.

We’ve got lots more information to help you find everything in Dartmoor and solve its murder mystery. Read our complete Dartmoor mission walkthrough, and check out our rundowns of how to complete every Dartmoor assassination, where to find every murder mystery clue, and how to get (and use) every murder mystery solution.

A fan-created LEGO set featuring characters from the Metroid franchise received another milestone update today as Ridley has now been added to the project. It features fully articulating arms, legs, a tail, and head, and can even grab minifigures in its hands.

First featured in 1994’s Super Metroid, Ridley has been one of bounty hunter Samus Aran’s longtime arch nemeses throughout the series, appearing in many subsequent games and even becoming a playable character in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate after being one of the most-requested characters for years. But this LEGO creation might be one of Ridley’s coolest iterations yet.

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The project by user L-DI-EGO actually began in May 2020, but has received a steady stream of updates as more supporters have backed the project, including multiple helmet styles for Samus, space pirate variants, and an alternate Hunter-class gunship variant seen in the Metroid Prime series.

LEGO Ideas is a website where master builders can submit their ideas and if 10,000 people support the project it will be reviewed by a panel of LEGO experts and potentially be made into a real set. At any given time there can be hundreds of pop culture-inspired submissions that fans have created.

One of the more popular LEGO Ideas to gain traction recently and become an official set was the Friends-themed Central Perk set that was released in 2019 to celebrate Friends’ 25th anniversary.

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Merely gaining 10,000 followers doesn’t guarantee an official set will be produced, however. A LEGO Ideas creation featuring a small diorama from Untitled Goose Game achieved the needed backers, but was ultimately passed on by The LEGO Company after review.

Nintendo surprised many when it announced a Super Mario-themed LEGO crossover series of interactive playsets last year. A new batch of LEGO Super Mario expansion sets were announced recently that are expected to launch this year and will include Chain Chomps, Wigglers, a Tanooki suit, and more.

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Many longtime Nintendo fans were delighted to receive an official LEGO playset featuring an NES complete with controller and Super Mario Bros. cartridge along with a “playable” retro-style TV that released last year, as well.

If you want to support this Metroid-themed LEGO set in the hopes that it may one day become a reality make sure to head over to the LEGO Ideas page and show it some love.

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