Sony straight hosted final night time’s Resident Evil Showcase on its YouTube channel, and it really affected the livestream in additional methods than one. Firstly, the present’s 15-minute countdown timer was branded as if it have been a State of Play occasion from the {hardware} producer itself. The standard blue backgrounds, stress-free music, and PlayStation buttons may very well be seen arranging themselves into all types of shapes to make it appear to be Sony was operating the present as a substitute of Capcom.

One other change passed off in the course of the livestream itself. As an alternative of a trailer that confirmed off Resident Evil Village on Mac, a contemporary take a look at the sport operating on PSVR2 was revealed. Whereas the highlight lacked substantial info on the digital actuality port — as a substitute handled extra like a recap — senior director Kenjo Akiyama highlighted new options like a decision enhance, 3D audio, and a usually “extra intuitive and sensible gaming expertise” thanks to the PSVR2 Sense controllers. You may catch the bonus clip via this hyperlink.

As followers proceed to watch for even a touch of a PlayStation Showcase, it is maybe just a little humorous to see the State of Play branding all of the sudden crop up out of nowhere as Sony tries to make a livestream seem its personal. In fact, the platform holder seemingly has a advertising and marketing deal in place for the Resident Evil franchise, so it is all the time going to strive its greatest to affiliate the survival horror sequence with PS5, PS4 as a lot as doable.

Alongside the PSVR2 mode coming to Resident Evil Village subsequent 12 months, the showcase additionally targeted on subsequent week’s DLC Shadows of Rose and the Resident Evil 4 remake, the latter of which we lately went Arms On with. Take a look at our first impressions via the hyperlink having performed it.