Resident Evil 4 (2005) News

Resident Evil 4 remade as a fixed-camera, classic survival horror game

Resident Evil 4 Remake is a terrific example of how to reinvent a classic game without sacrificing what initially made it great. The guns are louder, the combat is tougher, and the visuals are superb, but the fundamentals of the first RE4 remain. Now, Capcom's superlative action horror has been remade again, only this time with a slightly different set of ambitions. Imagining an alternate dimension where Resident Evil 4 was released around 1998, this is the landmark, Leon Kennedy over-the-shoulder shooter but with fixed cameras, 2D backgrounds, and wonderful polygonal graphics, and you can check out the whole thing right now.

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Baldur's Gate 3 gets GOTY nomination, but there's a big game missing

Baldur's Gate 3 is undoubtedly this year's best game in my opinion, and possibly even this decade's greatest, too. With The Game Awards 2023 nearing, the event just announced its nominees for this year's GOTY award. Unsurprisingly, Larian Studios' behemoth RPG is among those nominated, as are other banger games like Alan Wake 2. What is surprising though, is that Bethesda's interstellar entry, Starfield, didn't make the cut for Game of the Year.

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Capcom is working on a next-generation RE Engine successor

Capcom has revealed that it is working on a successor to RE Engine. While details are currently fairly light, we do know that it has been codenamed REX Engine, standing for RE neXt Engine, apparently. This was all revealed during a presentation at the ongoing RE: 2023 conference, hosted by programmer Tomofumi Ishida.

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Resident Evil 4, DMC, and Monster Hunter lead huge Capcom Steam sale

With Resident Evil 4 Remake, Capcom yet again reminds us why it's one of the most revered publishers at the moment. A masterful ground-up reimagining of one of the most beloved games of all time that manages to at once remain faithful to the original and feel completely new, it's every bit a 'remake done right' - and it's yours at a big discount right now, joining the likes of Devil May Cry 5, Monster Hunter Rise, Ghost Trick, and much more in a huge Capcom sale.

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I can't go back to Resident Evil 4 Remake after Separate Ways

The Resident Evil 4 Remake Separate Ways DLC is a satisfying cherry placed atop the immaculately baked survival horror cake that is RE4 Remake. Yet, while I came away pleasingly full from my time with Ada Wong's supplemental campaign, I fear it may have completely tarnished the base game experience for me.

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