Resident Evil 2 News

You can beat Resident Evil 2 without moving

Resident Evil 2 speedruns are incredibly optimized. From the opening seconds of the Capcom horror game to the climactic, wild dash to the finish, a single misjudged line or errant shotgun shell can ruin your world record attempt. But with rumors swirling of an RE Code Veronica remake, and the original RE2 almost 25 years old now, it seems we've discovered the magnetic, spiritual opposite of speedrunning, as one Resident Evil 2 player and streamer manages to finish the entire game without making Leon Kennedy take a single actual step - as opposed to speedrunning, a hypothetical 'slow walking,' as it were.

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Grab almost every Resident Evil game for dirt cheap

Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, and Devil May Cry dominate a massive Capcom Steam sale that offers up to 90% off across the developer's library, and it's too good to pass up. With almost every single Resident Evil game dirt cheap, it's the perfect time to dive into Capcom's iconic horror game series.

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Capcom promises the return of Resident Evil 2 and 3's vanished graphics and audio options

True horror struck Raccoon City last week, as legions of Resident Evil 2 and 3 fans—myself included—who spent far too much money on their graphics cards suddenly found the games' ray tracing tech removed. The sudden and silent withdrawal of RT options seemed to be tied to an April 14 patch to both games, and it wasn't clear if the lighting tech would ever make a return...
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Ray tracing is coming back to the Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 remakes

Ray tracing is coming back to the Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 remakes on PC, according to Capcom. That’s after the graphical option was quietly removed from both games this past week, following a recent update. Fans had been wondering if the move was deliberate or not, but Capcom’s announcement seems to confirm that it was just a mishap. So, zombie slayers should be able to go back to running around in realistically lit corridors full of shadowy corners very soon.

First noted by user pmc64 on Reddit, Capcom has moved ray tracing graphics options from Resident Evils 2 and 3. The next-gen lighting features were added to these games, as well as Resident Evil 7, in a free update last summer that transitioned them to DirectX 12 and also added other graphical features like AMD's FSR...
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