RUMOR: Resident Evil 2 1-Shot Demo Dropping Exclusively to Xbox One This Week

The highly anticipated Resident Evil 2 remake is set to hit store shelves in a mere 18 days, and fans are looking to get their hands on the game in anyway possible. With its high availability of the game’s demo being found at media and press events after its initial E3 2018 announcement, fans have been hoping to get a chance to check out the game before launch. It now looks like they may have their chance, but only for a specific install base.

As reported by the UK’s Daily Star, the demo for the 1998 remake is set to go live on January 11th exclusively on the Xbox One. The 1-Shot Demo is set to give players the opportunity to experience the game for one 30 minute session. Players can die as much as they want, but are locked to a 30 minute time frame, in which the player will be locked out of the experience afterwards. The demo’s description reads as follows:

“This specially tuned demo allows you to experience the newly reimagined Resident Evil 2, but be warned: whilst you can continue as many times as you like after dying, you’ll only have 30 MINUTES to complete the demo.

Take in the horror atmosphere at your own pace, or make a desperate dash to solve all the puzzles Raccoon Police Department has to offer? The choice is yours! Originally released in 1998, Resident Evil 2, one of the most iconic games of all time, returns completely reimagined for next-gen consoles.

Play individual campaigns for both Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield using an all-new 3rd person view.

Explore the zombie-infested areas of Raccoon City, now stunningly re-built using Capcom’s proprietary RE Engine.

New puzzles, storylines and areas Note: This demo is available until 1/31/2019. You must be signed in and have an active internet connection to play.”

The Xbox One exclusivity comes off as a bit surprising though. While given the recent Xbox One exclusivity of Devil May Cry 5‘s demo, Resident Evil 2 was revealed at Sony’s E2 2018 press conference, inferring the marketing rights lie with Sony.

Resident Evil 2 is set to launch on January 25th, 2018 on PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

UPDATE (1/8/2019 11:30AM): While the demo has been confirmed to be releasing on January 11th, 2018, it will be available on Xbox One, PS4 and PC. We incorrectly reported a rumor that the demo would be a times exclusive for the Xbox One above.

 

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RUMOR: Release Window for Death Stranding, Ghosts of Tsushima to be Revealed at Game Awards 2018

With the fifth annual Game Awards 2018 show right around the corner, the rumor mill is naturally starting to heat up. With its inclusion of large scale announcements and reveals, Geoff Keighley’s celebration of all aspects of gaming has become somewhat of a breeding ground for rumors to spread over the past few years. Keighley, who has a personal relationship with long revered game director/developer Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear Solid, Zone of the Enders), has shown multiple previews for the director’s upcoming “action” game, Death Stranding (no knock on the game, I just honestly don’t know how else to truly describe it in terms of genre); and now it looks like he might be shedding some big information on the game again this year.

In a report first acknowledged by Brazilian site Combo Infinito, the site is reporting that both PlayStation platform exclusives Death Stranding and Ghosts of Tsushima will show new game play footage, and will conclude with release windows for both. The email, which can be seen below in its original state, also mentions that the long in development exclusive Dreams will be given a solidified release date as well. The translation of the original email is as follows:

Opening windows for Death Stranding and Ghosts of Tsushima will be unveiled during this year’s edition of The Game Awards next month. Official release date of Dreams will also be announced.

Death Stranding, which was first shown at E3 2016, is the first game to be released under Kojima Productions since the studio and publisher Konami ended its affiliation and became independent. Since then, the game has mostly been shrouded in mystery, in both its plot and release window, with rumors even circulating saying it could possible be a cross generation game, launching with the inevitable PlayStation 5 in 2020. Sucker Punch’s Ghosts of Tsushima also is mentioned in the previously state rumors, which could align with the narrative of this email supposedly from Sony Brazil.

As usual, please keep in mind these are rumors, and until confirmation from official sources with the companies, they should remain categorized as so. The Game Awards 2018 are set to air live on December 6th, 2018.

 

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RUMOR: PlayStation 5 Details Leak, Mid-2019 Reveal, 2020 Release

On the heels of Sony and PlayStation’s announce regarding their absence at E3 2019, we may now have the possible reasoning behind that decision, and oh boy, is it a megaton bomb.

In a recent Reddit post on r/PS4 subreddit posted yesterday, user u/RuthenicCookie correctly predicted the announcement by Sony to miss the upcoming expo, and he seems to have quite a bit of more information surrounding the announcement and its focus is on one thing: Sony’s fifth generation home console, the PlayStation 5.

While in the thread revolving around the correctly predicted announcement, another user asked u/RuthenicCookie if there is anything else he knows, in which he responded (warning: graphic metaphor is used):

PS experience returning, Most devs already have dev kits for ps5 ( Spoiler: It’s a monster), Sony prepping hard for ps5 and one of the reason for no e3 next year because they blew all their load this year and got nothing new to show next year (They want to show new stuff at psx)

When asked by another user if he/she should expect actual PlayStation 5 “stuff” at PSX 2019, and if the event will be a reveal event for the system, u/RuthenicCookie responded:

Small reveal mid 2019, Big one at psx, Plans might change though

When asked to confirm the mid-2019 soft reveal by the same user, u/RuthenicCookie responded:

Remember the very first ps4 reveal ? Something like that but hey then again Plans might change

When giving a rebuttal by another user insinuating that if the company reveals anything regarding the PlayStation 5 around mid-2019, it could possibly kill their PS4 sales, u/RuthenicCookie responded:

They are almost at 100 million, It already ascendant immortality in Sony’s eyes

When asked to elaborate on the definition of monster when describing the PlayStation 5, u/RuthenicCookie replied:

4K/60 stable and at the same time kinda monster

When to touch on information pertaining to launch titles to the system, u/RuthenicCookie responded:

Tlou 2, Death Stranding, That samurai game and off course the main event

KNACK III BABY jk

While acknowledging the joke of another Knack installment, u/RuthenicCookie responded to a comment asking if the other titles would be cross-generation title by saying:

Can’t say for sure about Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding is still in polishing stage, Sony doesn’t want to make them ps5 exclusives because they advertised them as ps4 games the first times but then again all 3 games has no official release (Publicly) thus no preorder soo the plans might change

One user delved into speculation regarding specs for the system, thinking it could be on the performance visually of a GTX 1080/1080 TI with ray-tracing feature, along with 11.5 teraflops of power, 16GBs of GDDR6 RAM, and UHD Blu-Ray support, to name a few. He/she also hypothesized the price being at the $399 price point. u/RuthenicCookie responded by stating:

Only thing i can tell right now for specs is Ryzen 8 core, Price is 500$

PS VR 2 on the other hand will have no breaker box this time around it’ll be inside the console

Another user asked for u/RuthenicCookie to touch on exclusives and their release timeframe, in which he responded saying:

Mostly on both but obviously going to be made for the PS5, Most developers already has the dev kit for ps5 and from what I’ve heard EA is testing Anthem on it

Edit : Anthem is a mess on This gen Consoles, Going to get delayed again

When asked to elaborate on the release schedule to multiple users, u/RuthenicCookie responded in the following ways:

March 2020 or November 2020

1.5-2 years from now, It’s coming out in 2020. They want March 2020 but might get pushed to November 2020

You still with me? While this should all be taken with the biggest grain of salt possible, the accuracy that the original poster had with the E3 announcement does lend him some credence, due to how specific of an announcement it is.

In sticking with the Reddit vibe of this rumor, let’s wrap this up with the “tl;dr” (too long; didn’t read) version of this massive rumor:

• PlayStation Experience is returning in 2019, it will be used as a massive blowout for the PlayStation 5, with the system getting a “soft” reveal in mid-2019 (similar to how the PS4 was first announced). The leaker does stress that like everything in the gaming industry, plans could always change.
• Release is looking at being 1.5-2 years from now, putting the system at a March 2020 or November 2020 release. While the leaker says the company would like to hit the March 2020 date for release, they will push to November 2020 to be ready for the holiday season.
• The system runs 4K/60 FPS consistent, at the same time.
• While he can’t for sure confirm that Ghost of Tsushima will be a cross-generational game, Death Stranding (which is in the polishing phase) and the Last of Us Part 2 will be. The company doesn’t want to make them PlayStation 5 exclusives due to their previous advertisement for the PlayStation 4, but all are being built for the PlayStation 5 (similar to the way the Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was handle on Wii U and Switch).
• The leaker mentioned that EA is testing Anthem on it currently, and that the game is currently a “mess” on current generation console, and as a result will be delayed again.
• The only thing the leaker can confirm in terms of the hardware specs is that it is using a Ryzen 8 Core CPU.
• The price is currently set at $500.
• PlayStation VR 2 is mentioned as well. It won’t have a separate processing box, with all computing power being handled internally on the PlayStation 5.

Remember: these are by no means set in stone and should be taken at face value as RUMORS; but given the leakers current trend of very specific accuracy, this could potentially be big news down the road.

 

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