Capcom has a big year ahead of it, as Monster Hunter Rise is out in a few days and will then be followed shortly by Tall Vampire Lady Fan Art Generator 3000 aka Resident Evil Village. Anticipation is building up for the latest entry in Capcom’s undead series, and in a world where video games are the best escape from all too real horrors, it’ll probably sell gangbusters as well.

Resident Evil Village is more than just a reason to publically declare my fetish for incredibly tall vampire ladies and find out that I’m not alone in my kink. At it’s core, it’s still a survival-horror game featuring all manner of danger skulking in the background and obstacles that can only be solved by figuring out devious puzzles. And it's going to be a big one at that.

People who are old enough to remember being back in a whiz on Telly Fun Quiz, will be delighted to know that Battletoads returns on August 20, while the indie side of the Xbox Game Pass equation throws Hypnospace Outlaw and Crossing Souls directly at your face. Here’s the full list, of what’s coming and when.

2018 started with a bang thanks to Monster Hunter World, a new Mega Man was announced and E3’s best announcement this year was the return of Nero and Dante in Devil May Cry 5. There’s a common thread in Capcom’s upcoming releases, one that when pulled reveals a newfound focus on emphasising the core strengths of Capcom’s franchises and pursuing those genres with a single-minded determination.

Resident Evil is coming to the Switch, but it’ll only take 45Mb of the Switch’s storage space. It’ll also only cost $20. That’s because it’ll be streaming off the cloud, a little like how PlayStation Now works. Or, as in South Africa, doesn’t work.

Resident Evil feels like an epilogue set dressed by the belongings of the very same people trying to kill us. This effect is better in Resident Evil 7, which features a homestead that feels very much inhabited, a place where almost every room – from the kitchen to the garage to the bedrooms – feels like a place interrupted in the process of merely living. A snapshot of the lives of your enemies before they were so, a home video on ‘Pause’.

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