Game bits: Lead Humanity to salvation, Resident Evil 4 remake trailer, and Call of Duty rumors

In a nutshell: Humanity was probably the most attention-grabbing titles showcased throughout Sony’s current State of Play broadcast. In it, you play as a Shiba Inu tasked with main a herd of sheeple into the sunshine. Command your congregation to leap, climb and actually push previous obstacles on the street to salvation via a 90-level, narrative-driven story mode, or let your creativity run wild and design your personal obstacles or eventualities.

The trailer jogs my memory numerous the Crysis barrel physics demo from years in the past and for some motive, Katamari Damacy.

Humanity is due out on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PS VR and PS VR2 in Might.

Sony’s broadcast additionally delivered a brand new take a look at Resident Evil 4, a remake of the unique by the identical title that dropped in 2005.

Regardless of its title, RE 4 was truly the sixth main launch within the franchise following the unique, RE 2, RE 3: Nemesis, Code: Veronica and Zero, a prequel to the very first recreation. RE 4 helped pioneer the “over-the-shoulder” third-person view and is among the many best-selling titles within the franchise with greater than 12.3 million models bought.

Capcom promoter Edvin Edsö said the remake goals to protect the essence of the unique albeit with trendy gameplay and up to date visuals. It will additionally embody The Mercenaries, a well-liked recreation mode within the Resident Evil universe that can arrive as a free post-launch DLC.

The sport is scheduled to launch on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection and Home windows on March 24, 2023. A demo for PlayStation consoles is due out quickly, we’re instructed.

Name of Obligation, in the meantime, is making headlines exterior of Microsoft’s ongoing efforts to accumulate Activision Blizzard. Sources conversant in the matter instructed Bloomberg that this yr’s franchise entry shall be a continuation of the story from Fashionable Warfare 2 as an alternative of a completely new recreation.

The writer reportedly needs the sport to really feel like a full-on, standalone providing that serves as an extension of the 2022 launch, which was a reboot of the 2009 entry by the identical title. May this be the rumored Fashionable Warfare 2.5 that we heard about late final yr? Will this yr’s recreation be extra of an growth or paid DLC than an precise, full-priced entry?