After staying alive and protecting his sanity in Raccoon City for years, Leon Kennedy is back against bloodthirsty zombies and monsters to rescue the President's daughter. The release of Resident Evil 4 Remake has been highly anticipated, with Capcom having fueled the hype with a demo version earlier this month. Pre-loading for the remake is also available now across all supported platforms.
Resident Evil 4 Remake will be released for Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and PC on Friday, March 24th at 12AM GMT / 12AM ET / 9PM PT (March 23rd). Regardless of your region, multiple store forms are reporting a midnight release time. That means the game will launch at the stroke of midnight local time.
The game weighs in at almost 60GB on PS5 and 30GB on PS4, and it takes up around 67 GB on Xbox consoles. There is also a day one patch for Resident Evil 4 Remake, but its size remains to be seen. For those who want to jump into the game without wasting time, pre-loads are now open on your platform of choice.
When it comes to the price, the standard edition costs $60, while the deluxe edition comes with a $70 price tag for every platform. It features everything in the base version, a bunch of DLC cosmetics, and two extras that increase the drop rate of gunpowder and health recovery from green herb items.
Resident Evil 4 Remake takes place in a European village located in Spain, where Leon Kennedy is on the lookout for the President's kidnapped daughter. As players might expect from a remake, it features modernized gameplay and detailed graphics, In our Resident Evil 4 Remake review, we said: "Resident Evil 4 Remake asks the bold question of whether you can perfect what many already consider perfection. While fairly competent at the basics, Capcom's latest remake has the least creative energy of its series revivals, leaving you wanting for much more."
The Resident Evil franchise has also been adapted into an animated series by Nippon, titled Leon and the Mysterious Village. Capcom has today released the third episode of the series, which sees Leon and Ashley ask an old man for help with escaping the village.