The first Demo of Resident Evil Village is on Coming April 24 and there are more
PlayStation users will have early access for two upcoming Resident Evil Village demo levels; and Capcom also released a new Resident Evil Village trailer.
More chances to demo Resident Evil Village are on the way, with the first having ended for North America already.
If you're a PS4 or PS5 owner, you will have access to them earlier than everyone else. You will be able to check out the Castle section of the game on April 24, followed by both the Village and Castle sections one week later. Players of othe systems other than Playstation will have to wait until the latter demo to play. It will just give you a little extra time to practice pronouncing Lady Dimitrescu's name.
Capcom released a new trailer and outlined the demos during its 25th Anniversary Resident Evil Showcase presentation, which gave a bunch of new details about Resident Evil Village and other projects for the franchise. The two demos of Capcom mentioned will be released during the three weeks leading up to Resident Evil Village's launch on May 7, but they'll be available during some very specific windows.
On April 24--one week after the first demo--PlayStation owners get another eight-hour window, this time to play the Castle demo, for another 30-minute look at the game. PlayStation owners can pre-load the demos now so they'll be ready to go when the windows open.
Then, on May 1, both the Village and Castle areas become available on PS4, PS5, Xbox Series S|X, Xbox One, Stadia, and Steam in another, longer window. You will be able to play one hour in total for both the areas, splitting your time between them however you choose. The one-hour demo is available for 24 hours.
Yeah, it's a bit confusing, and the times for each demo's availability vary depending on your region. Here's the complete list of when you can play the demos, depending on where you are and what platform you're using:
How To Access Resident Evil Village Demos
Village Demo -- PS4/PS5 Early Access (30 Minutes Total)
- North America: 5 PM PDT / 8 PM EDT on April 17 to 1 AM PDT / 4 AM EDT on April 18
- Europe: 1700 UTC / 1800 BTC / 1900 CEST on April 18 to 0100 UTC / 0200 BTC / 0300 CEST on April 19
- Asia: 5 PM HKT on April 18 to 1 AM HKT on April 19
Castle Demo -- PS4/PS5 Early Access (30 Minutes Total)
- North America: 5 PM PDT / 8 PM EDT April 24 to 1 AM PDT / 4 AM EDT April 25
- Europe: 1700 UTC / 1800 BTC / 1900 CEST on April 25 to 0100 UTC / 0200 BTC / 0300 CEST on April 26
- Asia: 5 PM HKT on April 25 to 1 AM HKT on April 26
Village And Castle Demo -- All Platforms (60 Minutes Total)
- North America: 5 PM PDT / 8 PM EDT May 1 to 5 PM PDT / 8 PM EDT May 2
- Europe: 0000 UTC / 0100 BST / 0200 CEST on May 2 to 0000 UTC / 0100 BST / 0200 CEST on May 3
- Asia: 8 AM HKT on May 2 to 8 AM HKT on May 3
Resident Evil Village's new Trailer
in this video
The Resident Evil Showcase also gave us alot of other details about what we can expect from Resident Evil Village, including a new trailer, which you can watch above. This new look at the game gives a greater sense of the actual Village and the other characters who live there. Some of them seem to be looking to fight against the seemingly supernatural villains of the game, like extremely tall vampire Lady Dimitrescu and her brother. It also gives a little more of the impression that Ethan might be drawing special attention from the vampire folks at the center of the game--and raises more cryptic questions about Chris Redfield.