After months of silence, Capcom finally said when Resident Evil 4 Mercenaries is coming to the remake, and it’ll be free when it launches on April 7, 2023, too. Capcom announced the Resident Evil 4 remake DLC in a brief snippet at the end of the horror game’s launch trailer, but didn’t show any footage of the revamped Mercenaries.
Mercenaries was bundled in with the original Resident Evil 4 as an arcade-style mode where you picked a character from the base game and tried defeating as many enemies as possible in a set time. You could play as Leon, Ada, Jack, and even Hunk of Resident Evil 2 fame on maps inspired by the game’s village, castle, and island areas.
Resident Evil Village added its own spin on Mercenaries mode, with more abilities and a wider variety of playable characters, including Chris Redfield with a Resident Evil 5-inspired punch attack and the internet’s favorite vampire, Lady Dimitrescu.
The trailer blurb is Capcom’s only mention of Resident Evil 4 remake’s Mercenaries mode aside from a brief mention in the February State of Play, where the publisher said it would include multiplayer elements. It’s unclear what other changes the team might have in store or if additional playable characters might be included.
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Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF
