The virtual reality component of Resident Evil 7, Capcom’s first-person horror game, will be exclusive to PlayStation VR headsets for at least 12 months, a recently unearthed promotional image revealed this week.
While Resident Evil 7 will be released across multiple platforms, Sony and Capcom have apparently inked a behind-the-scenes exclusivity deal that prevents Oculus Rift and HTC Vive owners from sampling the game’s virtual reality campaign until 2018 at the earliest.
Announced earlier this year, Resident Evil 7 marks a new direction for Capcom’s long-running survival horror franchise. While recent games in the series have downplayed the horror elements as they shifted focus toward traditional third-person shooter gameplay, Resident Evil 7 is a first-person adventure game in which players must use stealth and a limited supply of scavenged items to survive close-quarters encounters with their deadly pursuers.
In another first for the series, Resident Evil 7 will ship with support for Sony’s PlayStation VR headset, and Capcom notes that the experience is fully playable from beginning to end using virtual reality hardware. PlayStation VR starter bundles hit retail on October 13 alongside a broad selection of launch titles, though Resident Evil 7 will miss the launch-day festivities in favor of an early 2017 release.
Until this week, Capcom had not announced whether the Windows PC version of Resident Evil 7 would support virtual reality headsets like the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive. While the publisher may be planning to add support for additional VR devices in the future, this week’s confirmation of an exclusivity agreement ensures that cross-platform VR compatibility won’t arrive until at least 2018.
Resident Evil 7 follows up on a string of Resident Evil spinoffs and remakes released throughout 2016. Capcom previously published remastered versions of the original Resident Evil and Resident Evil Zero for consoles and PCs, and the third-person shooter spinoff Umbrella Corps launched for the PS4 and PCs in June. In addition to Resident Evil 7, Capcom is currently producing a remake of the landmark series sequel Resident Evil 2 in response to fan requests.
Resident Evil 7 launches for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Windows PCs on January 24, 2017.
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The absolutely absurd idea of putting a touchscreen display on a mouse isn't exactly new. Turtle Beach already did it with its Command Series MC7, which features a 2.25-inch control screen. But apparently, even that wasn't ridiculous enough for Arctic Fox Technologies. Its new Super Mouse looks like someone took the chunky old Atari ST mouse, slapped a touchscreen and scroll wheel on it, and called it an upgrade.
The result is a rather unusual-looking mouse that is now on Kickstarter, starting at $199. And as ridiculous as it looks, some of its features are genuinely intriguing.
Apple is less than a day away from launching its highly anticipated OLED MacBook Pro with a touch-sensitive screen. But it appears that the upgrade is going to cost a pretty penny. According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple is reportedly eyeing a starting price of $2,899 for the 14-inch MacBook Pro, while the 16-inch version could start at $3,399 in the US.
"At $2,899, the 14-inch model would mark the highest starting price for a new MacBook Pro model, surpassing the $2,799 Apple charged for a 17-inch version introduced in 2006," says the report. The report claims that Apple is targeting a minimum price hike of $400 for its upcoming redesigned 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models.