PS5 and PS4 gamers can play Resident Evil Village this weekend

PS5 and PS4 gamers tin play Resident Evil Village this weekend — here's how

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PS4 and PS5 players can dive into Resident Evil Village this weekend as office of an Early on Access limited time demo. Sony console owners get two weekends total before the demo rolls out to Xbox Series X, Xbox Serial S, Xbox One, Google Stadia, and PC.

Capcom announced the details in its Resident Evil Showcase. PlayStation players can enjoy 30 minutes of the Village demo this weekend, from April 17. A Castle demo opens up for another one-half hour of gameplay on Apr 24. In addition to gaming time beingness capped at 30 minutes full per weekend, in that location's a express eight-60 minutes window of time during which yous tin actually access the demo.

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The Village demo goes alive on Saturday, April 17, at 5 p.thousand. PT / eight p.m. ET and ends on April 18 at 1 a.m. PT / 4 a.m. ET. Gamers in Europe tin dive in on Sunday, April eighteen at iv p.one thousand. BST / v p.g. CEST until Monday, April xix at 12 a.1000. BST / 1 a.1000. CEST.

The Castle demo follows next weekend, going live on Sabbatum, April 24 at five p.m. PT / 8 p.grand. ET and closing on Dominicus, April 25 at 1 a.g. PT / four a.yard. ET. The window in Europe opens on April 25 at 4 p.m. BST / 5 p.m. CEST and closes on April 26 at 12 a.m. BST / ane a.chiliad. CEST.

While there's an eight-hour timeframe to get on and play, remember you only really have xxx minutes of in-game fourth dimension to explore for each demo.

Following the early on access weekends, everyone can dive into the demo in May. Again, gameplay is capped — this fourth dimension at 60 minutes. Gamers will be able explore both the Village and Castle areas, merely how yous separate your time between them is upward to you. Every bit the website points out, you can hit 'continue' any number of times, as long as it's inside the allocated 60 minutes.

This demo is available for a 24-hour window on all platforms the game is fix to release on. It kicks off on Sat, May 1 at 5 p.one thousand. PT / 8 p.thou. ET in North America, and Dominicus, May 2 at 1 a.m. BST / 2 a.m. CEST in Europe.

It'southward all a bit convoluted, merely in brusque, there's an eight-hr window for PS4 and PS5 players to try out xxx minutes in the Village this weekend, and thirty minutes in the Castle side by side weekend. At the start of next calendar month, anybody tin bring together in exploring either the Village, Castle, or both, for just lx minutes during a 24-hr window.

Resident Evil Village releases May 7 on PS5, PS4, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S,and Google Stadia.

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