Apple recently announced that the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max will be able to run native versions of Resident Evil Village and Resident Evil 4 in the coming days. Capcom, the gaming studio responsible for the franchise, has announced that Resident Evil Village will be available on the Apple App Store from October 30, 2023.
According to the Resident Evil Village landing page on the Capcom website, the game requires iOS 17 and can only be played on the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Pro Max. It looks like Apple is also making the title available on the iPad Pro 3rd generation or later and the iPad Air 5th generation powered by the M1 chipset.
However, Capcom seems to have dropped support for keyboard and mouse, so your options are limited to touch controls or a compatible physical controller. For those wondering, Resident Evil Village can be downloaded for free but requires an in-app purchase if you want to play the full game. However, there are no details on how much it will cost.
Launched in 2021, Resident Evil Village is a survival horror game that puts you in the shoes of Ethan Winters, where you face “ghastly horrors in the desperate search for his daughter, who has been kidnapped and taken to a sinister village governed by Mother Miranda and her servants.”
Capcom also seems to be bringing a new third-person mode and two DLCs – The Mercenaries: Additional Orders and Shadows of Rose, an expanded story mode set 16 years after the events of Resident Evil Village. The gaming studio says ‘Universal Purchase is supported’, meaning if you buy the game on one device, it can be played for free on other devices as well.
The game was launched on Mac in October last year and requires an M1 or M2-powered Apple device. A listing on the App App Store also reveals that Resident Evil 4 remake is now available for pre-order. Last week, Apple said that despite the iPhone 15 Pro series being able to run native versions of several AAA titles like Assassins Creed Mirage, Resident Evil 4 and Death Stranding, it has no plans to compete with console makers.