Skip to main content
  1. Home
  2. Gaming
  3. News

'Resident Evil 7' is now out, and its first DLC isn't far behind

Add as a preferred source on Google

Resident Evil 7: Biohazard is out Tuesday, January 24 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC, giving survival-horror fans what they’ve been wanting for more than a decade, and Capcom is wasting no time supporting the game with post-release content. Next week, the game’s first DLC releases, and it’s available first to PlayStation 4.

Available on January 31 for $10, the Banned Footage Vol. 1 pack adds two new pieces of “banned footage” for players to experience. The first of these, “Bedroom,” appears to be the Resident Evil 7 take on the escape room craze, and tasks you with breaking out of a bedroom without the terrifying Marguerite Baker knowing.

Recommended Videos

The second piece of content is something of a “horde” mode, dubbed “Nightmare,” and has you fighting against waves of enemies through the night.

A third mode, “Ethan Must Die,” is also included in the pack, and is completely separate from both the main story as well as the other tapes. Unlike the rest of Resident Evil 7, it doesn’t support PlayStation VR.

On February 14, PlayStation 4 players can purchase the second DLC pack, Banned Footage Vol. 2, for $15. Like the first pack, it includes two pieces of additional content — “21” and “Daughters” — which both focus on the Baker family. A “comical” bonus mode, “Jack’s 55th Birthday,” has you feeding the title character as much food as possible within the time limit, and doesn’t support VR. Perhaps that’s for the best.

Banned Footage Vol. 1 will release significantly later on other platforms. It comes to Xbox One and PC on February 21, as will Banned Footage Vol. 2. Capcom promises information on additional DLC packs in the future.

Resident Evil 7 looks like the return to form that the series so desperately needed. In our review, we said the game “updates a classic formula in a way that works beautifully throughout.”

Gabe Gurwin
Gabe Gurwin has been playing games since 1997, beginning with the N64 and the Super Nintendo. He began his journalism career…
GameSir Pocket Taco review: I’m smitten and irked by the retro charm of this controller
Front view of GameSir Pocket Taco game controller on a phone.

See at Amazon

Quick recap

Read more
Valve isn’t letting the RAM crisis derail Steam Deck 2, but the price could be a different story
Valve still wants a proper generational leap. The bigger question is how much that leap will cost.
Steam Deck OLED

Valve isn't letting the ongoing memory crisis derail its plans for the Steam Deck 2. Speaking to IGN, Valve developers Pierre-Loup Griffais and Jeff Leinbaugh said the company's goals for its next-generation handheld remain unchanged, despite the soaring cost and availability of RAM.

Valve still wants a proper Steam Deck 2, not a slightly faster one

Read more
Valve’s Steam Frame is finally here, bringing wireless VR and Steam gaming in one headset
Two storage options, wireless PC streaming and a reservation lottery.
Valve Steam Frame Featured

Valve's long-awaited Steam Frame is finally here, giving PC gamers a new way to jump into VR without being permanently attached to a gaming rig. The wireless headset can run supported games locally through its Snapdragon 8 Gen 3-based hardware and SteamOS, while also streaming more demanding VR and flat-screen games from a PC.

Steam Frame is basically a wireless Steam machine for your face

Read more