Capcom's eighth installment in the Resident Evil franchise, the aptly titled Resident Evil Village, is still making waves across the video gaming world. With a recent report about one set of fans cosplaying as Lady Dimitrescu and her daughters, it's a game that transcends simple horror. However, that doesn't mean it's a perfect game, and is always in need of updates, as a recent post from official sources shows.
In a post uploaded to Twitter recently, it seems Steam players of Resident Evil Village have gotten a new update that tweaks the title's performance. In the tweet, it's been announced that the game now has FidelityFX Super Resolution, or FSR, support from AMD, which goes towards improving framerates on the PC port. It also says there are some alterations that will optimize the "anti-piracy technology" within the game, which is arguably quite interesting.
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The reason why this last piece of information is interesting is that it could be related to the fix for the PC stuttering issue which looked at circumventing Village's DRM. If anti-piracy measures are being tinkered with by users, it could mean that Capcom would be interested in looking into that. Of course, this is only speculation, but it's interesting that the developers are saying they have looked at optimizing it days after someone managed to get around it.
Pretty much since Resident Evil Village was released, there has been a lot of talk about how it runs, both on PCs and on consoles. In May, there were discussions about how the game loads 600% faster on the PS5 when compared to the Xbox Series X. It clearly shows that people are not just interested in the game in terms of its story and atmosphere, but in this high-tech world, many are also interested in the nuances of how the games will run on each system. This means that this new PC update, which improves the framerate, is good news for PC users.
With DLC for Resident Evil Village being confirmed by Capcom, this is a game that is going to be talked about for some time. It's easily one of the biggest games of the year, so with word that new content is coming out and improvements always being made to the game, some people may even be able to overlook the company paying some attention to the game's anti-piracy features. Either way, it's an important update.
Resident Evil Village is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Stadia, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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