PlayStation Promotes Strange Resident Evil Rip-off Named ‘Ebola Village’

In a new trailer uploaded to the official PlayStation YouTube channel, gamers get a first-hand glimpse at ‘Ebola Village’, an upcoming first-person horror shooter coming January 23rd to PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4. The title is the first bizarre note, and it only gets worse from there.

Fans were quick to point out the gen-AI cover for the video, the stark similarities to Resident Evil (right down to the game’s title font), and the low-quality make-up of the gameplay, which looks years out of date.

It’s worth stressing that Ebola Village came out on PC several months ago. What’s even more perplexing is that this is the latest in a line of similar titles, none of which have ever managed to gain any traction.

The comments under the recent trailer upload for Ebola Village are immensely negative and accurately representative of the confusion PlayStation fans have about this game.

One wrote, ‘We got Resident Evil at home,’ playing on a classic meme, while another declared, ‘Official PlayStation account advertising a genuine ripoff shovelware game might be a new low.’

Here’s the full trailer, in case you want to see the content for yourself:

The trailer showcases a few sequences that closely mirror content seen across the Resident Evil franchise in the last two decades or so. For instance, the player character being chased by a deranged villager wielding a chainsaw, which is instantly reminiscent of 2004’s Resident Evil 4.

Everything from the animations to the visuals screams ‘low budget’, and while that’s not normally a problem (we love indie games here), the subject matter of Ebola Village is much more than just ‘inspired’ by games like Resident Evil. In the comments under the video, gamers were quick to parody the title:

• ‘What’s next, COVID City?’
• ‘Tuberculosis Town next’
• ‘From the makers of Coronaland and SARSville comes a terrifying new chapter’

Ebola Village will be released digitally on PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 on January 23, and perhaps it’ll be worth playing to see how it shapes up after all. On Steam, the game somehow managed to scrape a ‘Very Positive’ rating from 319 reviews, at the time of writing.

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