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New Resident Evil 7 Teaser Hints at Returning Character

Who is this mysterious voice?

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Capcom has released a new teaser for Resident Evil 7. The 36-second video shows the game's protagonist answering a ringing phone and being given a warning by a mysterious female voice on the other end.

The video was posted on Twitter by the official Resident Evil account along with a message that reads "That voice ... who could it be?" This accompanying text has sparked speculation among fans that a character from the series' history could be making a return.

While the character that springs to mind immediately is Ada Wong, who has repeatedly shown up in previous games to cause trouble, we think the voice actually sounds more like Resident Evil 5's Sheva Alomar. Watch the video below and let us know who you think it could be.

A second teaser has also been released, showing one of the weapons players will be able to use to fend of the many horrors the game has in store.

On September 16, Capcom released an update for the Resident Evil 7's Beginning Hour demo called the "Twilight" demo. It allows players to explore "more of the mysterious, derelict mansion" featured in it.

Resident Evil 7 is set to release for PS4, Xbox One, and PC on January 24, 2017. A deluxe version of Resident Evil 7 will be available for $89.99 and includes the game and a season pass with three extra story chapters.

GameSpot recently got the opportunity to play the upcoming survival-horror game and found that it continues to break tradition.

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Item box, shotgun, limited inventory space and VR. Better start saving up for a PS4 Pro + PSVR.

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I'm not spending my time speculating on this because I'm not buying the game at launch. I refuse to support this $90 deluxe edition with additional story chapters. So the people that spend $60 don't get the full story? Go screw yourself Capcom

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Jill Valentine I suppose. I'm impressed with how it is looking now

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I played the demo on PSVR. It`s truly horrifying in VR.

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Characters don't matter when the game is an FPS game because we cannot even see them so whats the use? Shove this FPS crap up ur ass CRAPCUM.

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@gokuKOG: they never said the returning character is who you play as. Dumbass

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@gokuKOG: You realize that in a first-person game, you actually can see other characters, don't you?

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Tradition is gone. Devs spend millions on graphical asset development while relegating gameplay coding to interns. At least I hope that's the situation or things are even more dire than I suspect. Whatever. The upper echelon of the industry is catering to investors and executives (please, please, please let this be reality). The days of passionate developers delivering a quality product are gone I fear.

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As much of an enjoyable novelty it might be to see a character or two return, I think they shouldn't do it if they want to do something fresh with the series. It just seems like a bit of a crutch. Be bold, Capcom! You can do it!

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"The People Under The Stairs" movie is Resident Evil 7. Same house with puzzles, same family, hell even Marguerite acts in the movie with the same voice lol.

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Oh man I hate first person everything. It doesn't make it more scary and you're stuck with the totally unrealistic lack of peripheral vision that makes playing games like this way more obnoxious than it needs to be. But yeah, I get it, VR.

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I have a feeling this game will be short and only really good if you use a VR headset. This is the only game I want to play in VR, its the only major title released for VR. And I am not buying a PS4 and a VR headset + move controllers and cameras to play 1 game.

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I don't think it's a returning character at all. How do you get that from the trailer?

As for the itembox, not a fan of the bland menu.

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No characters from past Resident Evil games! That's what makes this installment seem so fresh. If you experience the game through someone who's never experienced RE before, it will seem more scary. Also Ada "surprise"appearances are played out at this point.

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No characters from past Resident Evil games! That's what makes this installment seem so fresh. If you experience the game through someone who's never experienced RE before, it will seem more scary. Also Ada "surprise"appearances are played out at this point.

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Please no chris. That guy ruined RE, makes resident evil 6 like a thrid person shooter.

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@sakaixx: Sooooooooo you never liked RE then, as he was in the first one and can be considered the main character of the franchise.

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I love the way that Capcom is barely showing us anything from the game because they don't want to spoil the whole thing for us before the game is released, something that is sadly rarely ever used the right way in marketing games nowadays.

And everytime I see something new from this game it just leaves me chomping at the bit for more! January can't get here fast enough!

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That voice sounds nothing like Ada or Sheva...

And **** yea for item boxes!!

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the first trailer has a photo with the eyes scribbled out resembles rebecca chambers alot. and the new CG resident evil movie will have leon in it. so i assume that they both are in the game.

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@cjlogix87: Leon's VO already confirmed that he's not in the game, Rebecca on the other hand...

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Not sure who the caller is ... but, more importantly, where does she prefer for me to come instead?

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@LorddG: I think you know ;)

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Nooooooooo. Sheva was the worst part of RE5. Her AI was terrible. She died every 2 seconds and I had to save her. So annoying.

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@stuff238: I probably only played through RE5 2-3 times as it was a so so game... But the AI character probably died two times max. It was not hard at all to keep them alive.

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@stuff238: So was Chris' AI.

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it could be a male character. capcom gonna want to cater to those ppl.

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Considering Capcom change voice actors more than they change their underpants, it could be anyone

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Goddamn, I'm not paying $90 for a game.

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@maltnut: You don't need to buy the 90 dollar version?

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Well, it's not Ada. Ada didn't have an accent. Sheva seems likely. Though in the context of the video I'm kind of wondering what's got her saying what she does.

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@JackNief: I'm sure Sheva isn't the only person on the planet with that accent.

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@SexyJazzCat: Maybe not... but she seems to be the only female character in the series who is still alive who sports some form of an accent, so if it is a returning character, it's likely her. However, for all we know, it could be a wholly different character.

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@JackNief: Like you said, this could be an entirely new character.

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Nope... That's my Mom

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Edited By nintendians

doesn't sound like ada wong, it could be sheva almor, but i guess we'll have to find out later.

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Finally, they might be bringing back characters from the past! Not too happy they aren't using any other characters from past games like Chris, Leon, Rebbecca, Claire, etc. And also dont likr the fact they are going first person, its Resident Evil!

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@idkhow2play: I'm actually really excited for this game and normally I don't really like first person games! From what I've seen this game will be the most RE game since RE0, since they are really trying to bring back the classic RE style back with item boxes, typewriters (supposedly), limited weapons/ammo and healing items.

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If it's Sheva, she'd better be in her leopard print bikini........ ;-)

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I hope its not sheva.... please be Ada

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Yawn...

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