You may be able to play the Resident Evil Village demo early with this sneaky trick

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The demo unlock time is connected to the store you downloaded it from, not where you live

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The first of two upcoming Resident Evil Village PS5-exclusive demos is set to drop later today, but you may be able to access it a little early thanks to this sneaky trick. While this Resident Evil Village demo walkthrough will help you see all there is. 

As spotted by GamesRadar+'s own Leon Hurley, it appears that the Resident Evil Village demo unlock time is not tied to where you are in the world, but is instead connected to the store you download it from. 

Although the demo is scheduled to go live in the US at 5pm PT / 8pm ET on April 17, UK players have to wait until 6pm BST on April 18 – which is a sizeable wait, let's face it.

Resident Evil Village launches on May 7 for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, and Xbox Series X. The Resident Evil Re:Verse multiplayer project recently entered open beta for PS4 players, bringing characters from all over the series together to face off. 

Resident Evil Village is set to launch soon, but if you can’t wait to get your spooky on, here's our pick of the best horror games to tide you over until then.

Vikki Blake
Vikki Blake
Weekend Reporter, GamesRadar+

Vikki Blake is GamesRadar+'s Weekend Reporter. Vikki works tirelessly to ensure that you have something to read on the days of the week beginning with 'S', and can also be found contributing to outlets including the BBC, Eurogamer, and GameIndustry.biz. Vikki also runs a weekly games column at NME, and can be frequently found talking about Destiny 2 and Silent Hill on Twitter.