Capcom has announced that Resident Evil: Revelations will initially launch in early 2015 as a series of downloadable episodes, with a new chapter to be made available for the game each week. In total there will be four episodes, and you will have a ‘Complete Season’ option. enabling you to download the chapters as they launch each week.

After the release of the final episode, Resident Evil: Revelations 2 will be available on disc at retail, with additional game content. The same additional content will be available with the Complete Season download, but there are no details about what this content has to offer.

Resident Evil: Revelations 2 tells the story of Claire Redfield as she makes a return to the horrors that haunt her past. Clairenow finds herself working anti-bioterrorism organisation, Terra Save with new recruit Moira Burton, who also happens to be Barry Burton’s daughter. It’s at Moira’s Terra Save welcome party that it all kicks off as unknown armed forces storm the office. Claire and Moira must work together to find the truth, when they’re knocked unconscious and wake up on a remote island.

• Weekly Episodic download 4 individual episodes – $5.99 per episode
• Complete Season All 4 individual episodes plus additional game content – $24.99
• Full Retail disc version All 4 individual episodes plus additional game content* – $39.99

Resident Evil: Revelations 2 is set to launch in early 2015, alongside the Resident Evil remaster.

Source: IGN