Looking to get the most unsettling and frightening experience possible when you play Resident Evil Requiem later this month? If so, Capcom and Panasonic have teamed up to make a device you won't want to miss.
It's a themed neck speaker for Resident Evil 9, and it's a gadget that fits around your neck and delivers surround audio so that you feel closer and more immersed in the gameplay. It has a mostly red body to it, blue LED lighting, and Requiem branding too, and specifically it's the Sound Slayer SC-GNW10S-BH model that is being used as part of this collaboration.
What is unclear is whether the device will get a global launch, as so far there only seems to be a Japanese website for it. On such page, after translation, we can find the following description.
"The infection begins the moment you start it up. This Panasonic Store Plus model is a collaboration with "Resident Evil Requiem." It features a bloody red body, a special startup sound with a motif melody, an app UI that reflects the world of "Resident Evil Requiem," and special packaging featuring the main character, Grace Ashcroft. A sound rising from your neck will lure you into the "infected zone."
The price is set at 35,200 yen, so around £165/€190, and the gadget intends to launch on February 26 with sales continuing all the way until February 2027.