Dino Crisis is being used to advertise PlayStation Plus Premium, confirming its addition to the retro games catalogue.
While the West still has to wait a while longer, select Asian countries can now enjoy the benefits of Sony’s revamped PlayStation Plus service.
As a result, subscribers have been sharing new info that Sony never mentioned, including the full list of retro games that come with the new Premium tier.
Sony has yet to confirm any future additions to the service, but fans appear to have discovered one of them: Dino Crisis.
As shared online, the PlayStation digital storefront is using Dino Crisis as the banner image to advertise the Premium tier’s retro games catalogue. Specifically, a picture of protagonist Regina.
Since the game isn’t currently available on the service, it’s safe to assume that Sony plans on adding it very soon. Perhaps once the service is more widely available.
For anyone unfamiliar with the game, Dino Crisis is a survival horror from Capcom, that was originally released on PlayStation 1 in 1999. Think old school Resident Evil but instead of zombies you’re running from dinosaurs.
The series hasn’t seen a new entry since 2003’s Dino Crisis 3, but the first two PlayStation 1 games are still fondly remembered by fans.
Don’t expect Dino Crisis 3 to come to the service, though. While it was planned for the PlayStation 2, that version was cancelled and it became an Xbox exclusive.
There was speculation of a Dino Crisis remake a few years ago, but nothing came of it and rumours suggest it was cancelled before ever being announced.
Instead, all fans have had to latch onto is some new trademarks and a promise by Capcom to ‘awaken dormant intellectual properties,’ as well as rumours that such a remake was in the works but was cancelled.
Capcom is clearly aware of the fan demand for Dino Crisis to make a return. After all, it’s working on a new dinosaur themed game titled Exoprimal.
It will trade survival horror for multiplayer action, but it looks enjoyably stupid and isn’t taking itself too seriously.
One of the characters featured is a dead ringer for Regina, sporting short red hair, although it’s unclear whether that’s actually her or just a homage to the original.
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