Grammy Award-winning rap star Ice T is fighting Resident Evil Requiem’s spider.
A day after IGN reported that Resident Evil Requiem was inflicting widespread issues for individuals who endure from arachnophobia, the rapper and Legislation & Order: Particular Victims Unit actor has admitted he too is having points.
“Resident Evil 9… F*** that Spider 🕷️,” Ice T wrote on social media final evening, presumably after encountering the sport’s arachnid boss for himself.
Beforehand, Ice T had stated that he’d been having fun with what he’d performed of Resident Evil Requiem thus far. “I have been enjoying Resident Evil 9,” he wrote over the weekend. “Jogs my memory of the 1st one. Has me confused the F out… Lol You know it is unhealthy when you will have Dreams about the s***! lol #APPROVED 👍”
However Ice T is much from the solely Resident Evil fan now encountering the sport’s eight-legged enemy which, to be truthful, is creepy as hell.
Warning! Resident Evil Requiem spoilers observe:
Throughout a selected sequence set inside the rubble of Raccoon Metropolis, Leon S. Kennedy finds himself in an space coated by cobwebs. It’s the begin of a (actually) furry part that many are actually asking for assist with a purpose to full.
Yesterday, IGN reported on the undeniable fact that followers have been now asking for detailed directions on how finest to arrange for the combat, together with methods to kill the spider boss quick to get previous it as rapidly as doable. Different arachnophobia victims stated they’d solely managed to get by way of the battle by eradicating their glasses, and even shifting to a smaller TV display, such was the stage of concern that it prompted.
Resident Evil Requiem has no arachnophobia mode inbuilt, although anybody enjoying on PC is now in a position to set up a Thomas the Tank Engine prepare mod that replaces the offending spider with the notorious grinning prepare. In order that’s one thing?
Spiders are scary… However this can be scarier… Mod now launched! https://t.co/AHtJLgbhA4 https://t.co/L5ZT77Q1dv pic.twitter.com/748yjynxKU
— 🏳️🌈 ΛLISTΞR 🏳️🌈 (@xZombieAlix) March 2, 2026
Ice T is named a veteran gamer, with a selected penchant for Name of Obligation and Fallout. He is additionally appeared in an extended listing of video games too, lending his voice to characters akin to Gears of Conflict 3’s Aaron Griffin, GTA: San Andreas’ Madd Dogg, and Borderlands 3’s Balex.
As for his prowess preventing zombies, maybe Ice T is now conducting analysis for his subsequent film position. Later this yr, he’ll seem in Zombie Airplane, an Austalian motion comedy that is set to point out what occurs when a weird solid of celebrities is caught up in an undead outbreak. Ice T stars alongside a roster of Australian cleaning soap actors, fellow chilled water fanatic Vanilla Ice, plus each Chuck Norris and Bob Geldof.
Earlier immediately, Capcom introduced that Resident Evil Requiem had already handed the 5 million gross sales mark — a report for the franchise’s latest historical past. In the event you’re already one in all the tens of millions enjoying, IGN’s Resident Evil: Requiem information will enable you to each step of the approach by way of RE9. Pay attention to these key ideas and tips earlier than you get began, and deal with discovering these necessary gadgets early. Plus, our complete walkthrough will ensure you do not miss a single Bobblehead or file as you attempt to survive from the Rhodes Hill Continual Care Heart all the strategy to Raccoon Metropolis.
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