Resident Evil's hench Duolingo owl is the weirdest gaming crossover yet

Duo the Duolingo owl mascot has been through a lot, including a dramatic faked death. Now he's turned up in the least likely of places, as a villain in Resident Evil.

Yep, forget zombies – Leon Kennedy has met his ultimate match in the language learning app's pushy green mascot. For reasons that are not at all clear, the account of Capcom's Resident Evil Ambassador Program (REBH) kicked of an exchange of posts with Duolingo Japan on X by presenting a beefed up Duo as "our new bioweapon" to "spread language learning to the world."

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Joe Foley
Freelance journalist and editor

Joe is a regular freelance journalist and editor at Creative Bloq. He writes news, features and buying guides and keeps track of the best equipment and software for creatives, from video editing programs to monitors and accessories. A veteran news writer and photographer, he now works as a project manager at the London and Buenos Aires-based design, production and branding agency Hermana Creatives. There he manages a team of designers, photographers and video editors who specialise in producing visual content and design assets for the hospitality sector. He also dances Argentine tango.

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