Capcom has released Resident Evil games with incredible regularity in recent years. Since the release of the remake of the second part, every year we have seen a new game, or at least a major expansion: RE2 Remake in 2019, the remake of the trio in 2020, Resident Evil Village in 2021 and its expansion Winter’s Expansion in 2022, and then last year on the market the remake of Resident Evil 4 has arrived. This year will probably be the first year in a long time that we won’t see a release, but we can probably expect a big announcement.
With good news https://twitter.com/AestheticGamer1/status/1786276564080144817 known insider Dusk Golem. He recently claimed to have heard about a possible postponement of a new installment in the Resident Evil series, saying that he still had to verify the information. He did that too and now came up with the addition that there was no delay. Not only that, but Resident Evil 9 should be revealed soon according to his information. He doesn’t elaborate, but it’s not too hard to tie the announcement to a very likely PlayStation event in June. After all, all the modern parts were revealed at the Sony event. The game could even come out in January of next year, but it is good to point out here that according to Dusk Golem, this is older information, so some minor shift could have occurred there.
At the same time, Insider repeats that the game has been in development for a very long time, specifically 6 years, at the time of release it will be 7 years. According to his information, the game should have been intended as the eighth part, as the development of the Village was supposed to be quite a carousel. First, the project was intended as an eight, then as a spin-off, to finally become an eight again, and from the second project, which was developed at the same time, a definitive ninth volume. However, considering how Capcom named the eight, it is highly unlikely that the number in the title (not counting the Roman numerals in the subtitle) will carry it. We know from Capcom’s big 2020 leak that the project is code-named Apocalypse, at least.
At the same time, Dusk Golem adds again that it is the most ambitious and longest-developed title of the entire series. Some time ago he also claimed that it would probably be open world, although it is hard to say to what extent. The stories are often speculated to say goodbye to the original team of heroes, namely Chris and Claire Redfield, Leon Kennedy, Jill Valentine and Rebecca Chambers, who will inevitably age in the game universe, as the games usually take place in the year they are released. This is also indicated by Dusk Golem’s earlier statement that RE9 will be the last work from the current era, and then we will probably have at least a partial reboot.
Finally, I will add that we probably don’t have to worry about other parts in the future either. Unlike other survival horror series, RE is selling very well, and the remake of the four is well on its way to becoming the best selling part of the series in the coming years. In addition, Dusk Golem claims that several new projects were given the green light at the beginning of last year.
