We’re in a second golden age of Resident Evil now, with Capcom’s survival horror franchise having delivered a string of all-time classics ever since RE7 turned its fortunes round in 2017. Whether or not its remakes or new mainline entries, just about every thing Resident Evil does nowadays turns to gold, so it’s solely pure that there’s all the time loads of pleasure and curiosity surrounding what the long run holds for the sequence.
After all, that’s one thing that we at present don’t have a ton of concrete particulars on. We are able to clearly take without any consideration the truth that Capcom has a number of Resident Evil video games within the works and lined up for launch over the approaching years- that a lot can be apparent even within the absence of any communication in any way from the corporate itself. However the actual nature of these plans is one thing that we don’t but know a lot about. As ever although, we do have leaks and rumours to fall again on.
Apparently sufficient, leaks have additionally claimed that, sure, Capcom does certainly have a number of RE titles within the works concurrently. Extra particularly, outstanding insider and leaker Nightfall Golem (aka AestheticGamer) claimed earlier within the yr that as many as 5 Resident Evil titles are within the works– and if the leaker’s claims are something to go by, we all know what a minimum of three of these video games will likely be.
Unsurprisingly, one is Resident Evil 9, or no matter Capcom finally ends up calling the sequence’ subsequent mainline numbered entry, i.e. the follow-up to Resident Evil Village. The sport is allegedly going to leverage the RE Engine’s new open world tech (which it now boasts courtesy of Dragon’s Dogma 2), which doubtless means it’ll be a wider and extra expansive expertise than its predecessors, whereas it additionally allegedly has the biggest ever growth funds and longest ever growth cycle for a Resident Evil recreation so far. One other supply, Residence of Evil, has claimed that fan favorite sequence mainstays in Leon S. Kennedy and Jill Valentine will return to share the highlight because the protagonists, although Nightfall Golem has refuted these claims- which implies we’re going to have to attend for official phrase from Capcom for extra readability on what to anticipate.
When that official phrase will arrive is anybody’s guess. Very hardly ever does Capcom take off years with Resident Evil. Excluding 2018 and 2024, it has launched both a brand new Resident Evil recreation or new DLC for a beforehand launched one each single yr over the previous few years, and beneath strange circumstances, that will imply RE9 can be roughly a lock for 2025. Nonetheless, with Monster Hunter Wilds being Capcom’s massive flagship launch for the early months of subsequent yr, that will imply Resident Evil 9 would doubtless be releasing within the later months. The final a number of entries within the sequence have come out within the first half of their respective years, and although that doesn’t imply that RE9 can’t buck that pattern, it does make it appear a bit unlikelier. Even so, on the newest, we’d count on the sport to launch by the primary few months of 2026, which implies the look ahead to extra info gained’t be an interminable one, on the very least.
Past that, to nobody’s shock, it’s claimed that a number of Resident Evil remakes are additionally within the works. The sequence has been on a stellar run with its remakes, having loved widespread important and industrial acclaim throughout the board, which meant new remakes had been just about a assure. What may take some abruptly, nevertheless, is the tasks that Capcom has allegedly chosen to remake. Most would have figured that Resident Evil 5 can be the following pure alternative, whereas many even questioned if the unique Resident Evil might be in line for a second remake, this time bringing the traditional into the trendy period with an RE Engine third-person reimagination.
Nonetheless, primarily based on what Nightfall Golem claimed earlier within the yr, neither of these two are being remade– but, on the very least. As a substitute, Capcom is allegedly creating remakes of Resident Evil: Code – Veronica and Resident Evil Zero. The previous is one thing that many followers have been begging for for some time now, and although the latter is taken into account one of many franchise’s black sheep, it’s a recreation that many really feel may benefit massively from a facelift and a reimagining. The prospect of remakes of the 2 titles is definitely an thrilling one, then, particularly due to how sudden it’s.
Apparently, it’s claimed that the Zero remake isn’t really being dealt with by Capcom internally, with exterior groups K2 and M-Two supposedly main the cost for the venture, with Capcom overseeing. For these unfamiliar, these had been the groups that dealt with the Resident Evil 3 remake, a recreation that has a decidedly spottier repute that nearly each different fashionable Resident Evil title, which implies there’ll doubtless be some who will likely be skeptical about what which means for the Zero remake. Given the truth that Code – Veronica is the unquestionably greater and extra vital title, nevertheless, it is smart that Zero has been handed to an exterior group whereas Capcom itself takes care of extra urgent tasks. Moreover, Resident Evil 3 is, on the very least, a enjoyable, well-made recreation, even with its flaws, so hopefully, Zero will a minimum of be on that very same degree, if not higher.
Past that, what the opposite two Resident Evil video games are apart from the three we’ve touched on is a thriller. It’s potential that early work has already began on the following mainline Resident Evil entry after RE9- in any case, RE9 itself has allegedly been in growth since 2018, three years earlier than even Village had come out, so it wouldn’t be inconceivable for Capcom to be adopting the same method for what comes subsequent. That’s all guesswork at finest, nevertheless. Positive, RE9, Code – Veronica, and Zero are additionally all unconfirmed and unverified rumours, which is barely a bit worse than guesswork- however within the absence of official info, it is higher than guesswork.
What’s thrilling about Resident Evil proper now could be that it looks as if Capcom has an enormous treasure trove of previous materials and new concepts to dive into for future instalments. The place new entries are involved, given the sequence’ huge internet of narrative threads, characters, settings, and flavours, it looks like there’s a lot a brand new Resident Evil may do, whereas within the remake division, Capcom clearly gained’t be working out of video games to remake and enhance anytime quickly. That RE5 remake is an inevitability, even when it’s not being made proper now, and we’d wager that one other RE1 remake will ultimately occur as nicely. Can we possibly additionally count on a Resident Evil 6 remake down the road? That is still to be seen, however the truth that it’s a risk, and the truth that even a recreation as disastrous as RE6 would make for an thrilling remake on this age of Resident Evil, tells you all that you must know concerning the glorious form the beloved horror franchise at present finds itself in.
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