With Resident Evil Village now three years outdated, demand for a brand new mainline entry in Capcom’s celebrated survival horror collection is continuous to develop by the day, and it appears Capcom goes to oblige surprisingly quickly. That’s as per distinguished leaker Nightfall Golem, who not too long ago took to Twitter and acknowledged that current rumblings that he had shared about Resident Evil 9 probably being delayed out of 2025 are, because it seems, inaccurate.
As per Nightfall Golem, the sport is, in actual fact, going to be introduced “fairly quickly”, which can be adopted by a launch in January 2025. In fact, as is the case with any and all leaks, this shouldn’t be taken as a concrete date, since plans might at all times change, however the leaker says that if issues go to plan from this level ahead, that’s the timeline that Capcom can be following.
The leaker has additionally reiterated plenty of different particulars which were claimed up to now. By the point Resident Evil 9 releases, it should have been in growth longer than any earlier recreation within the collection, whereas additionally having the most important ever growth finances for any Resident Evil recreation to this point. The leaker has beforehand additionally claimed that the title is being constructed on Dragon’s Dogma 2’s open world know-how, suggesting it may very well be a wider and extra open-ended expertise than what collection followers are used to.
One other element that the leaker has reiterated is that in early 2023, Capcom greenlit a contemporary batch of recent Resident Evil video games. As per prior experiences, there are at the moment 5 Resident Evil video games within the works, and unsurprisingly, a few of them are allegedly remakes.
How quickly it’ll be earlier than Resident Evil 9 (or no matter it finally ends up being referred to as) can be introduced stays to be seen. There are, nonetheless, a number of main occasions developing within the subsequent few weeks that would function appropriate levels, together with Summer season Recreation Fest and the Xbox Video games Showcase, whereas experiences have claimed {that a} PlayStation Showcase can be on the best way.
I’ve excellent news/rumors to ship on Resident Evil 9. The attainable delay I had heard murmurs about might be pushed apart. RE9 needs to be revealed fairly quickly & launch subsequent 12 months. If what I heard beforehand holds true, needs to be in January. It’s going to have had about 7 years in dev.
— AestheticGamer aka Nightfall Golem (@AestheticGamer1) Might 3, 2024
(3/5) Simply to clarify one thing, RE9 began early dev in early 2018 as a attainable RE8. Village has began dev as RE8, then turned a spin-off title, then in the end turned RE8 once more. This recreation turned RE9 in the end, & sure, RE8 & RE9 had been in dev on the identical time. RE video games are
— AestheticGamer aka Nightfall Golem (@AestheticGamer1) Might 3, 2024
(5/5) not too long ago as one other batch of RE video games had been greenlit in early 2023. RE9 has the largest finances & longest dev time of any RE recreation to this point, & I’ve described beforehand as “bold”. None of this final half is new, it is stuff I have been reiterating for years.
— AestheticGamer aka Nightfall Golem (@AestheticGamer1) Might 3, 2024
