With Resident Evil Village approaching its three-year anniversary, we’re approaching the purpose the place all eyes within the Resident Evil fanbase shall be turning to the sequence’ subsequent new mainline instalment, and although Capcom has but to formally introduced Resident Evil 9, some particulars on the title have been filtering by way of leaks and rumours in latest months nonetheless.
A number of of these rumours have come from outstanding leaker Nightfall Golem, who just lately dropped some extra potential particulars on the sport on Twitter. Curiously, in keeping with the leaker, Resident Evil 9 goes to construct on the RE Engine’s new open world know-how that Capcom used within the recently-released Dragon’s Dogma 2.
As per the leaker, Dragon’s Dogma 2, Resident Evil 9, and Monster Hunter Wilds (which is due out in 2025) sharing their open world tech is a part of Capcom’s tendency to “greenlight new initiatives in threes”, just like Resident Evil 7, Satan Could Cry 5, and Resident Evil 2’s 2019 remake being greenlit collectively as the primary flagship RE Engine video games, and the way the latter’s success spawned remakes of Resident Evil 3 and 4.
Nightfall Golem says that Capcom’s aim with each Resident Evil 9 and Monster Hunter Wilds is to retain the DNA of their respective franchises whereas additionally increasing on their foundations with new open world tech, just like Dragon’s Dogma 2.
Resident Evil 9 has allegedly been in improvement since 2018, with a reveal probably set for a while this yr, forward of a 2025 launch. It’s been claimed that it has the biggest improvement funds within the sequence’ historical past. It’s additionally allegedly considered one of 5 Resident Evil video games at the moment in improvement at Capcom.
(1/2) So here is a bit tidbit I will share, Capcom typically will greenlight new initiatives in 3’s nearer collectively. First rate examples are RE7, RE:2 & DMCV have been all Greenlit pretty shut collectively to benefit from their new RE Engine, & the concept to remake RE:2 impressed them to additionally
— AestheticGamer aka Nightfall Golem (@AestheticGamer1) March 22, 2024
The one factor I will moreover add earlier than going silent & not studying Twitter once more for now could be a part of all three challenge objectives has been to retain the sequence DNA. DD2 continues to be clearly Dragon’s Dogma, Wild continues to be clearly Monster Hunter, identical shall be true for RE9 w/Resident Evil.
— AestheticGamer aka Nightfall Golem (@AestheticGamer1) March 22, 2024
