Capcom confirms Resident Evil 9 is in production and reveals key details

Capcom ha hecho su pequeño showcase de verano para el noE3 y ha confirmado que están trabajando en Resident Evil 9, aunque sin detalles

Among the big absentees from the non-E3 has been Capcom. While they’ve made appearances here and there at conferences with the big companies, they haven’t held their own event. Until now. They have decided to save their big announcements, or at least catch us up, for the Capcom Next Summer event in early July, when things are more relaxed. And while there hasn’t been any announcement that breaks the Internet, they’ve announced some very interesting things.

Although initially they didn’t bring up the topic of Resident Evil, at Capcom they finally decided to talk about their most famous franchise. Because although it’s true that they still don’t have anything official to present, that doesn’t mean they can’t start announcing things.

During the presentation, Koshi Nakanishi —director of Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, Resident Evil: Revelations, and Resident Evil 7— appeared to confirm that they are already working on Resident Evil 9. In the process, he also confirmed that he is the director of the game and that, although he can’t tell us any details about the game yet, he found it very difficult to decide what to do after Resident Evil 7. But now he’s got it and it feels solid.

That’s why everything we know about Resident Evil 9 comes from unofficial sources. According to insider Dusk Golem, known for revealing information about horror game projects, Resident Evil 9 is planned to be released in early 2025. Stating that it might be delayed, the game would be seven years in the making and would have started development around the same time as Resident Evil 8. Additionally, according to reports, the game would expand the open-world possibilities of the RE Engine that we already saw in Dragon’s Dogma 2. It’ll also make use of Monster Hunter Wild.

Leaks aside, we’ll still have to wait to receive official confirmations about the development duration, its release window, and whether it’s an open world or not. It doesn’t seem like Capcom is interested in waiting much longer if they’ve already announced its existence, but if they haven’t unveiled the game yet, we expect that it’ll still be a few weeks or months before they do so. Either way, the countdown for the new Resident Evil has begun.

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Is Resident Evil 9 on its way? It’s more likely than you think.

According to a reputable horror game leaker, Resident Evil 9 could be announced imminently and have its release within less than a year, if nothing changes.

Capcom is aware that Resident Evil is one of its biggest franchises. That’s why it’s not surprising that they have been alternating between new titles and remakes in recent years. With very high quality, always exceeding expectations, they know how to work with the material at hand. Last year they gave us the Remake of Resident Evil 4, so it would be logical for the next game to be a new installment of the main franchise. And according to a famous leaker, that’s exactly what’s going to happen.

According to Dusk Golem, a specialized horror game leaker, Resident Evil 9 should be just around the corner. Capcom should be announcing it soon, with the most likely release date being in January 2025. Although this second part has not been able to confirm it with complete certainty, it seems to be the current plans of the Japanese company.

The interesting thing about this is that Resident Evil 9 began its development, as far as we know, in early 2018. Being a possible Resident Evil 8, they started Village as what would finally be Resident Evil 8, but not without some setbacks. The game would at some point become a spin-off of the franchise, to finally end up being the eighth installment. Which means that Resident Evil 8 and 9 have been developed at the same time.

According to Dusk Golem, this would be absolutely normal. Resident Evil games are approved in groups, in order to maintain their almost annual release schedule, and in 2018, Resident Evil 2 Remake, Resident Evil 3 Remake, Resident Evil 4 Remake, Resident Evil 8, and Resident Evil 9 were all in development at the same time. However, each of them was in a different stage of development. Another group of Resident Evil games was approved early last year.

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Described as the most ambitious Resident Evil to date, if these claims are confirmed, Resident Evil 9 would be the game in the franchise with the highest budget and development time. This makes our expectations even higher for this new iteration of the world’s most famous horror franchise.

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