Dusk Golem: Resident Evil 9 is coming soon and has been in development for 6 years

Capcom has been releasing Resident Evil games with incredible regularity in recent years. Since the release of Part 2 Remake, every year we’ve seen a new game or at least a major expansion: RE2 Remake in 2019, Trio Remake in 2020, Resident Evil Village in 2021 and its Winter’s Expansion. in 2022, and last year the Resident Evil 4 remake hit the market. This year will likely 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 he came famous insider Dusk Golem. He recently stated that he had heard about a possible delay in the release of a new part of the Resident Evil series, saying that he had yet to verify this information. He did this too and now came up with the addition that there was no delay. Moreover, according to his information, Resident Evil 9 should be announced in the near future. He didn’t elaborate, but it’s not hard to link this announcement to a very likely PlayStation event in June. After all, all the modern details were presented at the Sony event. The game could even release in January next year, but it’s worth noting that according to Dusk Golem, this is old information, so there may be slight changes here.

At the same time, the Insider repeats that the game has been in development for a very long time, namely 6 years, at the time of release it will be 7 years. According to his information, the game was supposed to be conceived as the eighth part, since the development of the Village was supposed to be a real carousel. The project was first conceived as an eight, then as a spin-off, to finally become an eight again, and from the second project, which was being developed at the same time, the final ninth volume. However, given the way Capcom named the eight, it’s unlikely that the number in the title (not counting the Roman numerals in the subtitle) will carry it. From Capcom’s big leak in 2020, we know that the project is at least codenamed Apocalypse.

At the same time, Dusk Golem once again adds that this is the most ambitious and longest-developed game in the entire series. He also claimed some time ago that it would likely be open world, although it’s still hard to say to what extent. These stories are often assumed to be a farewell to the original team of heroes, namely Chris and Claire Redfield, Leon Kennedy, Jill Valentine and Rebecca Chambers, who inevitably age out in the game universe, as the games are usually set in the year in which they were created. released. This is also indicated by Dusk Golem’s earlier statement that RE9 will be the last work of the current era, and then we will likely see at least a partial reboot.

Finally, I will add that we probably won’t have to worry about the other parts in the future either. Unlike other Survival Horror series, RE is selling very well, and the remake of all four series is already on track to become the best-selling entry in the series in the coming years. In addition, Dusk Golem claims that several new projects were greenlit early last year.