Rumor: Resident Evil 9 to Have Largest Budget in Franchise History - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 01 November 2023 / 9,894 Views
The Resident Evil franchise is one of the most popular franchises from Capcom and another new entry being in development is not a surprise. However, Capcom insider Dusk Golem has revealed some details on Resident Evil 9.
Dusk Golem, via Insider Gaming, claims Resident Evil 9 will have the biggest budget ever for the Resident Evil franchise and it will be the most sizeable entry in the series.
The leaker says the game is targeting a 2025 release window unless development moves faster than that is expected. It will also have the longest development cycle ever for a Resident Evil game with development having started as far back as 2018.
Dusk Golem also claims the game will be a "closing chapter" as Capcom looks to wrap up a number of story arcs, while also setting up a new direction for future entries.
As always this should be treated as a rumor until confirmed by Capcom.
A life-long and avid gamer, William D'Angelo was first introduced to VGChartz in 2007. After years of supporting the site, he was brought on in 2010 as a junior analyst, working his way up to lead analyst in 2012 and taking over the hardware estimates in 2017. He has expanded his involvement in the gaming community by producing content on his own YouTube channel and Twitch channel. You can contact the author on Twitter @TrunksWD.
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As much as I enjoyed 7 and 8, I hope they go away from the Winters for a game. Would love to see Ada have a game, or bring back Leon and Claire to tag team it again.
I honestly think they wrapped the Winters entirely with 8. Especially with the DLC of Ethan’s daughter grown up.
At least I hope lol
But is THAT what he means by a new direction? With Winter's daughter in the DLC being 18 (right?), that is a full 18 year jump in the timeline from the conclusion of RE Village. Leon and Chris are old now. Maybe she is the main, and a LOT has changed in the world around her? Just speculating out loud here lol
I definitely think they eventually plan to give us a game with Rose playable as the main, it was clearly teased with the DLC ending, where Rose and the unnamed agent get in the SUV and drive away from the graveyard, only to be approached by a lone figure in black on foot. That is too big of a tease ending it that way for them to have no future plans for Rose.
However, before they give us that Rose game, I think they need to wrap up alot of storylines for alot of characters first. The Rose DLC is set in 2037, meanwhile the most recent outing we have for any of the other series main characters is 2021 for Chris (RE8), 2015 for Leon, Claire, Rebecca, and Jill (RE Death Island), and 2013 for Ada (RE6). On top of that, RE Revelations 2 ended on a bit of a cliffhanger with Alex Wesker making fast progress taking over Natalia's body in the epilogue set 2 years later, that game released 8 years ago now and we are still waiting for a conclusion to that storyline. Capcom have alot of loose ends to wrap up with their old main characters and old storylines before they should even consider making a Rose game set in 2037.
They definitely should wait about a decade before giving us a Rose game, in the meantime they need to remake Code Veronica for sure (and honestly 5 and 6 could use remakes to make them less action and more survival horror). We need RE Revelations 3 to wrap up Claire storyline and deal with the Alex Wesker Cliffhanger. 9 is rumored to have Leon and Chris playable and wrap-up their storylines, and maybe Ada as well since she is tied closely to Leon. Then they need to wrap up Jill and Rebecca storylines too I suppose. Lots to do before a Rose game.
Has it been stated in-game or in some official capacity what year the events of the Rose DLC took place? I see 2037 thrown around online, but I don't recall seeing it in-game, and it's not on the official website timeline for the games.
My assumption was that she aged more rapidly, like a certain someone she has a connection to. Who was described like this in-game:
"If the injections are skipped for prolonged periods of time the Product will age rapidly - 24 X's faster than normal."
"However, due to an innate defect in her chromosomes, *****'s cells reproduced at an accelerated rate, causing her to age rapidly, then die."
Yes, it is confirmed on the official website for the RE8 Gold Edition. The website has a tagline for the DLC that says "16 years after the events of Resident Evil Village". Scroll down to the Shadows of Rose section of the Gold Edition page to see it:
https://www.residentevil.com/village/ge/us/
Ah, ok I see it there. Perhaps they didn't put it on the timeline because it's DLC.
Is It too much to ask for a dino crisis reboot/remake?
yes with the inflation alone
Matches with the previous rumors about it being a Chris and Leon game with at least one major character dying.
The rumor make sense in all the points, but well they are fairly obvious as well.
The real question is: what word can they spell with IX?
Resident Evil... Six?
Resident Evil Red9
A whole bunch of stuff, actually. If I had to bet it would be helix or phoenix.
Will they make it a big extravaganza like resident evil 6 all over again haha that game was amazing by the way
Noice! I’m always looking forward to the next RE game.
