Rumor: Resident Evil 9 to Launch in January 2025 - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 03 July 2024 / 9,754 Views
Capcom might be getting ready to announce Resident Evil 9 soon, with a release possible for January 2025, according to Dusk Golem on Twitter. Dusk Golem has a good track record of revealing video game information before it's officially announced.
"I have good news/rumors to deliver on Resident Evil 9," said Dusk Golem. "The possible delay I had heard murmurs about can be pushed aside. RE9 should be revealed pretty soon & release next year. If what I heard previously holds true, should be in January. It'll have had about 7 years in dev.
"January 2025 I hadn't heard now, just been a date I'd heard previously they probably are still aiming for, but never know in game dev. I won't leak/rumor any other details of the game, just let Capcom do their thing & let them surprise people."
The insider also claims Resident Evil 9 started development in early 2018 as a possible Resident Evil 8. Resident Evil Village was treated as a spin-off title at the time before it became Resident Evil 8.
"Just to explain something, RE9 started early dev in early 2018 as a possible RE8. Village has started dev as RE8, then became a spin-off title, then ultimately became RE8 again. This game became RE9 ultimately, & yes, RE8 & RE9 were in dev at the same time.
"RE games are usually greenlit in batches & planned out for a few years to keep the series 'near annual.' As I've said a few times before, there was this funny period in 2018 that RE:2, RE:3, RE:4, RE8 & RE9 were all in dev at the same time.
"There's something kinda' similar that happened recently as another batch of RE games were greenlit in early 2023. RE9 has the biggest budget & longest dev time of any RE game to date, & I've described previously as 'ambitious.' None of this last part is new, it's stuff I've been reiterating for years."
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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I was slightly disappointed with 8 compared to 7 (still good), so if 8 was really intended as a spinoff and this has been in development all along then I have higher hopes for this entry.
Hopefully another fantastic entry in the series, with VR support as well.
i agree hope 9 is fantastic, VR does nothing for me though
Maybe a revelations 3 first then the 9th entry and after that hopefully a remake of code Veronica / re1 or re5 lol
The great days of resident evil ended by the end of res4, it last great game in this franchise, but i will always play resident evil whatever it be
If RE9 started development as RE8, I wonder what that would mean for the characters appearing in it.
I seem to recall reading a previous leak that said Chris and Leon would be playable and that it would wrap up their storylines and pave the way for the future direction of the franchise (playable Rose maybe?)
Couldn't care less. The only RE games I'm waiting for are RE 2 & 3 HD Remastered.
I was (and still am) a HUGE OG RE fan. But when they made RE4, I tuned out. Not because it's objectively a bad game, I can tell that it isn't, but because it was no longer the Resident Evil I enjoyed. It was something different. Now, it's something different DIFFERENT (or maybe even a third different; I've lost count lol), so I don't really pay attention either.
Selfishly, I wish they'd make another one in the original style, but I don't think it'll happen.
They won't make another "real" RE, since ppl don't dare to say negative things about the scripted tasteless junk the franchise has become. But if nobody asks for a (hopefully good) sequel of RE HD Remastered, it will definitely never happen, so I am asking for it! RE2 Remake was good, RE3 Remake was a joke, I think a HD Remaster from the 2 original games would be very well received (RE2 and RE3 Nemesis were masterpieces to me).
