In an interview with Yahoo Japan, government producer Jun Takeuchi outlined Capcom’s plans for its flagship horror franchise, revealing that its encompassing narrative has a particular conclusion — and that finish may come shockingly quickly.
Takeuchi started by explaining how the staff had expanded on Resident Evil’s overarching story with each recreation, saying {that a} ten-year technique was crafted throughout the planning phases for Resident Evil 2 Remake.
“The sequence’ story wasn’t deliberate out from the starting; it expanded with every new recreation. After we had been planning RE:2 and making a 10-year branding idea, this was the most difficult side. If you happen to play by all of them, I feel you may understand the that means behind the order of the remakes,” he stated.
“With the launch of Requiem this 12 months, I really feel like the first 10 years have come to an in depth, so I feel the conclusion will are available the subsequent 10 years.”
That is considerably unhappy information for hardcore followers who had been hoping to blast by hordes of zombies with Leon till the finish of time, to not point out followers of all the different characters we’ve come to know and love over the years. And who’s to say if meaning we received’t see these characters once more in a brand new, completely different story?
As for what number of Resident Evil video games we are able to anticipate from Capcom in the interim, Takeuchi assured us that there shall be a number of, although he didn’t describe any of them in depth.
“I am unable to say, as a result of it might spoil the enjoyable for everybody, however there will not be only one. There shall be a number of titles,” he stated.
Resident Evil has confirmed to be an enormous hit for Capcom, significantly after RE7: Biohazard shocked life again into the sequence. Resident Evil 2 Remake is the best-selling recreation in the franchise, and its most up-to-date addition, Resident Evil Requiem, handed $500 million in income after releasing earlier this 12 months, changing into a driving consider console gross sales inside Japan.
Including to this, Resident Evil 2 Remake was considered one of the high ten best-selling titles for Capcom in the first half of its 2027 fiscal 12 months, with RE7 not far behind. Resident Evil 4 was additionally on that record, as was RE3 and Requiem — that means that half of the firm’s high sellers on this interval had been in the Resident Evil franchise.
There’s tons for Resi followers to sit up for in the coming months; the Code Veronica remake launches early subsequent 12 months, and screenwriter Haris Orkin principally leaked a narrative mode DLC for Requiem that’s speculated to contain Spencer in a roundabout way. There’s additionally Zach Cregger’s Resident Evil film to think about, which was met with rave opinions and a success at the field workplace — although it is unlikely Cregger ever makes a sequel, although he already has plans for what he’d do subsequent.