Resident Evil 9 Reveal and Release Imminent, Out in January

At first it was delayed, now it's 2025

For a number of years now, new Resident Evil games — both original entries and remakes — have been announced at a Sony event. If the announcement really is as imminent as Dusk Golem claims, the game could be revealed during the PlayStation Showcase that's rumoured to take place this month. "Resident Evil 9 should be revealed pretty soon and release next year. If what I heard previously holds true, should be in January," they said.

[Gaming4Life1981]

RE Village was great and I can't wait for the next one.

[Cacabunga]

The last couple resident evil came out in January

[VersusDMC]

I'm all for it. Just hope it's third person. Would still get it if it was first person though.

[-Foxtrot]

I think it will be third aswell

The RE2 and RE4 sold super well and they also updated Village to add third person so I don’t see why they would keep it first person.

[VersusDMC]

And village DLC was third person only...

[Tacoboto]

Maybe it'll launch with the best of both worlds.

First-person VR Mode and Third-person option for pancake displays.

I've done back to back playthroughs of 2 and Village, it would be awesome to NG+ in third person after an immersive first person first playthrough

[-Foxtrot]

I don’t know how to feel about full on open world

I liked the set hubs they had

Just hope we go back to legacy characters this time, the Winters were bland as hell.

[VersusDMC]

I doubt it will be a ubisoft collectathon open world. Probably something like evil within 2?

Either way the RE team's have done so good that i trust whatever they come up with will be good.

[-Foxtrot]

Evil Within 2 was just an expansion of what RE did with the hubs though

It just felt bigger and if they do that then it’s fair enough but full on open world stuff? It’s tiring regardless who’s behind it.

[notachance]

If it’s elden ring type of open world I’m all for it though

[gleepot]

The Winters had some of the best stories of any RE characters. As in, they actually had some.

[CrimsonWing69]

If it’s a hybrid like Evil Within 2 that would be excellent. That game blew me away with how there were optional things you could totally miss like that ghost lady that would follow you around.

[-Foxtrot]

If it's like an expansion of Evil Within 2 then great, it wasn't too big but did a lot with the maps it had

Like you said exploring a house gave you the ghost lady who would follow you around in some parts that was also tied to a optional side mission arc that continued through the course of the game. I think you got a cool new gun at the end of it aswell.

It's what the RE3 remake should have been, exploring Raccoon City within a bunch of different styled hubs. I wanted moments like "Oh you see that 3 story building over there guarded by a ton of zombies, it might waste your ammo if you're not carefully but there's goodies inside" or "exploring the Raccoon City funfair will trigger a mutated clown zombie to chase you but you gain an advantage later down the line by unlocking something to help you during another boss fight"

[aaronaton]

I hope the open world rumours aren't true, RE village and Re4 VR experiences have been amazing, I don't want them to drop the VR to accommodate open world.

[Babadook7]

Yes. But I think it would be a good guess this will be VR again.

[Inverno]

Technically Village was "open world", I liked the interconnectivity of that game. I think people just interpret "open world" and think Ubisoft instead of Soulsborne.

[gleepot]

Village wasn't open world at all. You could just explore the areas that you had unlocked.

[anast]

The series S

[Babadook7]

Huh?

[ravens52]

@Babadook7 Lol

[lucasnooker]

The RE series is on fire right now! One of the few franchises that stayed great in the new generation. I’ve no doubt RE9 will be a good title too

[gold_drake]

i dunno .. open world aint my thing. i hope they make it goos

[Nacho_Z]

First time I saw this news I thought it was supposed to be RE9: Dusk Golem. I don't see them going open world the games have always been very linear and tightly controlled. A tad more open could be interesting though.

[Barlos]

Can we get back to zombies and in third person though? None of this vampire/bugs/black sludge rubbish thanks. Not liking the idea of it being open world though.

[babadivad]

I guess it's a wrap for Code Veronica remake then...

[Psychonaut85]

I’m honestly cool with either, but I’d kinda like to get a new 3rd person game. The expansion was 3rd person, maybe a full game with a grown up Rose? Or maybe the option to switch perspectives right off the rip.

[lex-1020]

Twitter Community notes debunking this.

"DuskGolem" spreads false info about Capcom games, like "Resident Evil Revelations 3" release with Rebecca Chambers. Their "RE8" plot claims were debunked sans sources. They also share leaked images without proper credit, like Krauser from RE4 remake by Gosetsu. Sources: twitter.com/aestheticgamer… residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/L ist_of_h… residentevil.fandom.com/wiki/L ist_of_h… imgur.com/a/vsgCemh