One Research Firm Reckons Resident Evil 7 Will Release on PS4 This Year

Seeing Redfield

by Sammy Barker Thu 26th Mar 2015

Resident Evil: Revelations 2 has put Capcom's survival horror series back on track, and the Japanese publisher could be looking to capitalise with the next instalment in the popular series. According to a report by research firm Super Data, it expects to see an "upswing [in the digital games market] as the next editions of several major franchises like Halo and Resident Evil come out in the 2015 fall season". The report also mentions the heavily rumoured Call of Duty: Blacks Ops 3.

It's been three years since the disappointing Resident Evil 6, so a sequel certainly seems within the realm of possibility. We haven't really heard any rumours regarding this, though, and it would be odd to follow up the excellent Revelations 2 almost immediately. Should this be real, we'll almost certainly see it at E3 in a few months – but we personally reckon that the next Resident Evil will be put on the backburner until at least 2016. We'll have to wait and see.

[source superdataresearch.com, via videogamer.com]

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He’s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.

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Gamer83
Thu 26th Mar 2015

I'd think we'd have heard something by now, if RE 7 was going to happen this year. If anything RE 7-related happens this year I'd say a teaser at E3, maybe something more at TGS and then a 2016 release.

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Aviator
Thu 26th Mar 2015

Yes please.

As long as they bring back the co-op from 5/6 I'll be happy.

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NaughtyOttsel22
Thu 26th Mar 2015

Get a timed deal on it, MS wanted to start that crap then Sony should too.

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SKC_Diamond
Thu 26th Mar 2015

Hopefully its not black ops 3 they should know we want a waw 2

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JamieF1
Thu 26th Mar 2015

Co-op offline and I'll be more than happy. Need this back in my life.

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readyletsgo
Thu 26th Mar 2015

Reboot the main series.

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Jonny
Thu 26th Mar 2015

Given I remember seeing ads on TV for RE6 almost a year before it was ready for release I can't see this panning out.

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BAMozzy
Thu 26th Mar 2015

I thought Resident Evil 5 was an very poor Resident Evil game but OK as an action game. In fact it was the reason I didn't bother with RE6.
The problem is the fact that it has co-op. How can something be 'scary' when you have someone covering your back? Its no surprise that these Horror games (RE, Dead Space...) lost the Horror and essence of what made these games so great by adding in co-op! Probably just to tick the 'online' box....