
It feels like we're getting a new Resident Evil rumour or leak every other day at the moment. This time around the website Biohazard Cast is claiming that the eighth instalment in Capcom's classic franchise will be called Resident Evil 8: Village (working title) and is due for release on both PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 as a cross-gen title in early 2021. The Coronavirus could affect the timing of the launch, however.
The site goes on to claim that a witch will hunt and stalk the player, similar to that of Mr X and Nemesis, with the enemy turning into insects when it is defeated. Chris Redfield also plays an important role in the experience with yet another redesign under his belt, while flashbacks supposedly tell of a gruesome and questionable past with protagonist Ethan. The game will be set in Europe and will sport either a Resident Evil 4 style inventory system or stick with what Resident Evil 7: Biohazard implemented. Capcom is testing both systems and doesn't appear to have landed on a decision just yet.
As always, we recommend you take these rumours with a huge grain of salt. We're doing the exact same thing, but feel it is important to bring you the latest industry claims. Biohazard Cast states that these rumours are sourced from internal testers, so we'll have to see whether they come to fruition or not. Known leaker Dusk Golem backs the report up by saying: "I'm gonna' say this now, it's gonna' be real."
Do you like the sound of this supposed Resident Evil 8: Village? Let us know in the comments below.
[source biohazardcast.com]
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Sounds awesome! I'm gunna go let Aunt Rhody know!
sounds good to me.
still don't know how a witch could work within the lore but i trust capcom to do it justice.
@jdv95 it'll be some crazy viral hallucinogen that you only find out about in the last hour of the game, or something.
@kyleforrester87 you know,you're probably not far off.
sounds good enough aswell.
Did they base the whole game around a village just because of VIII?
What's next Resident Evil 9: CervIX?
"It'll either have a RE4 style of inventory, or a RE7 one".
"It'll either be action horror, but it may also be survival horror."
"It may have Chris, but he may look nothing like it."
Chris huh? Great!! Can't wait to punch boulders in FIRST PERSON!!!
Resident evil village people edition.😒.why not just call it resident evil.anyways.man can we get dragon dogma 2 capsom.word up son
@ankehuber Haha that's pretty good.
@ankehuber Resident Evil: CrucifIX
Resident Evil: DominatrIX
Resident Evil: NetflIX
Resident Evil: Milk The Money Cow
Just kidding. Can't wait for this
Hmmm not sure about this one so many leaks
Is this REVIII will be PS exclusive game or third party game?
@Angry_Chainsaw Most likely multiplat. I don't think Capcom does exclusives anymore.
@jdv95 If it follows what 7 set up with The Connections (or whatever that organization is called) could be an Evie 2.0 I mean, she was basically a witch, just didn’t turn into insects.
@Angry_Chainsaw You mean the completely unannounced Resident Evil game with zero confirmed details? PS exclusive, obviously.
If it has a full VR mode again, I’m in. VR took VII to a whole new level.
@kyleforrester87 maybe you go around this village slaughtering witches, bats, vampires and other classic horror characters in a small village as Chris. Only for the hallucination to wear off at the end, revealing you were drugged by Umbrella the entire time since 1996 and just slaughtered innocent people across the globe starting with the Mansion
@carlos82 Well, I did think it would be cool if they did something like that actually lol. Killing monsters that were in reality innocent babies, etc. Good wholesome entertainment.
@kyleforrester87 Fun for the whole family!
Hey look, Kyle used a colon!
Not sure about this. At least RE4 and 5 had some village thing going on and when it comes to first person, Outlast 2 comes to mind. Seems made up to me. A village setting would be playing it safe. Extremely so.
If it turns out being true, I'm in nonetheless.
@ApostateMage i used a colon CORRECTLY!
Hopefully this is true, really like the look of the setting based on the image!
So are they now naming Resi games so they can hide the number in the titles
Hmmm. Village kind of sounds like a cafe bar that sells a bowl of organic olives for £8.
I wish it was more in the classic style after the success of the remakes of RE3 and RE2 in particular. RE7 made a great first impression but got samey fast and ultimately didn't feel like RE to me.
@kyleforrester87 Well, I reached out to Capcom and despite them not confirming any details about the game or whether it is actually in development, they did say it should be referred to as Resident Evil DominatrIX without a colon. I hope we can use the correct syntax going forward.
I have a hard time buying the name of Village just to fit the roman numerals in. It's kind of a lame title. I suppose it is a recurring theme for them though so they have stuffed themselves if they are confined to words starting with 'Vill'.
@BearsEatBeets

@kyleforrester87

@ankehuber LMMFAO!!!! RIGHT? THIS SOUNDS LIKE B******* AND I DON'T LIKE IT. Not for nothing the last time we heard about some leaks it involved werewolves LOL. It's all bulshit werewolves were cut enemies from past Resident Evil games and this new s*** just sounds like a rehash of what Resident Evil 4 was supposed to be. These are not true I can almost guarantee it. Also yes the next game will involve our protagonist being unwillingly shrunk down and fighting microscopic organisms inside of an infected individuals CervIX 🤣🤣🤣
Resident Evil: Self-affIXing Cable Ties
Third person or not buy
I believe the name but all of the leaks about 3 Remake were like, totally wrong. So I'll just sit quietly and look to the east at dawn for answers on this one as they come.
Resident Evil: Jim'll fIX it. Now that will be true horror.
I hope it's 3rd person game, I don't like 1st person view for resident evil series. Also another redesign? I hope capcom find the right actor for chris and stick with it, I hope chris looks like normal human like in the early resident evil titles rather than hollywood action man like resident evil 5.
I enjoyed resi 7 so a continuation of this
Sounds great. I think the main idea of resi is just going all crazy now, prehaps a complete reimagination of the game could work, especially with the new next gen tech..?
does anyone else think Capcom should drop the number from the titles and just give the game a subtitle?
that way they can actually experiment more, try new things and the like because putting a number in title brings certain expectations with game franchises
To be fair, Capcom have been on point with their character redesigns. Whilst I wasn't too keen at first, I thought both Leon and Claire in RE2 were really well done and Jill in RE3 is fantastic. She's such a badass.
I just really want it to be VR compatible. RE7 in VR was the most transcendent gaming experience I've had in years.
As long they stay away from some of RE7's paranormal like stuff again! Also I hope it's 3rd person and if they can get us Chris/Jill combo again with 2 scenarios like in RE2!
@ApostateMage yeah the designs are so good especially Carlos and jill. I hated Carlos in the original but in Remake he is top 5 Re character.
@Nickolaidas @kyleforrester87 @ankehuber It's obviously gonna be Resident Evil sIX!
Wait a minute...
@clvr

@kyleforrester87 sorry to disappoint lol 😄
@usaislie I really liked Tyrell in this. And he had one of the best cheesy lines in the game.
Chris Redfield ?! Yes!! I am going to play him more. He must be important role in this game. AWESOM! Can't wait. He is my favourite character of all time! Oh man!
@ApostateMage agreed about T especially in the original he had almost no role. They expanded him in the remake.
@Angry_Chainsaw why does that matter?
@Angry_Chainsaw Resident Evil has never been exclusive to any console.... maaaybe a timed exclusive but i don't think so. Capcom would miss out on way too much money by making it exclusive to on platform.
@Arnna It's metter because I definitely decided to switch to gaming PC instead of throwing money at 9.2 TeraFlops boosted console, and I will buy PS5, but not this vanilla edition, but some second or third edition of this console, however their was called that console: PS5 SLIM, PS5PRO, or whatever... 😉
@Dominator2885 Yeah I think so, but I never play this RE from PS1 and PS2 ere period, but now when I'm buying new beast of AMD high gaming desktop I will be able to play every remake and every game from this fenomenal horror/action/survival franchise... 😉
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