Once again, a few days before the Summer Game Fest, Resident Evil 9 is talked about, and everything seems to be confirmed with a lot of information. What exactly do we know?
The Resident Evil saga continues to fuel the fantasies of fans and rumors of insiders. And a few days before Summer Game Fest 2025all attentions turn to Resident Evil 9an episode as mysterious as ambitious. Its announcement would be imminent, and the leaks accumulate to draw a rather detailed portrait of what Capcom prepares behind the scenes. Even yesterday on Gameblog, we could tell you about the info of the prolific Insider Dusk Golem.
Resident Evil 9 is still becoming clearer
It is now almost a certainty, Resident Evil 9 should be Revealed during the Summer Game FestJune 6. Several insiders reliable, in addition to Dusk Golem, like the MP1ST site, evoke a probability of 95 % For a first trailer during the event. Information also relayed by the YouTube channel Screenfire Gamingwho expects an output At the end of March 2026on the occasion of 30th anniversary of the series.
According to Dusk Golem, Resident Evil 9 has been under construction since 2017. Originally, the game was to go out before Village and serve as a direct result to Resident Evil 7. But Capcom finally decided to release Re8 earlier, shifting the project. Since then, Re9 has known two Development reboots : The first during the Pandemic of Covid-19, the second in 2022. This long journey enabled Capcom to review its ambitions upwards. Today, Re9 is described as The biggest resident Evil project never designedwith the Plus Gros Budget deductible and many teams involved, internally and externally.
Leon back, but not alone
Resident Evil 9 would mark the Return from Leon S. Kennedy as the main hero. It would be the Conclusion of his personal trilogy (RE2, RE4, RE9). Dusk Golem adds that he won’t be the only playable characterbut that the game will offer Only one solo campaignsans mode coop.
Re9 will not be a coop, unlike the first plans. Leon is the hero, but not the only playable character
Note also, Resident Evil 9 will not be not an open-worldbut will offer much larger areasaccording to Dusk Golem. Capcom’s ambition is clear, Reinvent the formulaas Re7 did in his time. The game would be in Third -person view and would bet on a very horrifying atmospherefar from the intense action of Re4. The atmosphere is described as “Strongly Gothic”.
A narrative turning point for the franchise
Capcom wants Resident Evil 9 to be a conclusion gamebut also a new start For the license. The idea is Fuck the narrative arc started with Re1while opening the door to more independent storiesless linked to the characters and numbered titles.
They want to abandon the numbering of the games to allow more unique stories, “said Dusk Golem. Re9 will probably not have a figure in his title.
This change in philosophy marks a break with the habits of the series, and could well renew the universe in a radical way. It only remains to wait for the Summer Game Fest to have details.
Source : Dusk Golem, Mp1st
