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New Resident Evil IX details leak as Revelations 3 is reportedly cancelled

For well over a year now, we’ve heard an increasing number of details surrounding Capcom’s next mainline RE title Resident Evil IX. While we’ve yet to get any official announcement, one known insider has now offered new details on the game’s development – alongside some of Capcom’s cancelled plans.

For quite a while now, known Capcom leaker DuskGolem has shared details on the next mainline Resident Evil game – RE: IX. Previously claimed to be reinventing the franchise with an open-world format, DuskGolem has now offered additional details on the current state of the series, taking to Twitter to say:

“So RE9 originally started development in 2017 (Andi says 2016/2017, but it was in early 2017 after RE7 underperformed at launch to Capcom's expectations. RE7 went on to have a huge tail in sales, but this was a bit reactionary. And the original version of RE9 was trying to be the opposite of RE7, i.e. big open world multiplayer game). RE9 originally starred Leon & Jill in a fictional island based off Singapore.”

Resident Evil IX

As expected, things change during development, and RE: IX appears to be no exception, with DuskGolem continuing: “The project got a pretty heavy reboot in 2021 around the time Village came out, though a few things stayed the same like Leon is still the main character.”

Given how efficient Capcom has typically been in recent years with its releases, the evolving development of Resident Evil 9 explains why fans have had to wait so long for the next mainline entry.

Beyond RE9 however, DuskGolem also shared some unfortunate news regarding the previously-rumoured RE: Revelations 3, writing “The Rebecca focused Revelations 3 I talked about back in early 2020s was cancelled in 2022, was originally a Switch game first.”

Further details on Resident Evil 9, including the implementation of its rumoured open-world nature can be found HERE.

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