It must be that time of year, as we not only have rumours of a new Silent Hill game, but now according to fansite Biohazard Declassified and Twitter user Dusk Golem (whose account has now mysteriously been shut down), Capcom is gearing up for Resident Evil 8!
Again, take these with your usual salt lick, as none of this has been confirmed by Capcom, nor has RE8 even been confirmed to be in development.
According to Dusk (who also released info regarding the rumours of Konami and Silent Hill), RE8 had been in development since 2016, but the project had been scrapped roughly 7 months ago, and was in the process of being completely reworked.
Then, on Biohazard Declassified’s tipline email, they received an email with more info on the supposed RE8 development. According to the sender (and again, these are still unconfirmed), the game will feature the following:
- Ethan will be returning as a playable character.
- Resident Evil 8 was tested last year.
- It will not be called Resident Evil 8, but will have a “clever title”
- The game will be in First-person like RE7.
- Gameplay starts in a village leading up to a castle.
- The environment will be rural, snowy, and mountainous; possibly Europe.
- Regular zombies will be appearing instead of the Molded from RE7.
- There is a persistent shadowy “female” enemy that will follow you but will dissipate if shot.
- There are also wolf-like creatures that will attack the player in certain areas.
- Chris Redfield will also be returning in some capacity.
These are definitely some juicy tidbits, but until we hear from Capcom (whenever that might be), we’ll just have to look forward to Capcom’s next installment in the franchise with the remake of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis, which lands on April 3rd for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Thanks to fansite Residence of Evil for the video!