A little over 27 minutes, that was the duration of the Capcom NEXT that was held last night at midnight on the YouTube channel of the Japanese publisher. The opportunity to recall the games in its catalog that are coming in the coming weeks and months, such as Kunitsu-Gami Path of the Goddess on July 19, or the remake of the first Dead Rising expected for the fall. It was also an opportunity to talk again about Resident Evil 7 on iOS, iPad and Mac, but of course, what fans were waiting for the most was a possible announcement of the next installment in the franchise. It took until the end of the conference for Koshi Nakanishi to speak again and talk about the sequel. Yes, Resident Evil 9 is currently in development within Capcom, with the same team that worked on Resident Evil 7, which is already a great guarantee of quality, this episode having reconciled fans with the franchise, while the 13 million sales testify to a solid commercial base.
We’re working on a new Resident Evil. After 7, it was really hard to decide what we were going to do next. But we found it, and honestly we feel a certain satisfaction about it. I can’t say more at the moment, but I look forward to the day when I can share those details with you.
For now, we don’t know if this Resident Evil 9 will keep the subjective view that has redefined the license, or if we will return to a third-person view. Still, it took several years of brainstorming to arrive at this project that seems to please the developers in place. In any case, with Koshi Nakanishi at the helm, he who worked on episodes such as Resident Evil 5, Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D, Resident Evil: Revelations, there is reason to trust him.