Resident Evil 9 hasn't even been revealed yet, but there are plenty of rumours about the sequel to 2021's Resident Evil Village. However, one of the series' best-known leakers has some bad news for us today, as the project has reportedly been internally delayed.

According to the leaker known as Dusk Golem, Resident Evil 9 has been pushed back into "late 2025/2026". This puts it well over a year away from release at best, so we're unlikely to hear much about the game through official channels anytime soon if this really is the case. In fact, Dusk Golem further claims that there won't be a grand reveal of the game this summer, potentially pushing trailers and gameplay reveals back into 2025 as well.

This is in line with Dusk Golem's previous claim about Resident Evil 9 back in April, in which he first suggested that it may have been internally delayed. Here, he said it was initially down as a 2025 launch, with trailers shown off this year.

There is a silver lining to all of this, however. As we reported earlier today, Dusk Golem also claims that remakes of Resident Evil 0 and Code: Veronica are in the works right now. With this in mind, it makes sense that Resident Evil 9 isn't ready to be revealed yet, as Capcom balances multiple projects at once. In fact, it was previously claimed that there are five Resident Evil games in development now. If we include all of the rumours circulating, they might be:

Resident Evil 9
Resident Evil 0 Remake
Resident Evil Code: Veronica Remake
Resident Evil 1 Remake (although Dusk Golem doesn't believe this is currently in development)
Resident Evil 5 Remake (admittedly more speculation than rumour)

Of course, Capcom only launched Resident Evil 4 Remake last year, so it makes sense that we don't have details on the next entry in the series just yet. It does, however, widen the gap between new instalments, as Resident Evil Village just turned three.

We'll have to wait and see when Capcom is ready to reveal more about Resident Evil 9. In the meantime, rumours state that it will star Leon Kennedy and opt for open-world gameplay.

(3/4) be what people think is happening publicly.

RE9 is pushed back to late 2025/2026.

If everything I've heard is correct, which I fully believe it is, & I know others have hinted this & I'm not the first to say this publicly actually just its not caught on, there's actually

— AestheticGamer aka Dusk Golem (@AestheticGamer1) May 27, 2024

Posted: Jun 02, 2024 12:55 pm
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Source: https://www.thegamer.com/resident-evil-9-release-date-delayed-rumours-capcom/