Whether or not the new Resident Evil 9 rumors are real is beside the point – it's clear what Capcom has to do next

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There’s alwayssomethinghappening when it comes to Resident Evil 9, even though nothing has officially happened yet.

Will it follow in the footsteps ofResident Evil Villageand feature yet another member of the Winters brood?

WillCapcomchoose to go in a different direction altogether, much as it did inResident Evil 7?

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Let’s discuss where this leak came from.

Check out thisReddit postfor the gist of it.

To me, that would be the best-case scenario for Resident Evil 9.

Resident Evil Village shifted about 8 million units acrosstwoyears [viaGameDeveloper].

But what if all these rumors turn out to be false?

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