The previous couple of years have seen advertising and marketing cycles for video video games get truncated. We are able to usually be within the yr of a significant recreation’s launch and never even have or not it’s formally introduced till just some months forward of launch. In different circumstances, in the meantime, when video games do get introduced or formally acknowledged years forward of launch, that tends to be extra of a formality than an precise, full-blown reveal. Now firmly into 2025, trying forward, we are able to see an excellent variety of bulletins of each varieties dotting the whole year- video games the place the expectation of an announcement is pushed by knowledgeable hypothesis, patterns, and precedents, in addition to these which were confirmed to have been in growth for some time now, and which we’d lastly see full reveals for.
RESIDENT EVIL 9
It’s been a few years now for the reason that final Resident Evil launch, and near twice as lengthy for the reason that final mainline numbered instalment, Village, which suggests Resident Evil 9 can’t be too distant now. Capcom formally acknowledged final yr that the sequence’ subsequent primary recreation was within the works, and that RE7 director Koshi Nakanishi was main up the undertaking once more. We wouldn’t be shocked to see an official announcement later within the yr forward of a launch some months afterward (maybe in early 2026).
