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Capcom made its triumphant return back to AAA gaming in 2017 with Resident Evil 7 - which personally is one of my favourite videogames of all time, as well Monster Hunter World to the PS4, Xbox One and PC for the first time which received widespread positive reviews from fans and critics alike. Now in 2019, Resident Evil 2: Remake sold 4 million copies in just a month where Devil May Cry 5 is one of the highest rated game of this year so far.
In other words, Capcom is back and is taking slow and steady steps to reclaim its throne as one of the best publisher and developer in the gaming industry.
Here we discuss 4 games that Capcom might actually be working on next and would please its hardcore fans like nothing else.
#1 Resident Evil 8
After a stellar Resident Evil 7, it's hard not to expect a sequel to the 2017's survival horror game. Capcom is indeed working on the next entry in this long-running series and hinted at multiple occasions that an 8th entry is indeed in development.
The most recent leaks make it even more obvious. AestheticGamer, a well known leaker known to provide correct Resident Evil news in the past, recently poured out some interesting tidbits about the upcoming Resident Evil 8.
According to him, RE 8 will be a direct sequel to RE7 and set in an abandoned island where the secret laboratory is located. It will focus on the player character discovering more about the creation of Evelinea and similar bio-weapons. Also, RE 8 will supposedly borrow elements from the critically acclaimed and my personal favourite RE 4, which is a benchmark in the series history.
By borrowing elements it probably means the game's vibe and setting. RE 8 is still in early stages of development and is presumably targetting next generation of consoles.
#2 Dragon Dogma 2
Hideaki Itsuno and his team just shipped Devil May Cry 5 and are chilling under the shades of a cherry blossom tree, if his Twitter account is any indication. He also, however, teased that he's involved in the development of yet another game.
The new project team eh? What could they possibly be working on. The easiest assumption is Dragon's Dogma 2. 2012's Dragon's Dogma- a dark fantasy action RPG game was an undermining title in many ways. Even then it did a few things incredibly right, such as an intricately designed combat system, varied looking enemy design as well as a pawn system which led to the game gathering quite a fan base throughout the years.
What's interesting is that Itsuno did get an opportunity to work on Dragon's Dogma 2 rather than Devil May Cry 5 at one point back in 2013, but he chose to go with the latter. However as Devil May Cry 5 is out of the picture now,( and Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen releasing on Nintendo Switch this month,) it's very likely that the team may be interested in making another Dragon's Dogma game. I can already imagine that addictive comat system return from the first part as well as a vast and beautiful open world running on the powerful RE engine.
#3 Resident Evil 3 Remake
While Itsuno's team is probably hard at work on the next Dragon's Dogma, let's get back to Capcom's other internal studios. During its annual reports to shareholders last year, Capcom talked about ideas to shorten the release between its major franchises, in other words, make them annual.
Now the first game that comes to my mind is the Resident Evil 3: Remake. After the huge success of RE 2: Remake, fans have been demanding a similar remake of RE3 which I'm more than happy to play as I never got around to play the original about 20 years ago.
The current rumours surrounding RE 3 Remake is that it's happening and Capcom plans to release this title by early 2020 while keeping Resident Evil 8 for an early 2021 release which will serve as a launch title for the upcoming PS5 and the next Xbox. RE 3 remake will satisfy the fans who prefer the third person camera angle as well as the people who like me, never got around to play the original in the first place. Whereas, RE 8 will follow the footsteps of RE 7 with more focus on psychological horror and first-person elements.
P.S.
Capcom did tease RE 3 Remake just few days ago:-
#4 Devil May Cry 6
Warning- Contains spoiler for Devil May Cry 5's ending
If any of you has read my review for Devil May Cry 5, you would be knowing that I gave the game a 9.9/10, calling it an 'impeccable masterpiece', re-defining what makes action games so fun in the first place. Devil May Cry 5 proved with its short and sexy campaign that not every AAA game needs to be an open world game. It provided us with more tools to play the game stylishly in its 15 hours campaign than an empty open world game which may offer 100 hours of contents but is riddled with repetitive events.
Cutting it short, Devil May Cry 5's ending did point towards a potential sequel in the future. Whereas Dante and Vergil ventured deep into the depths of hell, fighting demons. Nero and Nico moved forward with their demon hunting mobile agency. With Nero finally finding his true nature and unlocking his full power, it's very likely he will be returning for another demon-slaying adventure in the future. The only question is when that would be.
