A brand new cellular technique sport within the Resident Evil franchise has been introduced.
Resident Evil: Survival Unit is being developed by Joycity (3on3 FreeStyle Rebound) and Aniplex (Demon Slayer -The Hinokami Chronicles 2). Each builders will work in “shut collaboration” with Capcom.
The sport shall be absolutely revealed subsequent week throughout a web-based showcase. The Resident Evil Survival Unit on-line showcase will happen on Thursday, July 10, 2025, at 10 PM UTC/11 PM UK/6 PM ET.
Considerably, it’s been revealed that Shinji Hashimoto is concerned within the undertaking. Hashimoto is finest recognized for his time at Sq. Enix, the place he co-created the Kingdom Hearts sequence.
He additionally served because the model supervisor for the Remaining Fantasy sequence for a decade, and as a member of the Sq. Enix board of administrators. Hashimoto retired from Sq. Enix in 2022, earlier than transferring on to work at Sony Music Leisure Japan.
The subsequent mainline Resident Evil sport, Resident Evil Requiem, was introduced at Summer season Sport Fest.
The sport will mark a “daring shift for the franchise,” in keeping with Capcom, and stars Grace Ashcroft, the daughter of Resident Evil Outbreak’s Alyssa, an FBI analyst investigating a sequence of mysterious deaths in Raccoon Metropolis, 30 years after it was bombed within the occasions of Resident Evil 3.
“Requiem, initially not less than, seems like a well-recognized successor to the first-person video games RE7 and Village, with Ashcroft trapped in some type of gothic hospital,” VGC wrote in a current Resident Evil Requiem preview.
“Because the participant progresses additional via the dimly lit corridors, with flickering lights casting unsettling shadows throughout the surroundings, it’s clear that on this part not less than, Requiem actually does really feel like the normal survival horror we had been promised.”
