Resident Evil8may be come in early 2021 and could star a redesign Chris Redfield , grant to an update leak . Rumors andleaks aboutResident Evil 8have been circulatingsince early this year , with much of the information being corroborated and contingent getting progressively specific .

Chris Redfield is one of the original agonist of theResident Evilseries , and made a controversial appearance at a sealed item inResident Evil 7 . He was also the field of study of a DLC side story for the game , which heavily hinted at his involvement in a future title . judge by passing water from inside sources , that form of address could very well beResident Evil 8 , although the game was apparentlycalledRevelations 3before being rebranded asRE8 . Other details have follow from an nameless leaker claiming that the plot will be set in a snowy , mountainous European hamlet and have a " persistent vague female - similar enemy " , among other thing .

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The same leaker has now emailedBiohazard Declassifiedonce again with expand information on the particulars ofResident Evil 8 . The leaker claims that Chris will play a central character in the biz and will appear in flashback involvingRE7protagonist Ethan Winters and his wife Mia . Apparently , Chris is more of an antagonist inRE8 , as he is seen " shooting one of them while breaking into their home . " His divisiveRE7redesign will also be changed in an attempt to " bridge the gap between the original , burly Chris and the new , slimmer one . "

Further , the leak include some detail about the dismission windowpane , title , automobile mechanic , and story ofResident Evil 8 . The game is supposedly slate for release in Q1 2021 , although that is now subject to modification due to the international coronavirus pandemic . RE8 ’s caption is said to be " Village " , with the first four letters stand for the roman numeral VIII . It will also be in first - mortal and may have a reworked inventory systemreminiscent ofResident Evil 4 . The story ofRE8will involve hallucinations , the occult arts , and a inscrutable distrust between characters , grant to the leaker .

The idea of an apparently nefarious Chris Redfield may seem farfetched on the airfoil , but it ’s not so unconvincing when one considers the function he run inResident Evil 7 . Of course , Biohazard Declassified was fast to remind readers to take this information with a texture of common salt , as they have no genuine way to affirm it . Still , Capcom ’s release agenda and increase nidus on theResident Evilseries in the past few years - as well as thevery late launch of theResident vicious 3remake- indicate that this purported exit window forRE8is probably accurate . If that ’s true , then perhaps the other information in the leak is as well .

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