{"id":897261,"date":"2026-10-28T07:10:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T07:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/897261\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T07:10:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T07:10:10","slug":"resident-evil-executive-producer-says-the-series-story-could-end-in-the-next-10-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/897261\/","title":{"rendered":"Resident Evil Executive Producer Says the Series’ Story Could End ‘In the Next 10 Years’"},"content":{"rendered":"

In an interview with Yahoo Japan<\/a>, executive producer Jun Takeuchi outlined Capcom\u2019s plans for its flagship horror franchise, revealing that its encompassing narrative has a definite conclusion \u2014 and that end could come shockingly soon.<\/p>\n

Takeuchi began by explaining how the team had expanded on Resident Evil\u2019s<\/a> overarching story with every game, saying that a ten-year strategy was crafted during the planning stages for Resident Evil 2 Remake<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe series’ story wasn’t planned out from the beginning; it expanded with each new game. When we were planning RE:2 and creating a 10-year branding concept, this was the most challenging aspect. If you play through all of them, I think you’ll realize the meaning behind the order of the remakes,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the release of Requiem this year, I feel like the first 10 years have come to a close, so I think the conclusion will come in the next 10 years.”<\/p>\n

Resident Evil Requiem \u2013 Performance Screenshots\"\"<\/p>\n

This is somewhat sad news for hardcore fans who were hoping to blast through hordes of zombies with Leon until the end of time, not to mention fans of all the other characters we\u2019ve come to know and love over the years. And who\u2019s to say if that means we won\u2019t see these characters again in a new, different story?<\/p>\n

As for how many Resident Evil games we can expect from Capcom in the interim, Takeuchi assured us that there will be several, though he didn\u2019t describe any of them in depth.<\/p>\n

“I can’t say, because it would spoil the fun for everyone, but there won’t be just one. There will be multiple titles,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Resident Evil has proven to be a massive hit for Capcom, particularly after RE7: Biohazard<\/a> shocked life back into the series. Resident Evil 2 Remake is the best-selling game<\/a> in the franchise, and its most recent addition, Resident Evil Requiem, passed $500 million in revenue<\/a> after releasing earlier this year, becoming a driving factor in console sales within Japan.<\/p>\n

Adding to this, Resident Evil 2 Remake was one of the top ten best-selling titles for Capcom<\/a> in the first half of its 2027 fiscal year, with RE7 not far behind. Resident Evil 4 was also on that list, as was RE3 and Requiem \u2014 meaning that half of the company’s top sellers in this period were in the Resident Evil franchise.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s lots for Resi fans to look forward to in the coming months; the Code Veronica remake<\/a> launches early next year, and screenwriter Haris Orkin basically leaked a story mode DLC for Requiem<\/a> that\u2019s supposed to involve Spencer in some way. There\u2019s also Zach Cregger\u2019s Resident Evil movie<\/a> to consider, which was met with rave reviews<\/a> and a hit at the box office<\/a> \u2014 though it’s unlikely Cregger ever makes a sequel<\/a>, even though he already has plans for what he\u2019d do next<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Virginia<\/p>\n

Virginia (she\/her) is IGN\u2019s News Editor. With ten years of experience reporting on games and entertainment, she\u2019s got a storied background in the fighting game community, influencer news, and viral online trends. Find her on Twitter at @TheeMissGlaze<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In an interview with Yahoo Japan, executive producer Jun Takeuchi outlined Capcom\u2019s plans for its flagship horror franchise,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":897262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[74],"class_list":["post-897261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=897261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/897261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/897262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=897261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=897261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=897261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}