Following an internal reboot of the franchise triggered by
Resident Evil 6‘s poor critical reception, the survival horror experience all about nefarious corporations, engineered viruses and the walking dead has entered something of a second golden age kickstarted by
RE 7. The latter, a soft reboot that made the ballsy decision to drop traditional perspective for a more immersive first-person camera, now stands tall as the best-selling entry to date at 8.5 million units. A substantial achievement, then, considering the seventh installment only just celebrated its third anniversary, but far from the only noteworthy development.
As part of its latest updating of ‘Platinum Titles,’ Capcom has confirmed that 2019’s