While the village shown in the trailer for resident evil 8 was definitely not the same village the two villages might be connected if this new village is also in spain.
Resident evil village not 8. The protagonist of resident evil 7. Resident evil village isn t named resident evil 8 capcom says capcom has dropped the numerical numbering to try and shift focus to the sequel s setting. Biohazard which does have a number in it s title so why doesn t the sequel. Ever since he has lived a quiet existence with his wife mia under the protection of the bsaa.
When the upcoming resident evil village was first announced last month we thought it was called resident evil 8. By alessandro barbosa on july 6 2020 at. The game is simply called resident evil village. The game was announced at the playstation 5 reveal event in june 2020 and is scheduled for release in 2021 for microsoft windows playstation 5 and xbox series x s.
After all the game is the sequel to resident evil 7. After being swept up into the events of the baker estate incident this regular nobody somehow managed to escape that nightmare alive. Biohazard ethan s story continues in resident evil village. Village is the next entry in the long running horror saga coming to the playstation 5.
However the upcoming horror game s not officially called resident evil 8 and it turns out there s an intriguing reason for this. When resident evil village was announced at playstation s ps5 event last month some fans wondered why the game didn t have the number 8 in it. Resident evil village developers explain why it isn t named resident evil 8 but it kind of is more. Resident evil village is an upcoming survival horror video game developed and published by capcom it will be the tenth major installment in the resident evil series and the direct sequel to resident evil 7.
As it turns out there is a logical reason why the development team decided to name resident evil village as village.