Resident Evil 8 Will Reportedly Be Called “Resident Evil: Village” and Include a New Inventory System

[Tsing]

Image: Biohazard Declassified



This sounds pretty dumb, but the latest rumors suggest that the working name for Resident Evil 8 is “Resident Evil: Village,” which lines up with previous leaks claiming that the eighth game will take place in a medieval setting – castles and all. The “Village” title was presumably chosen so Capcom can highlight a portion of the title to form the roman numeral “VIII.”



Resident Evil fansite Biohazard Declassified received this information from an anonymous source, so this could all be bollocks, but he or she did have additional information for those who want to play along. The source says that players will be stalked in at least one portion of the game by a witch that attacks with insects (similar to RE7’s grandma, Marguerite), which has a distinctive laugh...

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[Peter_Brosdahl]

Resident Evil: Village (please, don’t let that be the title)

I agree. Horrible title. Fingers crossed it gets changed before release.