Resident Evil 9 is tipped for a reveal this year, but with fans holding their breath, one leaker has promised the game will be another sizeable shakeup for a series that keeps evolvingTech14:36, 18 Mar 2025Resident Evil Village is set several years after the events of Resident Evil 7 (Image: Capcom)While Resident Evil fans are holding onto hope that more remasters and remakes are on the way, we're still waiting to find out what kind of foul concoction developer Capcom is putting together in its lab.While the company has already launched the excellent Monster Hunter Wilds this year, one longtime leaker of the Resident Evil series has predicted that the next mainline entry in the series, Resident Evil 9, could be closer than you think.Article continues belowThe series' last mainline instalment, Village, launched in 2021, and while fans have been worried that the lack of updates has meant the series is on ice, AesthethicGamer aka Dusk Golem has suggested it's quite the opposite.Content cannot be displayed without consentPosting on X (formerly Twitter), the leaker (who readers of a certain vintage will remember revealed the first werewolf-filled info for Village) said : "I'll be tweeting a lot more about Silent Hill as I love the series & super excited for f, but I know a lot of people are also antsy at the lack of Resident Evil news for a year & a half now."The thing I think people will realize when RE9 is revealed is the reason this game is taking so long is because it's like a big reinvention of the series, to the same level as RE4 & RE7."It's not going to play just like RE7/RE8 or the Remakes, it's trying new things & very ambitious. It will almost definitely be revealed this year, so just hold tight."Resident Evil Village was already a sizeable departure from the series' roots(Image: Capcom)The Resident Evil series has been through a few changes since its debut in the nineties. The survival horror hit moved into more action-oriented territory with Resident Evil 4, before going even further with Resident Evil 5 and 6.Resident Evil 7 saw a bold reinvention of the series as a first-person return to horror, while Village added werewolves and one very, very tall lady.Article continues belowContent cannot be displayed without consentAs ever, there's no guarantees, but Dusk Golem's track record could mean the next chapter of the horror series could be lurking in the shadows ready to emerge sooner rather than later.For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletters.