TheResident Evilfranchise is wrapping up an eventful year with a sale on Steam, but something else about the sale’s Facebook announcement has fans wondering. While it may be nothing at all, it’s also entirely possible that Capcom was alluding to theResident Evil 3remake that everyone is expecting, yet has so far not even been confirmed to be real.
Questions and rumorsabout aResident Evil 3remakehave been making the rounds for some time now, aided by Capcom seemingly teasing its arrival on multiple occasions before this last hint. Yesterday, Capcom posted a simple message about theResident EvilSteam sale along with a picture, and it’s the picture that has people talking.
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Capcom’s tease came when the company posted an image fromResident Evil 3to accompany its sale announcement - despite the fact thatRE3isn’t even on Steam. That begs the question: why use an image from aResident Evilgame that’s not part of the sale at all? There are plenty of others for Capcom to choose from that actually pertain to the sale being advertised…unless Capcom was sneakily trying to advertise more than just a Steam sale. Potentially, this post could have been Capcom’s way of both publicizing its saleandteasing another upcoming release.
Furthermore,Resident Evil 3definitely isn’t the most iconic and recognizable game in the series. If Capcom wanted to catch as many eyes as possible, it’d make more sense for it to post a picture fromRE4(generally considered the best of the bunch),RE5and6(the best-selling of the bunch), or theRE2remakeand7, since they’re themost recent to release.Resident Evil 3, putting aside the fact that it’s not even part of the sale, is none of those things, so using it to advertise just doesn’t make much sense.
That said, this could also be nothing. It’s possible that Capcom simply didn’t put that much thought into its Black Friday post, chose any oldResident Evilimage, and fans are just reading too much into it. Still, given the number ofResident Evilgames in the franchise, what are the odds of anRE3image being randomly selected?
If the rumors of Capcom followingProject Resistancewith aResident Evil 3remake are true, then itcould be released relatively soon- perhaps even next year. Only time will tell.
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