While the hype surroundingResident Evil 8: Villageis at an all-time high now that the game finally has a release date of May 7th, the game is only the first in what Capcom promises to be a series of releases celebratingResident Evil’s 25th anniversary. One of these projects is rumored to be the third entry in theResident Evil Revelationsseries, spin-off entries of theResident Evilfranchise that act as canonical side-stories. According toResident Evilleaker Dusk Golem,Resident Evil Outrage, the working title forResident Evil Revelations 3, is planned to release within a year fromResident Evil 8: Village.
Resident Evil Revelationswas originallyreleased on the Nintendo 3DS in 2012, the game was designed with the intention of bringingResident Evilback to its survival horror roots after the main series took a more action-heavy approach through titles such asResident Evil 5andResident Evil 6. The game was later ported to PC, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and Wii U in 2013, with Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One ports following in 2017. A sequel followed in 2015 in the form ofResident Evil Revelations 2, an episodic release that released on PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, and Xbox One, with a Nintendo Switch port following.
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Now it appears that theResident Evil Revelationsseries is making its way back to Nintendo platforms, as prominentResident Evilleaker Dusk Golem has claimed thatResident Evil: Outrage, a title featured in Capcom’s leaked games line-up last year,is actuallyResident Evil Revelations 3, and is currently in development for Nintendo Switch. Furthermore, Dusk Golem expects the game to release within a year fromResident Evil 8: Village. He expects the game to be a Switch timed-exclusive, much likeMonster Hunter: Rise, the game will also utilize the RE Engine, again likeRise.
As Dusk Golem mentions, it seems reasonable to expectResident Evil Revelations 3: Outrageto release in early 2022 given that Capcom has been somewhat aggressive in releasingResident Eviltitles every year since 2019’sResident Evil 2remake, with a remake ofResident Evil 3following just last year, andResident Evil 8: Villagenow only 3 months away. If the game is a Nintendo Switch exclusive, or even timed-exclusive,Outrageis likely to be a smaller title than any of the mainline entries in the series, much like the otherRevelationsgames, although it seems unlikely that the game will return toRevelations 2’s episodic release schedule.
TheResident Evil Revelationsseries is known for focusing on characters that have been noticeably absent from main series instalments in recent years, such as Jill Valentine, Claire Redfield, and Barry Burton. While Claire and Leon S. Kennedy are set to appear inResident Evil: Infinite Darkness, an animated Netflix series releasing later this year, it might be safe not to expect either of them to appear inOutrage, however this entrycould mark the canonical return of Jill Valentine, whose last appearance in the franchise’s canon was the originalResident Evil Revelations.
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