The Resident Evil franchise has returned to its survival horror roots in recent years, since the release of Resident Evil 7 in 2017 and Resident Evil Village last year. The newest entry in the long-running franchise was a massive success for Capcom, with recent reports seeing the game surpassing 5.7 million units sold less than a year after the long-awaited game’s release. DLC for the eighth game in the franchise’s main series has been rumored for months, and now another rumor claims that fans will have another way to enjoy the game.
Resident Evil Village was widely acclaimed upon its release in May, with both fans and game critics praising the eighth Resident Evil for its gameplay and story, with fans particularly praising Maggie Robertson’s performance as one of the game’s main antagonists, Lady Dimitrescu. The success of the game has led many fans to speculate about future DLC coming to the new installment of Resident Evil. Although Capcom hasn’t made any official announcements about future Village content, a recent update on the Polish Xbox Store suggests that Resident Evil Village could be added to the game soon. Xbox GamePass.
Polish video game website XGP reported Monday morning that the Xbox Store page of Resident Evil Village had silently seen the label Xbox GamePass attached to the game without any official announcement from Xbox or Capcom. The tag has since been removed, and it’s unclear if the addition was a bug or a sign of things to come for Resident Evil Village, but it has led many fans to speculate that the popular game could be coming to Game Pass around their first anniversary in May.
The error detected by XGP would not be the first time in recent months that the website sees Microsoft adding the tag Xbox GamePass to a game too soon. Late last year, it caught a similar blunder on Microsoft’s part when Mass Effect: Legendary Edition was mistakenly given the Game Pass tag only for the service to officially add the game weeks later. This trend suggests that Resident Evil Village would be coming to Game Pass soon and that the date of the Mass Effect leak would align Village with its first anniversary.
Although Capcom hasn’t said anything about the future of Resident Evil Village, rumors and leaks suggest that the franchise has a lot to offer fans in the near future. A Resident Evil 4 remake has been rumored for months following the success of the recent Resident Evil 2 and 3 remakes, and the developer also recently announced that next-gen updates to those games and Resident Evil 7 will be free. For fans who already have them. Possible DLC and the introduction of Game Pass for Village should help keep the series popular.