Summary
If recent ESRB ratings are to be believed, four old-schoolResident Evilgames could be getting native releases on PS5 and Xbox Series X consoles.Resident Evilis one of the most popular gaming franchises of all time, with Capcom regularly releasing new entries, ports, remasters, and remakes since the 1990s.
Thanks to these efforts, the vast majority of main seriesResident Evilgames are playable on modern hardware insomecapacity. For example, while theoriginalResident Evil 2has yet to come to consoles, theRE2remake is readily available. Still, there are manyResident Evilgames that lack native releases on the newest hardware, but it looks like that’s going to change in the near future.
An ESRB rating forResident Evil 6on Xbox Series X consoleswas recently spotted, sparking speculation that the highly controversial game would be coming to PS5 and Xbox Series X at some point soon. It’s now been discovered that similar listings appear for otherResident Evilgames, including the HD remaster of the originalResident Evil 4andResident Evil Origins Collection, which includes the HD remasters of both theResident Evilremake andResident Evil Zero. This seems to suggest that these games are set to get native releases on modern hardware, but time will tell if that’s actually the case. It is strange that the ESRB ratings only mention Xbox Series consoles and not PS5, but unless some kind of exclusivity deal has been reached, it wouldn’t make much sense for the franchise to skip one platform over the other.
Resident Evil Games Rumored for PS5 and Xbox Series X
There is anXbox Developer Direct on January 23that is expected to have an announcement about a Japanese gaming IP with decades of history. It’s been speculated that the franchise in question may beResident Evil, with these native releases on Series X/S consoles coming alongside the reveal of a new game. However, fans shouldn’t get their hopes up. The more likely scenario is that the Xbox Developer Direct mystery game is published by Square Enix. Ultimately, Xbox fans will just have to tune in to the show on Thursday, January 23 at 10am PST to find out for sure.
In the meantime, those that don’t care to have native releases of theseResident Evilgames should note that they are all already playable on PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles.Thanks to backward compatibility, gamers can purchase and play all theseResident Evilgames on the latest hardware without having to wait for fresh ports.
Resident Evil
Resident Evil is a long-running survival horror franchise developed by Capcom. Spread across numerous mainline and spin-off entries, the series is known for it’s third and first-person action horror, zombie-related monsters and references, and challenging puzzles.
