Resident Evil 8 To Be ‘Darkest And Most Gruesome’ Of The Series

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Resident Evil 8 is being kept under wraps right now, but that doesn’t stop leakers from sharing everything they (supposedly) know about the upcoming Capcom game. According to new rumours [via BloodyDisgusting], the next addition to the RE franchise will be the darkest yet.

The unconfirmed news comes from known RE leaker, @AestheticGamer on Twitter. Otherwise known as Dusk Golem, the leaker has a pretty good track record with leaks, but as always, take the rumours with a pinch of salt for now.

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According to the leaker, RE 8’s official reveal is worth getting excited about, as the game will be “by far the darkest & most gruesome RE yet.”

That’s great news for horror fans, as Resident Evil 7 really pushed the boundaries with its first-person take on the genre. The game is arguably the darkest in the series, choosing to go for a more claustrophobic and personal brand of horror than the usual shoot-’em-up zombie takes the series is traditionally known for. If RE 8 is going to get even darker then count me in!

In the same tweet, AestheticGamer also mentioned the supposedly-upcoming Silent Hill game. They tweeted: “I don’t know much on Silent Hill I haven’t shared, but it’s apparently its revealed soon so I’m looking forward to it. I still believe it from what I was shown, but I do have a healthy skeptic in me.”

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Rumours of a new SH game have been circulating for the past few months, with suggestions that Hideo Kojima is in talks to make a return to the series. Kojima was once set to be the mastermind behind a reboot of the series, in the form of the now-cancelled Silent Hills. Sadly, that game was not to be, and Kojima is rumoured to have had a pretty messy split from Konami, who owns the rights to the franchise.

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How exactly a new SH game with Kojima might happen remains to be seen (and I’m definitely skeptical of that one).

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