Resident Evil Story Will End Within a Decade, Capcom Says

Capcom's Jun Takeuchi says the series' first ten-year plan is complete, the overarching story may wrap up in the next decade, and the ending won't be told in just one game.

Capcom has a plan for how Resident Evil ends — and it's apparently not as far off as you might think. In a series anniversary interview, senior executive corporate officer Jun Takeuchi revealed that the company's first ten-year plan for Resident Evil has been completed, and hinted that the sprawling storyline spanning multiple games could reach its conclusion within the next decade. Just don't expect a single game to wrap everything up.

Takeuchi explained that the ending won't be delivered through one title alone. How many games it'll actually take to get there, though? He didn't say. So for now, we're left speculating about how many more entries we'll be playing before the curtain falls.

Looking back, Takeuchi said the long-term blueprint first took shape during development of Resident Evil 2 Remake. That's when Capcom settled on a ten-year brand concept — but the story itself wasn't fully mapped out from the start. Instead, it was adjusted with each new release, which made stitching together the threads between different games a tricky business.

He also reflected on some of the series' bigger pivots. Resident Evil 4, which ditched the mansion for a village and introduced the over-the-shoulder camera, faced internal pushback at the time. Resident Evil 6, meanwhile, he described as a pile-up of old ideas lacking a fresh identity. What truly got the series back on track was Resident Evil 7 — a project Takeuchi took over at the request of Capcom's chairman when it was struggling, with the goal of making fear the core again. The first-person perspective, he said, made the horror hit more directly.

Resident Evil: Requiem, launching in February 2026, is seen by Takeuchi as a milestone in that long-term direction. The game lets you switch between first- and third-person views, stars new protagonist Grace alongside returning hero Leon S. Kennedy, and according to Takeuchi, has a connection to Resident Evil 7. He even noted that the letter "q" in the title represents the number 9. By his account, the whole story is expected to converge over the next decade.

So the finish line is in sight — sort of. With Requiem on the horizon and more pieces presumably still to come, the big question is how Capcom sticks the landing. What do you think the final chapter of Resident Evil should look like? Let us know in the comments.