Looks like Capcom's gearing up to celebrate Resident Evil's 25th anniversary next year

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Resident Evil developer Capcom has revealed it wants to celebrate Resident Evil in style as we ✱creep ever closer to the franchise's 25th anniversary in March 2021.

As spotted by (via ), Capcom is asking its licensing partners – that's the people who make the cool official merch pertaining to our favourite games – to get involved in the festivities, invit🤪ing them to apply for "campaigns and goods that take adv🌸antage of the world view of Resident Evil".

, as translated by Google Translate. 

The seminal survival horror series was released way back in 1996 and "boasts a huge recognition [...] all over the world", according♏ to an update from Capcom. 

"Moreover, in addition to Hollywood movies and attractions, it has also succeeded in multiple d🙈evelopment in various fields, its popularity has jumped out of the game industry and has won a wide range of targets including young generations," the developer added, citing its average player as typically being male and aged anywhere from "late teens to 40s".

Resident Evil 8 is already confirmed to be in the works, and rumoured to be releasing as soon as 2021 for next-gen consoles the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:PS5 and 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Xbox Series X. What's more, a 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:new leak has suggested that Re📖sident Evil 8 will be called Resident Evil: Village, and could focus heavily on rural cults in Europe. 

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There's still a lot to get excited about in gaming this year, too. Here are the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:upcoming games of 2020 we really just can't wait for.

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