Resident Evil Village: Shadows of Rose will conclude the saga of the Winters family

The next DLC Winters’s Expansion of Resident Evil Village it’s going to be some juicy content, and while its new third-person mode for the base game and additional Mercenaries content are obviously notable additions, the expansion’s “Shadows of Rose” story will, of course, be the star of the show.

Taking place 16 years after the events of the base game and the death of Ethan Winters, Shadows of Rose will star his daughter Rose Winters as the protagonist, though you can expect this new chapter to wrap up the Winters family’s involvement in the story. largest in the series.

The same was confirmed by director Kento Kinoshita in an interview with IGNwhere he said the development team is “creating the Shadows of Rose story to wrap up the Winters family saga.”

According to producer Masachika Kawata, he says that Capcom is not allowing him to share any details about what lies ahead for Resident Evil, so it remains to be seen whether the next mainline game in the series will star entirely new characters or bring back familiar fan favorites. It should be particularly interesting to see which route Capcom takes, given the fact that the series has suddenly jumped forward by 16 years, which means series mainstays like Chris, Leon, Claire, Jill and others are going to be much older.

Resident Evil Village: Winters’ Expansion launches for PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Stadia on October 28. The game will also launch for Nintendo Switch via the cloud on the same day, with the expansion hitting the platform in December.