The hotly anticipated Resident Evil 8 is still quite the mystery to players, with many excited to see where the series will go after the return to form in 2017's Resident Evil 7. While some information has been confirmed, or leaked, such as the possibility of Ethan returning as the protagonist, not much is known about who will be the villain for the latest game in the series.

Many of the previous series villains are already gone, with the death of characters like Albert Wesker and the newly introduced Evelyn from Resident Evil 7, so there aren't a lot of potential return villains for Resident Evil 8, especially with Umbrella taking a new position in the fight against the zombie outbreak alongside Chris Redfield.

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According to leaker AestheticGamer on Twitter, Resident Evil 8 will have more than one villain, including an unconfirmed mentioning of someone named Alan. This came in response to another Twitter user asking about a rumor that has been spreading, implying that a villain from Resident Evil 4 will be returning for the new game. While there was little to be said about the returning character, there are a number of potential returning characters from the series who could come back for Resident Evil 8, both hero's and villains, as the series often leaves deaths of main characters ambiguous.

Multiple villains wouldn't be new to the Resident Evil series, seeing as how the original game revealed Wesker to be a secret villain and Resident Evil 2 had two villains in the form of Mr. X and Dr. Birkin. Even the Resident Evil 3 Remake took the time to focus on the secondary human villain Nicholai, of course with his fate being left ambiguous in classic Resident Evil style. So it wouldn't be unprecedented for there to be more than one villain in Resident Evil 8, as the series often pits the player against conflicting powers trying to use Umbrella's bio-weapons for their own gain.

It should be noted that at this moment, the state of Resident Evil 8's villains is still fairly up in the air, as even AestheticGamer is hesitant to confirm any information being leaked. While multiple villains wouldn't be much of a surprise for game, this is apparently still changing as development moves forward. With any luck, Capcom will officially release some more information to keep players satiated as they wind down from Resident Evil 3 and prepare for what promises to be the goriest game in the series.

Resident Evil 8 is rumored to be in development for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X.

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Source: Twitter