While many video games focus on a single protagonist, the Resident Evil franchise has featured multiple playable characters from the start. The first Resident Evil game featured Chris Redfield and Jill Valentine as the main playable characters, whereas Resident Evil 2 had Leon S. Kennedy and Claire Redfield. Throughout the course of the franchise, the bulk of the main series Resident Evil games have featured at least two, if not more, playable characters, and it seems that will possibly hold true for the leaked Resident Evil: Outrage as well.

Resident Evil: Outrage was outed by the Capcom ransomware attack, and its existence has since been backed up by reputable Resident Evil leaker AestheticGamer. They believe that Resident Evil: Outrage will be a timed-Switch exclusive game that will likely feature Rebecca Chambers as the main character. However, they have also heard that the game will have a second playable character in the form of fan favorite Leon S. Kennedy.

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AestheticGamer stressed that this information does not come from their own sources and so fans should take it with a grain of salt. Biohazard: The Stage, a play that seems to be inspiring the Resident Evil: Outrage plot if the leaks are accurate, featured both Rebecca Chambers and Chris Redfield, so it wouldn't be surprising for the game to have a second playable character as well, even if it's Leon instead of Chris.

Throughout the Resident Evil games, Rebecca has had far more interactions with Chris than she has had with Leon. In fact, the first Resident Evil game saw Chris and Rebecca run into each other in the mansion, with players even having to take control of Rebecca for a brief period to cure Chris of poison. Rebecca and Chris appear together again in the aforementioned Biohazard: The Stage play, and she appears in the Resident Evil: Vendetta CG film alongside both Chris and Leon.

One reason why Capcom may decide to go with Leon instead of Chris in Resident Evil: Outrage is due to Chris having just appeared in Resident Evil Village. Chris Redfield is a major character in the ongoing Resident Evil storyline, whereas Leon is nowhere to be seen. Having Chris involved with the events of Resident Evil: Outrage could only serve to muddy the story Capcom is trying to tell with Resident Evil 7Village, and the inevitable Resident Evil 9.

Of course, all of this is just speculation at this time, and it's speculation about an unannounced game at that. While the evidence is certainly pointing in the direction of Resident Evil: Outrage being a legitimate game, it remains to be seen if any of the leaks about it are truly accurate. Fans will have to wait for Capcom to properly reveal Resident Evil: Outrage before they'll know anymore about the project.

Resident Evil: Outrage is rumored to be in development for the Nintendo Switch.

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