All three of Capcom’s big video game releases this year have been hits and the trend’s set to continue with the new Onimusha.
It’s hard not to notice, but Capcom has been enjoying quite the golden age since the second half of the 2010s, with consistently strong video game releases and very few bumps in the road.
It re-ignited the Resident Evil series after the terrible Resident Evil 6, Monster Hunter exploded in the West thanks to Monster Hunter World (which remains Capcom’s best-selling game ever), and is in a comfortable enough position to start releasing riskier, experimental games like Kunitsu-Gami: Path Of The Goddess.
And while we’ve yet to reach the halfway point, 2026 could very well be Capcom’s best year ever. So, it’s no wonder the company’s acting rather boastful on social media.
Over on Bluesky, the official Capcom USA account shared a collage of all its major 2026 releases, including Resident Evil Requiem, Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection, the recently released Pragmata, and the upcoming Onimusha: Way Of The Sword.
Onimusha is labelled as ‘up next,’ with Capcom writing, ‘We’re not done with 2026 yet,’ in a very clear acknowledgement of how well received all its 2026 games have been so far.
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It has every right to brag. All three of those games currently sit within the top 12 rated games of the year on Metacritic, with Resident Evil Requiem sharing joint first place with Pokémon Pokopia.
Capcom also seems happy with their sales performance, with Resident Evil Requiem becoming the fastest-selling game in the series and Pragmata selling one million copies in two days despite being a wholly new IP.
The company hasn’t shared sales data on Monster Stories 3, though, which suggests it hasn’t performed as well. However, its Switch 2 version was the second best-selling game of its launch week in Japan according to Famitsu, with the PlayStation 5 version coming in third.
Capcom’s collage omits the Mega Man Star Force Legacy Collection, which launched last month, but it’s a compilation of Nintendo DS remasters with a very niche audience.
What is Capcom”s next big game?
The hot streak will likely continue once the new Onimusha launches. Our hands-on session and interview with producer Akihito Kadowaki and director Satoru Nihei from last year left us very excited for it, even if it currently lacks an exact release date (maybe Capcom’s waiting to see if GTA 6 gets delayed again).
Capcom also has DLC coming this year for Resident Evil Requiem – both a ‘minigame’ (likely the fan favourite Mercenaries mode) and new story content.
Street Fighter 6 still has one new character – Ingrid – to add as part of its current season pass and although it’s not officially confirmed, it’s widely believed there will be DLC for Dragon’s Dogma 2, after it received a massive 12GB update on Steam last week.
What we’re most curious about is what the company’s 2027 line-up looks like, especially since it has no other major releases planned beyond Mega Man: Dual Override, which is not a big budget title.
There’s also the Ōkami sequel but based on Capcom’s comments so far it doesn’t seem likely that it’ll be out next year, with director Hideki Kamiya giving no hint that it’s nearly done, when he acknowledged the 20th anniversary earlier this week.
Capcom is rumoured to have more Resident Evil remakes in development, and while there’s been some disagreement over whether Resident Evil 0 or Code: Veronica will be next the most recent suggestion is that it’ll be the former, sporting a new online co-op feature.
Fans certainly have no shortage of suggestions on social media for what should come next, responding to Capcom’s post with demands for new Power Stone, Ace Attorney, and Dino Crisis games.
Although given its long absence, and the strong performance of the last entry, Devil May Cry 6 seems like the most likely guess.
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