Resident Evil Creator and Stellar Blade Dev Teasing Announcement

It seems that Resident Evil’s creator and the developers of Stellar Blade might be announcing something together.

The last we heard from Shift Up, the studio behind Stellar Blade, was that it was increasing its focus on self-publishing future projects. Additionally, earlier this month, Shinji Mikami, the creator of Resident Evil, announced his new studio, Unbound, is working on a AAA original IP for consoles and PC.

Unbound and Shift Up Post Similar Announcement Teases

Spotted by Genki_JPN on X (formerly Twitter), both Shinji Mikami’s Unbound and Shift Up have teased that an announcement will be made soon, and both of their posts have a similar ending. Shift Up’s post came first, stating “there are some calls that need to be answered” with the date April 1, 2026, written. Unbound’s post came soon after with the caption “Come on, let’s go together. Let’s create an unforgettable experience” (translated by X).

Additionally, both posts conclude with the phrase “Announcement Coming Soon…” displayed in the same font, along with Japanese translations for Unbound and Korean translations for Shift Up’s posts. Furthermore, in Unbound’s video, we see Shinji Mikami talking to a mysterious man and saying, “Together, you and me, let’s make games together that will change the world.” The mysterious man responds, “Let’s do it. I will put all my effort into it.” Mikami concludes, “And I will do the same”.