Resident Evil Requiem briefly appeared throughout the newest Capcom Highlight, with the event workforce delving into the core ideas and protagonist. It additionally confirmed that the story takes place 30 years after the missile strike on Raccoon Metropolis in Resident Evil 2.
Director Koshi Nakanishi cites “Addictive concern” as the primary idea, with the catharsis of overcoming your concern creating an dependancy to play extra. Grace Ashcroft is a brand new sort of character within the collection – simply scared, however due to her FBI coaching, she possesses deductive reasoning and firearms coaching.
Apparently, the workforce thought-about making Leon S. Kennedy the protagonist however felt a horror sport with him “can be troublesome” and that he was a nasty match for a similar. They didn’t outright affirm his absence, so maintain the hope alive.
Different intriguing factors embody the evolution of visuals, like Grace’s face turning purple from hanging the other way up and the reasonable hair physics (with the workforce utilizing a real-life wig as a mannequin). There are a lot of expectations for Requiem, particularly after every little thing that’s occurred within the collection, but it surely’s thought-about a “eulogy” to the characters who got here earlier than.
Resident Evil Requiem launches on February twenty seventh, 2026, for Xbox Sequence X/S, PS5, and PC. It’ll even be playable at Gamescom in August and has lately crossed a million wishlists.
