Resident Evil Requiem announced at Summer Games Fest

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Capcom has formally introduced Resident Evil Requiem at Summer season Video games Fest 2025. Following a cute-but-annoying tease earlier within the present, the corporate formally revealed the following title within the now 30-year-old horror collection on the annual gaming celebration.

Confirmed alongside bulletins like Atomic Heart 2, Mortal Shell 2 and extra, Capcom revealed the newest entry in its iconic franchise on the finish of the web gaming present. Following prior teases from the studio earlier this 12 months, we lastly have our first have a look at the following entry on this iconic franchise.

Resident Evil Requiem is Resident Evil 9

Put within the footwear of recent protagonist Grace, the newest sport in Capcom’s horror franchise provides a largely completely different expeirence than what gamers could also be used to. Releasing on February 27, 2028, Resident Evil Requiem is a brand-new “daring shift in tone and gameplay” with high-stakes cinematic motion.

Not a lot is thought in regards to the upcoming horror sport on the time of writing. Nonetheless, because the title is formally the ninth mainline entry within the long-running franchise, it’ll happen after the occasions of the outstanding Resident Evil Village.

Gamers will management new protagonist Claire in what seems to be a return to a model of Raccoon Metropolis decimated by the nuclear bomb that was dropped on the finish of the second sport. With new unexplained deaths occuring and bizarre signs surrounding the mysterious victims, is Umbrella as much as its typical shennigans once more?

Few particulars had been shared in regards to the upcoming horror sport, though it has been in growth for quite a few years. As a celebration of 30 years of Resi titles, the sport is described as an action-packed entry within the collection. Hopefully, it received’t be as “action-packed” as RE6 was.

There was no info concerning returning characters from the Resident Evil franchise. Nonetheless, current leaks declare that RE2 and RE4 protagonist Leon S. Kennedy may have some function within the sport. It’s not recognized if this function is just a cameo, much like Chris Redfield’s look on the finish of Resi 7.