Resident Evil Requiem’s gamescom Opening Night Live trailer has a lot of drama, not enough action

Resident Evil Requiem has reminded everybody why it’s one among 2026’s most-anticipated video games, having simply reemerged to ship one thing new for us to admire. That, in fact, was a brand new trailer, broadcast dwell on the Opening Night time Stay stage.

Requiem has all the time appeared like a little bit of an uncommon Resident Evil, and although as we speak’s look doesn’t change any of that, it signaled that it might not be the usual sequel a few of us thought we’d be getting.

The brand new trailer actually is filled with household drama. The sport’s protagonist, Grace Ashcroft, is seemingly caught along with her mom, Alyssa Ashcroft, in a home the place one thing unhealthy is about to occur.

There’s some gameplay on this, however most of it’s spooky, slow-walky stuff with flashlights pointed at issues in nearly full darkness. It nonetheless seems to be fairly good, however I want there was extra occurring within the footage.

Requiem was announced in early June, following what felt like years of leaks. Not like what most of us anticipated, nevertheless, it’s not the open-world, Far Cry-inspired sport these leaks made us count on. As an alternative, it’s a linear horror title with some motion components that takes place in the way forward for the Resident Evil universe.

Requiem stars the – seemingly easily frightened – Grace Ashcroft, who might be revisiting a devastated Raccoon Metropolis. The sport is playable solely in first and third-person. Requiem is in growth for PC, PS5, and Xbox Sequence X/S and is about for launch February 27, 2026.