After a fake-out earlier in Summer Game Fest on Friday, Resident Evil Requiem, or Resident Evil 9, was proven for the primary time.
The brand new title is the primary mainline entry since Capcom launched Resident Evil Village in 2021, and is rumored to function collection stalwart Leon Kennedy. Within the trailer, the one particular person we noticed was a personality named Grace Ashcroft, who works for the FBI and seems to have ties to Raccoon Metropolis.
For essentially the most hardcore Resident Evil followers, the title Ashcroft will ring a bell. Alyssa Ashcroft was one of many survivors of the online-only title, Resident Evil Outbreak for the PS2. Alyssa was a journalist who was trapped in Raccoon Metropolis through the occasions of Resident Evil 2, and he or she, together with different survivors, needed to escape the town earlier than it was destroyed.
Grace is Alyssa’s daughter, and within the trailer, she goes to go to the Remwood Lodge, the place Alyssa was murdered. Later within the trailer, pictures from what seems to be the remnants of a destroyed Raccoon Metropolis are proven, so it seems Resident Evil 9 will return to the place the collection began.
Leon’s return is an enormous deal for the collection, which has made a few of its best games with him within the starring (or co-starring) function. He first confirmed up as a rookie cop in Resident Evil 2, which constructed on the unique sport’s success with extra story and improved monsters and stage design.
He confirmed up once more in Resident Evil 4, which took the collection in a brand new course by introducing an over-the-shoulder perspective, as a substitute of the standard static digital camera angles and tank controls. Leon was additionally one in every of a number of playable protagonists in Resident Evil 6, a sport that appeared to overlook about its survival horror roots. We principally do not discuss that one.
However the 2019 remake of Resident Evil 2 was a wonderful return to type, bringing RE4’s gameplay and a lot better graphics to a fan-favorite entry. The RE4 remake was an identical success.
Resident Evil Requiem is ready to drop Feb. 27, 2026, for PC, PS5 and Xbox Collection consoles, however we’re hoping to get our arms on it this weekend. If you wish to compensate for older Resident Evil video games, Capcom is having a sale that features principally all of the video games, together with Village and the three remakes.
