The rumors had been true. Capcom’s blockbuster horror collection is discovering a brand new residence on Swap 2. Not solely will Resident Evil Requiem be a day-one launch on Nintendo’s moveable console in February 2026, however Resident Evil 7: Biohazard and Resident Evil Village will probably be becoming a member of it as a group on the identical day.
The Swap 2 trailer opened with FBI agent Grace Ashcroft investigating a collection of murders in a spooky lodge amid one jumpscare after one other. The footage seemed to be taken from a Swap 2 although the trailer didn’t instantly affirm that. If that’s the case, the ninth mainline Resident Evil isn’t trying too shabby on the weaker {hardware}.
Requiem is out February 27, 2026 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X/S, and PC as properly. That’s additionally the day that some older Resident Evil video games will lastly make their method to Nintendo’s platform. Gold editions of Capcom’s Resident Evil 7 and Resident Evil Village will each arrive then as properly.
These sudden Resident Evil ports had been rumored previous to immediately’s Nintendo Direct, with leakers suggesting the remainder of the fashionable Resident Evil collection, together with remakes of 3 and 4 in addition to Resident Evil Village, will arrive on Swap 2 ultimately as properly.
Whereas not confirmed, that incontrovertible fact that Capcom appears to be having a lot success getting RE Engine video games operating on the brand new console is an effective signal that we may see a few of Capcom’s different blockbusters arrive on it, together with perhaps Dragon’s Dogma 2 and Monster Hunter Wilds. The latter remains to be in tough form even on PC, although, so we’ll have to attend and see.
