Resident Evil Requiem, the ninth installment within the single-player survival horror sport franchise, was unveiled at Summer time Recreation Fest 2025. The brand new sport can be launched throughout PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox on 27 February, 2026.
Speaking concerning the new sport on its web site, Resident Evil developer Capcom wrote, “Requiem for the lifeless. Nightmare for the dwelling. Resident Evil Requiem is the ninth title within the mainline Resident Evil collection. Put together to flee dying in a heart-stopping expertise that can chill you to your core. A brand new period of survival horror begins in 2026. Technological developments mixed with the event workforce’s depth of expertise mix in a narrative with wealthy characters and gameplay that is extra immersive than ever earlier than.”
“Resident Evil Requiem delivers spine-chilling realism like by no means earlier than, with advanced character particulars like lifelike facial expressions, reasonable pores and skin textures, and even high-fidelity sweat droplets which can be positive to maintain gamers on the sting of their seats. Resident Evil Requiem takes the collection again to the enduring Raccoon Metropolis, dwelling of the organic catastrophe that shook the world, combining deeply terrifying features of psychological horror with pulse-pounding motion that franchise followers know and love.” the corporate stated in a launch.
Capcom additionally promised that much more ‘horrors’ from the brand new sport can be revealed all year long, which can embrace the primary playable model being out there at Gamescom 2025.
Notably, the final sport on this well-liked franchise, Resident Evil Village, was launched again in 2021 whereas the unique Resident Evil sport was created by Shinji Mikami and Tokuro Fujiwara for PlayStation and debuted in 1996.
What to anticipate from Resident Evil Requiem?
Other than the announcement, Capcom has additionally launched a trailer for the upcoming sport exhibiting footage of a destroyed Raccoon Metropolis—the fictional metropolis which was destroyed on the finish of Resident Evil 3.
The trailer video exhibits a brand new character of FBI technical analyst Grace Ashcroft who’s investigating a collection of grim and mysterious deaths. She is revealed to be the daughter of Alyssa Ashcroft who was murdered on the Remwood Lodge and was beforehand a playable character in Resident Evil Outbreak.
