After the sequence explored new, undead floor within the final two fundamental video games, Resident Evil: Requiem goes again to narrative threads from the franchise’s previous. In a current PlayStation Weblog interview, producer Masato Kumazawa talked about Requiem’s timing as a recreation for the sequence’ thirtieth anniversary. The place Ethan Winters’ two video games “explored [the series’] broader world, Capcom wished to “return to a narrative that continues the overarching narrative rooted in Raccoon Metropolis and the key machinations of the Umbrella Company.” Discounting the remakes of older video games, each have been absent from the sequence for fairly a while—the town was overrun with contaminated again in Resident Evil 2 and three and subsequently bombed, which led to Umbrella going bankrupt after it was discovered answerable for the town’s destruction. Resident Evil: Requiem is returns to the town practically 30 years later and facilities on Grace Ashcroft, daughter of Raccoon Metropolis survivor (and Resident Evil: Outbreak protagonist) Alyssa. Kumazawa mentioned the crew wished a protagonist with private ties to the town, which led them to the Ashcrofts. Alyssa has been lifeless for years, however Grace continues to be affected by the loss, and Kumazawa teased the sport’s subtitle could be becoming in additional methods than one. “[It’s] a requiem for Grace, and a requiem for the entire individuals who had been caught up within the Raccoon Metropolis incident, to call however just some examples,” he mentioned. “However when you full the sport, I consider you’ll discover much more ranges of which means for the subtitle.”
One more reason Grace is getting the highlight? Requiem is extra horror-focused, and Capcom wished somebody who was relatable and a scaredy cat. In a video that includes the sport’s artistic leads, director Koshi Nakanishi admitted they thought-about making RE2 protagonist Leon the lead of this recreation, however pivoted as a result of he’s “fairly a foul match for horror. He wouldn’t leap at one thing like a bucket falling. Nobody needs to see Leon scared by each little factor.” That hasn’t stopped followers from speculating that Capcom’s bluffing and he’ll be in Resident Evil: Requiem in some capability, given the journey again to Raccoon Metropolis. We’ll discover out when (or possibly even earlier than) the sport releases February 27, 2026 for PlayStation 5, PC, and Xbox Sequence X|S. Need extra io9 information? Take a look at when to count on the most recent Marvel, Star Wars, and Star Trek releases, what’s subsequent for the DC Universe on movie and TV, and all the things you want to learn about the way forward for Physician Who.
