Capcom pulled a quick one on Resident Evil followers throughout Summer Game Fest 2025, first teasing upcoming details about a brand new Resident Evil title someday sooner or later, after which ending the present with a trailer for the following mainline title within the survival-horror franchise, Resident Evil Requiem.
Capcom additionally revealed the discharge date for the sport: February 27, 2026. Try the trailer beneath.
After the trailer reveal, Summer time Recreation Fest host Geoff Keighley mentioned the sport “marks a daring shift for the franchise, each in tone and gameplay, and right now’s reveal is not nearly survival horror. Count on high-stakes cinematic motion, too.”
The trailer gave some hints about the place the sport will take gamers, hinting at a return to Raccoon Metropolis from Resident Evils 1-3–only in its destroyed kind, because the US authorities used a nuclear bomb on Raccoon Metropolis to include the monster-making T-virus outbreak within the early franchise.
It additionally stars a personality named Grace Ashcroft, an FBI analyst who appears to be the daughter of Alyssa Aschroft, a personality who appeared in Resident Evil Outbreak. For those who do not keep in mind that recreation, that is as a result of it was a short-lived, early on-line multiplayer title set through the occasions of Resident Evil 2 and three. It involved a gaggle of survivors preventing to outlive the zombie outbreak and escape town.
In keeping with its official web site, Resident Evil Requiem brings “a brand new period of survival horror begins in 2026. Technological developments mixed with the event group’s depth of expertise mix in a narrative with wealthy characters and gameplay that is extra immersive than ever earlier than.”
Requiem is headed to PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X|S, and PC.
Earlier within the present, Capcom acknowledged the “newest Resident Evil recreation,” in addition to the thirtieth anniversary of Resident Evil, however requested followers to attend just a bit longer for information on the sport. In a brief video phase, Resident Evil govt producer Jun Takeuchi thanked followers for his or her continued assist.
“Now, in regards to the newest Resident Evil recreation you’ve got all been ready for … bear with us just a little longer, only a blink of an eye fixed extra, and it will be prepared.”
The video additionally included a bunch of iconic photographs from throughout the franchise, such because the “Welcome to Raccoon Metropolis” signal, a Raccoon Metropolis Police Division typewriter, a map of town, and a shot of Girl Dimitrescu, the breakout villain from Resident Evil Village. The video additionally featured Maggie Robertson, who voices Dimitrescu, singing a spooky tackle “Joyful Birthday.”
Capcom had beforehand introduced throughout its 2024 showcase that the next Resident Evil was in development–and possibly teased in a Resident Evil 4 sales milestone post again in April–with recreation director Koshi Nakanishi main the cost. Nakanishi has labored on a number of Resident Evil titles through the years, and he was the director of Resident Evil 7, the sport many take into account to be a pivotal turning level for the collection.
“We’re making a brand new Resident Evil. It was actually tough to determine what to do after [Resident Evil] 7,” Nakanishi mentioned final yr. “However I discovered it, and to be sincere, it feels substantial.”
More Resident Evil remakes are also on the way, and one other stab at adapting the franchise for the large display is in an early stage of growth. The brand new Resident Evil movie can be helmed by Barbarian director Zach Cregger and is at the moment scheduled to be launched on September 18, 2026.
