Resident Evil Requiem, like prior video games within the Resident Evil collection, goes to be a really violent and gory sport, full with decapitations, our bodies been torn aside, and loads of viscera. Beforehand, sure video games within the Resident Evil collection have obtained cuts for the Japanese market, or obtained two completely different variations. However for Requiem, the event workforce at Capcom wished to guarantee that everybody was enjoying the identical model, whereas additionally pushing the sport’s gore to the boundaries.
In a media briefing for Japanese press, which was attended and translated by Automaton, director Koshi Nakanishi spoke to the extent of gore within the upcoming sport, and the need of hitting a sure stage of violence to make the expertise participating.
“For the reason that Resident Evil 4 remake, we’ve gone with releasing a CERO Z model solely, so this time we’re mainly following that very same method,” Nakanishi says. CERO Z is the best age score a sport can obtain in Japan and nonetheless be launched commercially.
Resident Evil Village, Automaton factors out, launched in two iterations, and all variations of the sport in Japan eliminated decapitations. Japan age tips have sometimes been strict round heads being destroyed, however evidently Resident Evil Requiem will likely be launched within the country–and across the world–with decapitations intact.
“I’d say we’re truly pushing ourselves greater than folks would possibly count on,” Nakanishi continued. “That mentioned, it’s not that we need to make issues grotesque for the sake of it, however when depicting stunning scenes or tense battles, a sure stage of that type of expression is important. We additionally need gamers to completely expertise the route and presentation with out holding something again.”
Resident Evil Requiem is releasing February 27, 2026 on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Sequence X/S and Nintendo Change 2. It would characteristic zombies with extra character than earlier video games within the collection, and it’ll, for the primary time, let Leon flip the collection’ notorious chainsaws again on the enemy.
For extra data and impressions, take a look at GameSpot’s hands-on preview of the sport,