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 Game Fest host Geoff Keighley mentioned the sport “marks a daring shift for the franchise, each in tone and gameplay, and immediately’s reveal is not nearly survival horror. Anticipate 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 type, because the US authorities used a nuclear bomb on Raccoon Metropolis to comprise 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. If you happen to do not keep in mind that sport, that is as a result of it was a short-lived, early on-line multiplayer title set throughout the occasions of Resident Evil 2 and three. It involved a gaggle of survivors preventing to outlive the zombie outbreak and escape the town.
Based on its official web site, Resident Evil Requiem brings “a brand new period of survival horror begins in 2026. Technological developments mixed with the event crew’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 sport,” 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 government producer Jun Takeuchi thanked followers for his or her continued assist.
“Now, in regards to the newest Resident Evil sport you’ve got all been ready for … bear with us a little bit longer, only a blink of a watch extra, and it will be prepared.”
The video additionally included a bunch of iconic photos from throughout the franchise, such because the “Welcome to Raccoon Metropolis” signal, a Raccoon Metropolis Police Division typewriter, a map of the town, and a shot of Woman Dimitrescu, the breakout villain from Resident Evil Village. The video additionally featured Maggie Robertson, who voices Dimitrescu, singing a spooky tackle “Completely happy Birthday.”
Capcom had beforehand introduced throughout its 2024 showcase that the following Resident Evil was in development–and presumably teased in a Resident Evil 4 gross sales milestone publish again in April–with sport 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 troublesome to determine what to do after [Resident Evil] 7,” Nakanishi mentioned final 12 months. “However I discovered it, and to be sincere, it feels substantial.”
Extra Resident Evil remakes are additionally on the best way, and one other stab at adapting the franchise for the massive display screen is in an early stage of improvement. The brand new Resident Evil movie shall be helmed by Barbarian director Zach Cregger and is at present scheduled to be launched on September 18, 2026.