Capcom has changed its approach to the Resident Evil franchise. At Summer Game Fest 2025, the Japanese publisher presented a full trailer for the new part of the series — Resident Evil Requiem. In it, players will not find themselves in the center of a zombie apocalypse, but in a deeply personal story, where the main character struggles with the traumas of the past.
Capcom has changed its approach to the Resident Evil franchise. At Summer Game Fest 2025, the Japanese publisher presented a full trailer for the new part of the series — Resident Evil Requiem. In it, players will not find themselves in the center of a zombie apocalypse, but in a deeply personal story, where the main character struggles with the traumas of the past.
As Gameverse reports, Capcom deliberately hid the development of the ninth installment of Resident Evil until the very end. During the Summer Game Fest broadcast, studio representatives claimed that the new game was not yet ready for release. But at the end of the event, fans saw a story trailer called Resident Evil Requiem — a reboot of the franchise in a new tone.
The main character is an FBI agent named Grace Ashcroft. She investigates a series of mysterious deaths with suspicious biological signs. One of the incidents is particularly painful for her: the victim’s body is found in the hotel where her mother died many years ago. Capcom’s writers focus on the heroine’s internal conflict — the psychological tension here is no less than the fear of monsters.
The trailer doesn’t feature any classic characters from the series. This is a conscious decision: the team wants to focus on the new storyline, create an atmosphere of isolation and immersion in the fear of the unknown. Visually, Requiem is closer to Silent Hill than to previous Resident Evil installments, but fans of the series will find hidden details that hint at a connection to the past.
Capcom promises to release the game on February 27, 2026 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, and PC. At the time of publication, it is unknown whether the game will have VR support or a multiplayer mode.
The Resident Evil series began in 1996 and has become one of Capcom’s most successful projects in history. The franchise has sold over 150 million copies in total. In 2021, the company experimented with a change of tone with Resident Evil Village, but Requiem looks like a complete reimagining of the genre.
We previously wrote about how Capcom has begun a crackdown on modding its games, which it calls «cheating.» The campaign resulted in the release of an update for Resident Evil Revelations that added additional software called Enigma Protector, which prevents mods from being installed.
