Resident Evil Requiem will return to the original “overall narrative” of the franchise for the first time in more than a decade, including Raccoon City and Umbrellas
Blog Andrew Joseph 27 Jun , 2025 0
Resident Evil Requiem Capcom said it will return to the series’ “overall narrative”, with the village focusing on events set elsewhere with fewer connections to past titles after releasing more recent games like Resident Evil 7 and Resident Evil.
Requiem not only has the return of Raccoon City, but it will obviously also grasp the current status of Shadowy Umbrella Corporation. The last time we heard about it, the company went bankrupt. But now back to the present, it still really disappeared?
Speech in an interview PlayStation BlogResident Evil Requiem producer Masato Kumazawa said the game was intended to mark next year's 30th anniversary, when it was released on February 27, 2026, a thirty year from the original Resident Evil launched in March 1996.
“In recent mainline titles, such as Resident Evil 7 and Resident Evil Village, the series explores the wide world of evil universes by focusing on events involving the Winters family,” Kumazehua said.
“However, with Resident Evil Requiem, we want to return to a story that continues to root in the overarching narrative of the secret plot of Raccoon City and Umbrella Company. As the series celebrates its 30th anniversary, we believe Raccoon City is the most appropriate environment.”
Although Resident Evil 7 is relatively new in terms of the overall timeline of the series, it still arrives in 2017. Recall that when we last saw classic Resident Evil characters outside of the remake, it was clear that the series had enough fan favorites to reward.
Another classic Resident Evil Story thread that Requiem will link back is the spin-off series Resident Evil Breaking out, with new protagonist Grace Ashcroft being the daughter of the bursting Alyssa.
“When creating a story in the ruins of Raccoon City, we thought it would be appropriate to have a personal connection to the city itself.”
He added: “In this title that is designed to focus on horror, we have Grace as a new, relevant protagonist, unlike the previous protagonists Leon or Chris.”
Kumazawa continues to reiterate what we have heard from other Requiem developers before, and Grace is specifically chosen as the protagonist of the game because she is the one who is still “fearing” when the enemy appears.
However, Capcom again said that Requiem will take more action sequences. Maybe here, if he was in the game, fans would play like someone like Leon (also had a personal connection to Raccoon City) because many fans still believe it.
“We have been thinking about making Leon the lead,” Koshi Nakanishi in Capcom Spotlight 2025 Broadcast Last night, before saying he was a horrible “bad game”. In a separate developer diary, Capcom confirms that it has Trying to create a Resident Evil Plan: Requiem, an open world gameand because it has online elements, then realize that this is not what fans want.
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