Update: Capcom faked out the audience at Summer Game Fest by saying it wouldn’t be revealing the next Resident Evil early in the show, only to have a full trailer for the game as the “one last thing.”
The game is called Resident Evil 9: Requiem (the ‘q’ is the cute stand-in for the ‘9’). The trailer follows a character named Grace Ashcroft, who is potentially related to Alyssa Ashcroft from Resident Evil’s Outbreak and Outbreak File #2. Grace works for the FBI and is tasked with investigating the hotel where her mother was murdered. The trailer shows all kinds of creepy happenings and monsters as part of the investigation.
Resident Evil Requiem arrives surprisingly soon with a release date of February 27, 2026.
Original story:
Resident Evil Village’s English voice actor for Lady Dimitrescu, Maggie Robertson, and Capcom’s Jun Takeuchi made an appearance on the Summer Game Fest stage to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Resident Evil. Robertson sang happy birthday while iconography from Resident Evil appeared on screen and Takeuchi then appeared in a pre-recorded video to thank fans for their patience and said information about the next Resident Evil will appear soon. “Just a blink of an eye more and it will be ready,” Takeuchi said.
Based on Capcom’s pattern of releasing a new Resident Evil and then a remake, it’s safe to assume the next new Resident Evil game we see will be Resident Evil 9 (or whatever it ends up being called), but we will apparently have to wait a little longer.
