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Capcom has officially announced thatResident Evil Requiem, akaResident Evil 9, will launch on June 19, 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X.Resident Evil Requiemhas been rumored for quite some time, and with theResident Evilfranchise proving to be a reliable money-maker for Capcom, it’s always been an inevitability.
TheResident Evilfranchise has been on a bit of a break recently. A newResident Evilproject was released every year from 2019 to 2023, but 2024 came and went with nothing new and 2025 is going down the same path. However, rumors have persisted that Capcom has big near-future plans for theResident Evilseries. That plan was always said to start withResident Evil 9, expected to kick off athree-year streak of annualResident Evilreleases. Now Capcom has finally pulled the curtain back onResident Evil 9, confirming its release date, one of its main characters, and more.
TheResident Evil 9trailer begins with FBI agent Grace Ashcroft, the daughter of Alyssa Ashcroft fromResident Evil: Outbreak, being tasked with investigating a crime scene at the hotel where her mother was murdered. It seems people are dying of a mysterious illness, in typicalResident Evilfashion, and there are creepy monsters out and about. The game will shockingly take players to theruined remains of Raccoon City, with the iconic Raccoon City Police Department seen in one brief instance. For the most part, theResident Evil 9trailer keeps its cards close to its chest, and so there’s still a lot we don’t know about the game. With a February 27 release date, a lot more information should come to light in the months ahead.
Resident Evil 9 Trailer
What we do know is thatResident Evil 9will be at Gamescom in playable form. Gamescom Opening Night Live is scheduled to take place on August 19, so chances are that we will get a more in-depth look at the game then. By that point, fans should have a much better idea of how exactlyResident Evil 9plays. It’s been previously rumored thatResident Evil 9will be an open-world game, but that has not been confirmed. At this point, we don’t even know if it’s a first-person game likeResident Evil 7andVillage, or if it’s a third-person game, though third-person seems more likely.
Even though he was nowhere to be seen in the trailer,Resident Evilinsider AestheticGamer has doubled down thatResident Evil 9willfeature Leon S. Kennedy. ManyResident Evilgames feature more than one protagonist, so it wouldn’t be surprising to see Leon at all. Beyond that, AestheticGamer accurately predicted thatResident Evil 9would show up this week, making their claims about Leon even easier to believe.
