A new box art has been released on the official Resident Evil Requiem PlayStation Store page. The new box art reveals that Leon S. Kennedy will be part of the game and suggests that he may be a playable character, which possibly confirms several rumors. A new trailer for Resident Evil Requiem will notably be revealed at The Game Awards 2025 on December 11. It will likely reveal the character. A recent leak also suggests that Rose Winters will be a playable character in the game in some form. Resident Evil Requiem will launch on February 27, 2026 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and PC via Steam.
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The game’s details:
Requiem for the dead. Nightmare for the living.
Resident Evil Requiem is the ninth title in the mainline Resident Evil series.
Prepare to escape death in a heart-stopping experience that will chill you to your core.
A new era of survival horror begins in 2026. Technological advancements combined with the development team’s depth of experience combine in a story with rich characters and gameplay that’s more immersive than ever before.
Set approximately 30 years after the outbreak in Raccoon City, Resident Evil Requiem follows Grace on a new case where the young FBI analyst must escape from the horrors surrounding her and face the tragic memories from the death of her mother, Alyssa Ashcroft. This new era of survival horror is creeping to Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam on February 27, 2026.
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