Rumors circulated earlier than Tokyo Sport Present in regards to the supposed reveal of Leon S. Kennedy in Capcom’s Resident Evil Requiem. One State of Play and PlayStation Japan stage occasion later, and that affirmation continues to be pending. Whereas IGN did witness a brand new trailer, Leon was nowhere to be discovered.
Upon bringing this as much as sport director Koshi Nakanishi and producer Masato Kumazama at TGS, they laughed, and the latter mentioned, “We are going to tackle board this suggestions.” When requested if there’s any concern in regards to the rumors and whether or not they affected Grace’s place as the one (to our information) playable character, the latter mentioned, “We’re at all times completely happy that persons are within the sport sufficient to invest a lot.”
Curiously, Kumazawa was extra candid about Requiem being a possible “passing of the torch” second for the franchise…which is to say, it isn’t. “Though we don’t have agency plans for the long run storylines of later titles within the sequence, I nonetheless assume passing the torch might be going a bit too far, as a result of we’re not simply going to wipe the slate clear utterly when it comes to the sequence lore and historical past.
“However on the similar time, I don’t wish to at all times have to simply return to the effectively of present characters to create new video games, which was a part of the motivation to introduce Grace.”
Resident Evil Requiem launches on February twenty seventh, 2026, for Xbox Collection X/S, PS5, PC, and Nintendo Change 2. Surprisingly, there initially weren’t plans to launch it on Nintendo’s console. You possibly can learn extra on that right here or take a look at some admittedly spectacular off-screen footage of the sport in handheld mode.
