As Capcom continues engaged on upcoming survival horror title Resident Evil Requiem, director Koshi Nakanishi and producer Masata Kumazawa have spoken about rumours surrounding it, similar to the potential of Leon Kennedy exhibiting up as a playable character. In an interview with The Gamer, Kumazawa spoke about followers of the collection taking rumours and hypothesis as confirmed fact, and the way this side can result in followers getting pissed off on the sport’s builders.
This frustration largely comes from followers assuming rumours are true then getting disenchanted, and even indignant at occasions, that these rumours didn’t find yourself being true within the precise sport.
“Generally I speak to folks and so they act as if varied hypothesis and rumours are simply already a confirmed factor, after which they begin speaking on that foundation,” mentioned Kumazawa. “I would really like everybody to recollect, let’s relax a bit – what we’ve proven you up to now is every part we will say. Folks get pissed off with us, as a result of though we didn’t promise issues, the rumours and theories have been such that they have been broadly believed.”
Kumazawa and Nakanishi additionally spoke in regards to the hooded determine within the latest trailers for Resident Evil Requiem, and the way hypothesis has revolved round it being a shock returning character. The duo has emphatically rejected the notion, confirming that the hooded determine goes to be a model new character. Nonetheless, they didn’t actually present extra particulars about this new character.
“Everyone seems to be satisfied it [the hooded figure] needs to be a reveal of a returning solid member, and there’s hypothesis that it ‘should be this particular person or should be that particular person’. However we don’t at all times need to simply lean on shock comebacks like these,” mentioned Nakanishi and Kumazawa. “The hooded particular person is a brand new character, we’ll affirm that a lot. On this case, it’s a newly created character for this storyline, so it’s a little bit of a beforehand undisclosed element, however hopefully it contextualises how we’re approaching the sport’s story.”
At Tokyo Sport Present 2025, the 2 had additionally spoken about Leon Kennedy, in addition to the frustration some followers is perhaps feeling attributable to him not formally “passing the torch” to a brand new protagonist. Nakanishi and Kumazawa laughed about this, saying that “We are going to tackle board this suggestions.” They did notice that Resident Evil Requiem isn’t essentially going to be a “passing the torch” second for the franchise’s protagonist.
“Though we don’t have agency plans for the long run storylines of later titles within the collection, 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 fully when it comes to the collection lore and historical past. However on the similar time, I don’t need to at all times have to simply return to the properly of present characters to create new video games, which was a part of the motivation to introduce Grace.”
Resident Evil Requiem is being developed for PC, PS5, Xbox Sequence X/S and Nintendo Swap 2, and is popping out on February 27, 2026. Curiously, Capcom has famous that the survival horror title wasn’t initially deliberate for the Swap 2.
