Capcom has opened preorders for Resident Evil Requiem and in doing so confirmed the various editions of the game and their bonuses.
Preorders come with the Apocalypse costume for playable character Grace. It rekindles memories of 2004 movie Resident Evil: Apocalypse, starring Milla Jovovich as Alice.
The deluxe edition, meanwhile, includes five costumes, one of which is Lady Dimitrescu for Grace, and two screen filters, one of which is Apocalypse. You also get four weapon skins, two charms, a custom sound pack (Raccoon City Classic), and additional in-game files (Letters from 1998).
Lady Dimitrescu is of course the star of 2021’s Resident Evil Village, a character who broke out from the confines of the franchise to become a genuine mainstream hit in the run up to the game’s launch. The gigantic vampiric monster, played by American theatre actress Maggie Robertson, ended up fronting Capcom’s Resident Evil Village marketing campaign, such was the excitement online about the character.
And finally, the steelbook deluxe edition of Resident Evil Requiem includes the full game, everything in the deluxe edition, and a premium steelbook and lenticular card.
There is a a huge amount of speculation about Leon being a playable character alongside Grace in Resident Evil Requiem, but there’s no official mention of Leon in today’s announcement. We did get a new Road to Requiem overview trailer, below, which includes brief snippets of footage.
While we wait to find out about Leon, we’ve got plenty more on Resident Evil Requiem to keep you going, including the director of the game explaining why Western fans are more likely to play in first-person, and how the developers can’t tell if the game’s actually scary any more.
Back at Gamescom, we chatted with director Akifumi Nakanishi on a range of topics — the game’s supersized monster, Lisa Trevor, and Raccoon City! — while avoiding the elephant in the room: the continued absence of Leon S. Kennedy.
Resident Evil Requiem arrives for Nintendo Switch 2, PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S on February 27, 2026.
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