Resident Evil Requiem director Koshi Nakanishi has confirmed plans to launch a serious story enlargement for the sport, following different additions deliberate over the approaching months.
In a video message to followers posted on social media this morning, Nakanishi as soon as once more thanked gamers for Requiem’s large success up to now, which has resulted in 5 million copies already offered as of final week and inventory points for bodily copies.
However Capcom now has rather more in retailer for the sport, too — together with that story enlargement, the addition of a “mini sport” in Could, and the upcoming arrival of a photograph mode.
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“[We’re] planning so as to add extra add-on content material,” Nakanishi stated in at the moment’s video. “First, the much-awaited picture mode. On prime of that, there’s one other shock coming round Could. We’re planning so as to add a mini sport. We hope to proceed offering help on Resident Evil Requiem to dwell as much as its optimistic reception.
“Oh… yet one more factor,” Nakanishi continued, sorting by means of a pile of (clearly humorous) Resident Evil Requiem add-on concepts, together with what appeared to be a Leon S. Kennedy romance sport spin-off, and a model of the sport starring Leon and Grace Kennedy as cats. “We’re planning to make further story content material!” he ultimately declared.
“On this story,” he continued, referencing the upcoming enlargement, “we are going to delve deeper into the world of Requiem. We’re arduous at work on it now. It is going to take a while, so we ask to your persistence and hope you will sit up for it. Thanks once more for all of your help!”
No additional particulars have been confirmed at the moment concerning the enlargement’s focus, setting or playable character — although followers will definitely have some concepts. May we see different characters linked to Leon make an look, reminiscent of Ada or Claire? Will we get the reply to who Leon is now romantically concerned with, following intense fan hypothesis (and an obvious declaration by Nakanishi that he is now staying out of it)? And can Requiem’s finale, which name-dropped one other basic Resident Evil hero, finally serve to arrange their return additionally?
Capcom gave no extra info on Requiem’s upcoming “mini sport” set to reach round Could, both, although followers will little question count on this to be the sequence’ newest incarnation of its standard Mercenaries mode, the place gamers get to tackle waves of enemies in acquainted environments, whereas taking part in as wider members of every sport’s solid. Here is hoping we get to play because the chef.
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