Capcom is throwing the total drive of Resident Evil Requiem on the Nintendo Swap 2 with various unique bulletins for the console.
First up is the Resident Evil Requiem-themed Nintendo Swap 2 Professional Controller, which Nintendo will launch alongside the sport on February 27, 2026. It is the primary Swap 2 recreation to get its personal Professional Controller.
Subsequent is the Resident Evil Era Pack, due out for Nintendo Swap 2, which comprises:
- Resident Evil Requiem
- Resident Evil 7 biohazard Gold Version
- Resident Evil Village Gold Version
And at last, the primary ever Resident Evil amiibo is on its approach within the type of Grace Ashcroft, the sport’s playable character. It’s due out summer time 2026. In fact, given the hypothesis round Leon additionally being a playable character in Resident Evil Requiem, followers are questioning if a Leon amiibo can be within the works.
It’s a giant day for Resident Evil Requiem bulletins. Preorders at the moment are dwell, and we’ve got affirmation of the in-game bonuses for the Deluxe Version.
As we’ve stated, there’s a an enormous quantity of hypothesis about Leon being a playable character alongside Grace in Resident Evil Requiem, however there’s no official point out of Leon in at present’s bulletins. We did get a brand new Street to Requiem overview trailer, beneath, which incorporates transient snippets of footage.
Whereas we wait to search out out about Leon, we’ve received loads extra on Resident Evil Requiem to maintain you going, together with the director of the sport explaining why Western followers usually tend to play in first-person, and the way the builders can’t inform if the sport’s truly scary any extra.
Again at Gamescom, we chatted with director Akifumi Nakanishi on a spread of subjects — the sport’s supersized monster, Lisa Trevor, and Raccoon Metropolis! — whereas avoiding the elephant within the room: the continued absence of Leon S. Kennedy.
Resident Evil Requiem arrives for Nintendo Swap 2, PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Sequence X and S on February 27, 2026.
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