Resident Evil Requiem has been an enormous crucial success, and now it appears it’s doing nicely sales-wise too. Not solely that, however followers of Grace and Leon’s terrifying journey can stay up for new content material due to newly introduced story DLC.
Requiem director Koshi Nakanishi appeared in a brief video posted to social media, thanking followers for supporting the sport and asserting that it has already offered over 5 million copies since launching lower than two weeks in the past on February 27. He then shares that extra efficiency patches and updates are on the way in which, together with a photograph mode and a few unspecified mini-game someday in May.
The greatest information was the announcement that extra story content material was at the moment in manufacturing. Nakanishi doesn’t reveal any particulars, solely stating it is going to “delve deeper into the world of Requiem” and says the DLC will “take some time” to return to fruition.
Here is Nakanishi’s full message:
I’m Nakanishi, the director of Resident Evil Requiem. Our sport was launched on February twenty seventh, and due to our gamers’ overwhelming response, we’ve already offered over 5 million copies. On behalf of the event crew, I need to prolong our heartfelt gratitude. Thank you very a lot!
We launched an replace the opposite day to repair a wide range of points, and we’ll proceed to handle every other bugs and efficiency points. But that’s not all. We are additionally planning so as to add extra content material.
First, the much-awaited picture mode. On high of that, there’s one other shock coming round May. 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…another factor. We are planning to make additional story content material. In this story, we’ll delve deeper into the world of Requiem. We’re onerous at work on it now. It will take a while, so we ask on your persistence and hope you’ll stay up for it. Thank you once more on your help!
One attention-grabbing bit is that earlier than revealing the story DLC, Nakanishi comedically flips by varied paper flyers bearing different promotional pictures. One picture reveals Leon and one other, obscured, lady in a romance, James Bond-esque journey referred to as “Forbidden Requiem”, whereas one other says “Biohazard Requiem DLC” that shows the sport’s field artwork however with Grace and Leon’s heads changed by cats. Another slide reveals Requiem’s villain, Victor Gideon, sitting behind a poker desk in a scene paying homage to Buckshot Roulette or Inscryption. Before anybody will get enthusiastic about Capcom teasing extra DLC or spin-off initiatives, these pictures are very prone to be jokes and never precise content material. But we suppose something’s attainable; Capcom positive acted like Leon wouldn’t be a thing in Requiem earlier than his reveal.
New story DLC is not an enormous shock on condition that Resident Evil 7 and Village additionally obtained substantial story expansions, however we’re excited to see how Capcom builds off its glorious work with Requiem. For extra on Resident Evil Requiem, remember to learn our review after which take a look at the announcement of the sport’s Switch 2-themed pro controller and amiibo figures.
