Resident Evil Requiem was one of the big draws for Gamescom Opening Night Live, and the game's new trailer is already showing the fate of a couple of characters. The ninth mainline installment of the iconic survival horror franchise is set to release in February 2026, but developer and publisher Capcom isn't afraid to reveal some of Requiem's early story beats.
In the new Resident Evil Requiem trailer, the second to last shown at Gamescom ONL, two characters are already shown being killed off, including the mother of new protagonist Grace Ashcroft. The trailer appears to be part in-game cinematic, part gameplay, with a couple of first-person sections apparently pulled from RE9's earliest sections. This new trailer helps fill in some of the background info to the Resident Evil Requiem reveal trailer from June.
The new trailer is a bit more straightforward than Resident Evil Requiem's reveal trailer. It shows Grace Ashcroft working on her laptop in a hotel room when her mother returns. A mysterious phone call seems to worry the elder Ashcroft before the lights go out. Grace's mother seems to know what's going on, but refrains from giving any information to her daughter....
