Resident Evil Requiem points to multiple possible futures for the series

Resident Evil Requiem closes on a dazzling crescendo, presenting Leon S. Kennedy as a clearly traumatized figure while sketching a very different landscape for whenever Resident Evil 10 arrives. The game leans on revisionist touches, and those changes feel deliberate: Capcom appears to be sowing seeds for both the mainline series and the remakes that run alongside it.

Requiem brings back Zeno—effectively a new Wesker—and reveals a softer turn from Ozwell Spencer late in life. Those moments do two jobs at once: they refresh the franchise’s oldest lore after 30 years, and they signal that familiar characters can be reshaped rather than replayed verbatim.

Given how some original premises have aged, a straight remake of Resident Evil 5 in the 2020s seems unlikely. A more plausible approach would be an almost-brand-new take that rewrites setting and context while keeping key hooks intact.

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