Resident Evil Requiem Story Expansion and Additional 'Mini Game' in Development, Director Confirms

Resident Evil Requiem manager Koshi Nakanishi has confirmed plans to motorboat a large communicative enlargement for the game, pursuing different additions planned implicit the coming months.

In a video connection to fans posted connected societal media this morning, Nakanishi erstwhile again thanked players for Requiem's immense occurrence truthful far, which has resulted successful 5 cardinal copies already sold arsenic of past week and banal issues for carnal copies.

But Capcom present has overmuch much successful store for the game, excessively — including that communicative expansion, the summation of a "mini game" successful May, and the upcoming accomplishment of a photograph mode.

A connection from Koshi Nakanishi, manager of Resident Evil Requiem. pic.twitter.com/54aKw80h8K

"[We're] readying to adhd much add-on content," Nakanishi said successful today's video. "First, the much-awaited photograph mode. On apical of that, there's different astonishment coming astir May. We're readying to adhd a mini game. We anticipation to proceed providing enactment connected Resident Evil Requiem to unrecorded up to its affirmative reception.

"Oh... 1 much thing," Nakanishi continued, sorting done a heap of (clearly humorous) Resident Evil Requiem add-on ideas, including what looked to beryllium a Leon S. Kennedy romance crippled spin-off, and a mentation of the crippled starring Leon and Grace Kennedy arsenic cats. "We are readying to marque other communicative content!" helium yet declared.

"In this story," helium continued, referencing the upcoming expansion, "we volition delve deeper into the satellite of Requiem. We're hard astatine enactment connected it now. It volition instrumentality immoderate time, truthful we inquire for your patience and anticipation you'll look guardant to it. Thank you again for each your support!"

No further details were confirmed contiguous astir the expansion's focus, mounting oregon playable quality — though fans volition surely person immoderate ideas. Could we spot different characters linked to Leon marque an appearance, specified arsenic Ada oregon Claire? Will we get the reply to who Leon is present romantically progressive with, pursuing aggravated instrumentality speculation (and an evident declaration by Nakanishi that he's present staying retired of it)? And volition Requiem's finale, which name-dropped different classical Resident Evil hero, yet service to acceptable up their instrumentality also?

Capcom gave nary much accusation connected Requiem's upcoming "mini game" acceptable to get astir May, either, though fans volition nary uncertainty expect this to beryllium the series' latest incarnation of its fashionable Mercenaries mode, wherever players get to instrumentality connected waves of enemies successful acquainted environments, portion playing arsenic wider members of each game's cast. Here's hoping we get to play arsenic the chef.

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