Resident Evil Requiem 'lengthy' DLC leaked that fans will be delighted with

Resident Evil fans are patiently waiting for their new Resident Evil Requiem DLC expansion - and a new leak suggests it will be worth waiting for.

Capcom officially confirmed DLC is in the works some time ago, but gave no details away on what it’ll be about or which characters it’ll follow.

Ada Wong seems to be everybody’s top pick for a protagonist. Claire Redfield and Jill Valentine are some other good shouts.

We’re still none the wiser on the details, but leaker Dusk Golem is suggesting it’ll be a ‘lengthy’ expansion that fans will be pleased with.

The Resident Evil Requiem DLC expansion is going to be huge

On July 14, the notorious Resident Evil leaker Dusk Golem took to XCancel to share something “really interesting” they’d heard through the grapevine.

Their post read: “Capcom is investing into doing more lengthy story DLC in the future of RE, of the length & ambition as Separate Ways/Shadow of Rose, for both Requiem & future RE titles.”

Separate Ways was the fantastic expansion for Resident Evil 4 (2023), which followed Ada’s story as it ran parallel to Leon’s in the main game. It featured new gameplay mechanics like Ada’s grappling hook, as well as brought back some bosses and story beats from the original game that didn’t make it into the remake, such as the bio-weapon U-3.

Shadow of Rose was an equally impressive expansion for Resident Evil: Village, which continued the story set years later.

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According to Dusk Golem, these expansions are being prioritised due to internal struggles with “side games” such as Resident Evil: Revelations. These games are never as popular as the mainline titles, so Capcom instead plans to invest in “longer story DLCs for their RE games, which work as smaller, more experimental ‘side stories’ for the franchise.”

What this means for Resident Evil Requiem

Larger DLCs obviously have larger development cycles, which is why the Resident Evil Requiem DLC is taking so long.

In fact, Dusk Golem claims the Resident Evil Requiem expansion will only launch after Resident Evil Veronica.

That’s a lengthy wait time, but if what Dusk Golem says is true, it means we’re getting yet another quality-driven expansion that meaningfully expands the story rather than functions as a quick cash-grab.

The only way this could end badly is if the new DLC adopts that bizarre open-world-ish Raccoon City segment from Leon’s chapters.

We didn’t mind it as such, but many players felt it slowed the game’s pace down to a crawl. Resident Evil games are no strangers to back-tracking though it usually feels less arduous in a house or complex than it does in a grey, dusty street.

That said if the DLC is focused on Ada again, perhaps a segment like that would be more fun to explore, especially if she still has access to the grappling hook.

We obviously need to take Dusk Golem’s claims with a pinch of salt, but if they’re on the money, we can expect the Resident Evil Requiem DLC sometime in 2027. Hopefully it’ll be worth the wait.