{"id":450359,"date":"2026-02-28T13:49:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/450359\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T13:49:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T13:49:12","slug":"resident-evil-requiem-how-capcom-hopes-to-redefine-survival-horror","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/450359\/","title":{"rendered":"Resident Evil Requiem: how Capcom hopes to redefine survival horror"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thirty years ago, a game named Resident Evil ushered in the survival horror genre – a blend of nerve-shredding tension, elaborate puzzles, and intricate inventory management.<\/p>\n

The series became Japanese developer Capcom’s best-selling franchise ever, prompting books, films and TV programmes, as well as more games.<\/p>\n

So how does the latest edition, Resident Evil Requiem – released to excited fans worldwide on Friday – keep the scares feeling surprising three decades on?<\/p>\n

Koshi Nakanishi, who directed the new release, told the BBC the balancing act between “familiarity and freshness” had been a “huge challenge”.<\/p>\n

But he added he hoped the new title managed to “redefine survival horror in interesting new ways”, while still “respecting the DNA of the series”.<\/p>\n

Over the years, the franchise has see-sawed between focusing on terror and high-octane action, with mixed results.<\/p>\n

After hearing the latest game would try to combine the two, some fans were left fearing it would feel too “jarring”, external<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, producer Masato Kumazawa told the BBC the team has always been clear on Requiem’s and Resident Evil’s signature mood – fear.<\/p>\n

“Fear is such a human emotion,” he said.<\/p>\n

“And through entertainment, we find ways to use fear as a thrill, but in a positive way.”<\/p>\n

“So I think that even with 30 years on the game’s legacy, people still want to go through those thrills over and over again, because that’s really what makes us human.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thirty years ago, a game named Resident Evil ushered in the survival horror genre – a blend of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-450359","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-technology","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-technology","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}