With the recent confirmation of the Resident Evil Veronica remake at this year’s Summer Game Fest, the franchise promises to continue its streak of top-tier releases and continue what has proven to be one of the best eras in Resident Evil history. While fans await information on the next mainline entry in the series, details about Resident Evil 10 remain under lock and key at the moment, and it’s likely to stay that way for the foreseeable future.
Further, with Resident Evil Requiem’s incredibly successful release earlier this year, fans have been on the lookout for a DLC announcement sometime in 2026, though up until now it’s been purely hearsay and rumors based on insider leaks. That said, a new announcement has confirmed that Resident Evil Requiem is officially making a return with brand-new DLC on Thursday, July 30, 2026 (via GR).
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Resident Evil Requiem fans are getting a brand-new DLC later this month thanks to the officially licensed release of two new amiibo figures featuring Grace and Leon. Collectors who snag the new figures will be able to scan a unique code that give players access to two new downloadable weapon skins in the game for free.
The Grace amiibo figure can be “scanned” to claim a unique skin for her S&S M232 gun, while the Leon code will unlock a unique skin for the titular Requiem magnum weapon. Both figures are available at select retailers and will run roughly $30 each, and feature highly detailed representations of the main characters that hardcore fans will definitely want to add to their collections.
The new Resident Evil Requiem amiibo figure weapon skin DLCs can be redeemed by tapping the amiibo to the NFC touchpoint on the Nintendo Switch 2 console.
While Capcom has confirmed that a story expansion for Resident Evil Requiem is in development, it has not revealed any official details about its content or release date. Most of what fans are discussing comes from longtime Resident Evil insider Dusk Golem, whose reports have been accurate in the past but remain unconfirmed.
Rumors suggest Resident Evil Requiem’s planned story expansion could arrive sometime in 2026, with Leon Kennedy taking center stage, replacing earlier plans that allegedly focused on Alyssa Ashcroft. The DLC is also rumored to help bridge the narrative toward future projects and pave the way for Resident Evil 10, while additional replay-focused features, such as new game modes, have also been speculated but remain unconfirmed.
While the amiibo downloadable skins aren’t quite as exciting as a full-scale story expansion, hardcore fans will want to snag their figures via preorder through retailers such as Game Stop and scan for their Resident Evil Requiem weapon skin unlocks on July 30.