The big Resident Evil Requiem interview: how Capcom made a modern horror classic

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There aren't many series that make it to the big three-oh. But Resident Evil hasn't just survived three decades, it's excelled, continuing (brief wobble around part six aside) to go from strength to strength. This is a series that isn't afraid of reinvention, isn't afraid of changing with the times - Resident Evil 7's shift to first-person and its embrace of pure horror is perhaps just as signific

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And it's all brought us to this year's Resident Evil Requiem; a phenomenal new entry that simultaneously manages to continue the series' three-decade-old saga, introduce a brand-new character who's instantly become a fan favourite, brought an old one back for some long-awaited closure, and all while managing to be perhaps the scariest Resident Evil has ever been. Oh, and it's a warm celebration of the series as a whole too. Requiem is a blinder, dancing a line so fine, it's a miracle it works at all, let alone works this well. So there was a lot to talk about when I recently spoke with game director Koshi Nakanishi and producer Masato Kumzawa for a bit of Requiem post-mortem.

As you might imagine, the team is delighted with the critical and commercial response to Requiem. "It was a really great thing," Kumzwa says, via translator. "We were very happy to see the reaction of players around the world after the game launched. In particular, because we were very tight-lipped [before release] in order to maintain the surprise for players, especially about what happens after the return to Raccoon City. So watching people's streams and clips and online reactions... we felt not only pleased they were enjoying it, but relieved our strategy was right to try and save that for them."

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Key names and topics in this story: Resident Evil Requiem, Capcom.

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