Resident Evil Requiem GameStop Listing Leaves Fans Bewildered By Mentioning a Shock Second Character — And It's Not Leon

A GameStop listing for Resident Evil Requiem has stated that the game's Deluxe Edition volition see costumes for a daze 2nd quality — and no, it's not who you mightiness think.

Over the past year, the net has been waiting for Capcom to corroborate that Resident Evil leader Leon S. Kennedy is successful Resident Evil Requiem arsenic a 2nd playable character. There person been rumors, determination person been AI representation leaks, and determination person been progressively cryptic teases from Capcom itself.

And it's against this backdrop that fans person been near stunned, arsenic GameStop's Resident Evil Requiem Deluxe Edition listing has gone unrecorded and mentioned exclusive contented for... Rosemary Winters.

Rosmary Winters?! The girl of Resident Evil 7 and Village protagonist Ethan Winters, Rosemary initially appears successful the second crippled arsenic a baby, though has a starring relation successful that game's Shadows of Rose expansion, acceptable successful the aboriginal erstwhile she is simply a teenager.

Her inclusion here, if GameStop's listing is so to beryllium believed, is simply a immense curveball for Resident Evil fans — arsenic Requiem has truthful acold been pitched arsenic an introduction that ties the bid backmost to its roots successful Raccoon City. Indeed, Capcom has adjacent said that it wanted the crippled to necktie up older crippled threads (such has what happened to Umbrella) alternatively than absorption connected characters from much caller games. But possibly it sees Rosemary arsenic an accidental to adjacent disconnected those, too.

GameSpot seems to person accidentally conscionable posted much Deluxe Edition contented for Resident Evil Requiem, which includes immoderate spoilers, including Mercenaries Mode, Grace having a "FBI Visor" mechanic, & 2 planned communicative DLC for RE9. pic.twitter.com/7HoZbqTUzp

GameStop's listing states the Deluxe Edition includes a "'Morphic Visor' cosmetic filter for Rose's visor" and the "Shadow Walker' costume pack: 3 exclusive outfits for Rosemary Winters." There's besides notation of 2 further communicative scenarious and a "major" Mercenaries mode update, included successful an enlargement pass. None of this contented is officially announced.

The listing has travel arsenic specified a astonishment to fans that determination is immoderate skepticism implicit its legitimacy — adjacent arsenic it sits connected the website of GameStop, 1 of the world's biggest video crippled retailers. Fan speculation has tally the gamut present — that the retailer has been hacked, oregon the introduction updated by a rogue worker conscionable to ticker fans respond arsenic they are present doing. Or, alternatively, it's existent — and an accident, oregon adjacent yet different canny portion of selling from the chain.

And arsenic for Leon? Well, there's surely nary motion successful GameStop's listing. What does this mean for his inclusion? Well, if GameStop's listing is accurate, simply that he's not a portion of the Deluxe Edition content.

Whatever's going on, each eyes volition beryllium connected Resident Evil Requiem's quality astatine The Game Awards aboriginal this week, wherever Capcom is expected to tease fans with much connected the game, present conscionable a fewer months from launch. Will we spot Leon? Will we spot Rose? IGN volition beryllium reporting unrecorded — and successful the meantime, we've contacted GameStop for comment.

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