Rumor: Capcom Has Delayed the Resident Evil Requiem DLC to Focus on the Veronica Remake

Resident Evil Requiem players will have to wait longer for a story expansion. According to well-known insider Dusk Golem, Capcom has pushed back the DLC for Requiem, and it will now release only after the Resident Evil Veronica remake, meaning no earlier than late 2027. Capcom hasn’t officially confirmed this.

According to Dusk Golem, Capcom is currently “all hands on deck” on the Veronica remake, so work on the Requiem expansion has been put on the back burner. The reaction to Requiem itself may also have played a role. Players criticized the game for its story, its open-world sections, and how late Leon Kennedy’s campaign shows up. According to the insider, Capcom wants to use the extra time to polish both the remake and the expansion.

Dusk Golem also recently reported that the release of Resident Evil Veronica has been pushed to fall 2027. That means the Requiem DLC will likely arrive even later.

Despite the delay, the DLC is expected to be big. According to the insider, it will be a full story expansion focused on Leon Kennedy. It’s meant to be more ambitious and experimental than a typical DLC, telling a story that fills the gap between the main games in the series.

The delay is also tied to Capcom’s new strategy for supporting the series. According to Dusk Golem, instead of standalone spinoffs, the company will now make large story expansions along the lines of Separate Ways for Resident Evil 4 or Shadows of Rose for Resident Evil Village. Capcom plans to release them about a year after each main game, so the franchise gets new content every year.

This format lets Capcom test new ideas and mechanics in lower-risk projects between mainline releases and keep players interested for longer. That’s why, according to the insider, the Veronica remake will also get its own major story DLC, tentatively in 2028.

Dusk Golem is considered one of the most reliable insiders when it comes to Resident Evil. A year before Requiem launched, for example, he correctly reported that the game would have two protagonists, with Leon as one of them. Still, Capcom hasn’t commented on its DLC plans, so all of this should be treated as a rumor.

Resident Evil Veronica is a remake of 2000’s Resident Evil – Code: Veronica, which Capcom officially announced at Summer Game Fest in June 2026. The game launches in 2027 on PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2. At the same time, rumors suggest that Capcom may show Resident Evil Veronica again soon, so new details about the game could arrive in the near future.