Resident Evil Requiem Devs Debunk Fan Theory About Mysterious Hooded Character

Sometimes I talk to people and they act as if various speculation and rumours are just already a confirmed thing, and then they start talking on that basis. I would like everyone to remember, let's calm down a bit — what we've shown you so far is everything we can say.

People get frustrated with us, because even though we didn’t promise things, the rumours and theories were such that they were widely believed.

Everyone is convinced it [the hooded figure] has to be a reveal of a returning cast member, and there is speculation that it ‘must be this person or must be that person’. But we don't always want to just lean on surprise comebacks like these. The hooded person is a new character, we will confirm that much. In this case, it's a newly created character for this storyline, so it's a bit of a previously undisclosed detail, but hopefully it contextualises how we’re approaching the game's story.