Resident Evil Requiem finally made its terrifying, full-blown debut during Summer Game Fest 2025, and while it looks like everything I've ever hoped for, there's just one teeny tiny, '90s-coded thing missing: Leon Kennedy.
Series mainstay Leon Kennedy has long been rumored to be at least one of the playable characters in Resident Evil 9, but there's no indication from the game's reveal trailer that he has anything to do with it. Instead, the trailer focuses on FBI agent Grace Ashcroft, daughter of Resident Evil Outbreak hero Alyssa Ashcroft, and in our hands-off demo, Grace is the only playable character, with Leon nowhere to be seen.
