When Resident Evil Requiem was finally revealed at Summer Game Fest, my first instinct was to yell uncontrollably. But then, through the heady veil of late-night delirium and sweet vindication after not one but two fake-out teases earlier in the show, I caught something. Did that FBI guy just say… Ashcroft?
Yes, yes he did. It seems that Resident Evil's ninth mainline game will feature the daughter of Alyssa Ashcroft, the cutthroat journalist who starred in PS2 spin-off, Resident Evil Outbreak, some 22 years ago. Aside from a small nod to her in Resident Evil 7, where one of her articles is found by Ethan Winters, the Ashcrofts have largely faded into the background since then. But now that Capcom is dredging up its past to carve out the series' future, I have a couple of hunches about what might come next for us survival horror fans – including a few theories on what the Resident Evil Requiem storyline might be.
