Resident Evil 9: resident evil 9 — Cloud launch of Resident Evil Requiem and review praise
The latest coverage places resident evil 9 alongside news of a cloud debut and critical praise for Resident Evil Requiem. Reports detail a limited-time launch bundle, cloud performance features, in-game reward drops, and an extensive review that highlights characters, puzzles and a thirty-year refinement of the series.
Resident Evil 9 and Cloud Launch
A cloud service marked its sixth anniversary by adding Capcom’s Resident Evil Requiem to the streaming library and promoting a special launch bundle that pairs the game with a 12-month Ultimate membership for a limited time. The anniversary push was accompanied by an in-game reward drop for the extraction and warfare game Delta Force and the announcement that 11 new games joined the cloud this week.
Bundle, membership and rewards
The launch bundle includes Resident Evil Requiem with the purchase of a yearlong Ultimate membership. All members are eligible for a Delta Force reward bundle that contains standard gear tickets, premium weapon XP tokens and armament vouchers. Performance and Ultimate members get an early unlock of the PP-19 Bizon. That sixth-anniversary reward is available through Thursday, March 26, while supplies last.
Graphics and performance tech
The cloud offering is presented with high-end rendering options: GeForce RTX 5080-class power in the cloud enables lifelike lighting, full path tracing, ray-traced reflections and cinematic realism at up to 5K resolution with high dynamic range. The package also highlights DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation to boost performance, and the Ultimate membership is framed as the option to keep encounters smooth when streaming from powerful GPUs in the cloud.
Gameplay, characters and setting
Resident Evil Requiem follows FBI analyst Grace Ashcroft and veteran agent Leon S. Kennedy as their stories and playstyles intertwine in what is described as a chilling, emotional fight for survival. The narrative sends players back to Raccoon City, called the ruined heart of a 1998 bioweapon disaster now buried in government secrecy. Grace investigates her mother’s mysterious death; Leon, hardened by years of battling outbreaks and described as ill and racing against the clock, uncovers a new bioterror threat spreading through the Midwest. Play can switch seamlessly between first- and third-person views.
Review takeaways and tone
One review frames Resident Evil Requiem as a story about two people whose lives are forever altered by the worst day of work ever, and who risk everything to save someone. The review highlights roundhouse-kicking zombies, physics-defying motorcycle chases, and a narrative that requires years of crisscrossed history to fully understand. The reviewer calls the game fantastic, a revelatory mix of terrifying survival-horror and action, and describes it as goofy, schlocky and excessive while also labeling it a masterclass in refinement that arrives after 30 years of lessons learned — concluding that Requiem is "Resident Evil at its finest. "
Puzzles, set pieces and scares
Locations cited include the Rhodes Hill Care Center, sterile-white labs and the wider Raccoon City, with puzzles that involve sparkling gems, search-action gauntlets and a scavenger hunt for detonator parts. Descriptions of set pieces include a hulking undead chef wielding a machete-sized kitchen knife, a pustulating walking blister that explodes into a fountain of blood after a hatchet strike, a chainsaw sequence, and a gigantic woman whose eyes verge on popping "like the world’s most disgusting boba. " The reviewer notes the shakiness of Grace’s hands in first-person and the emotional drive to save a girl who could have been Grace in a different universe.
Social prompts and timeline
The anniversary messaging included social prompts asking readers what they planned to play over the weekend and inviting comments about recent achievements. A dated social post tied to the announcement is marked February 23, 2026. Separate promotional lines accompanying the launch mentioned a wider slate of initiatives and industry items alongside the cloud news.
Alongside the cloud debut and the review’s praise, the coverage presents a combination of technical ambition, classic survival-horror design and visceral set pieces, all wrapped into a limited-time membership offer and a time-limited reward drop ending March 26.
