Capcom brings RE7, Village and Requiem to Switch 2 as native ports

Capcom confirmed on Thursday during a Nintendo Direct that three recent Resident Evil titles will arrive on Nintendo Switch 2 as native ports, with Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, Resident Evil Village and the new entry Resident Evil Requiem scheduled to launch on February 27, 2026, the same day they release on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and PC. A trailer shown during the presentation ran on Switch 2 hardware and demonstrated Requiem gameplay in both first and third person, the company said.

The announcement resolves weeks of speculation. Multiple industry leakers had suggested that Capcom was preparing Switch 2 versions of its RE Engine games and that Nintendo might showcase one of them in a September broadcast. Notable insiders had posted hints on social media, including one that quoted Resident Evil 7 antagonist Eveline telling the protagonist to "stay away" and another that teased a presentation featuring "three sevens." Those hints and broader claims that Capcom was working on a slate of native Switch 2 ports now appear to have been borne out by Thursday's reveal.

Resident Evil 7 originally launched in January 2017 on PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One and marked the series' move...