Capcom has reported another strong quarter, driven by continued sales of Resident Evil Requiem and Pragmata. Both titles are performing extremely well, with Requiem surpassing 8 million copies sold and Pragmata reaching the 2.5 million sales milestone.

According to Capcom’s latest financial results, revenues rose significantly year‑on‑year. The publisher recorded around $430 million in net sales for Q1, generating roughly $250 million in operating profit. The company’s overall software sales also saw a major jump, with 23.81 million units sold across new releases and back catalogue titles, up from 14.16 million during the same period last year.

The results indicate that Capcom’s recent releases are performing far better than last year’s slate. Monster Hunter Wilds launched strongly but began to fall down the charts quickly, whereas Requiem and Pragmata have maintained momentum and contributed heavily to the company’s quarterly growth.

Capcom’s outlook for the rest of the year remains strong. Later this year, the company will ship Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen, a refreshed version of the game featuring a major expansion, a new region, additional bosses and a wide range of quality‑of‑life improvements that should tempt new players to pick the game up for the first time.

KitGuru Says: Capcom continues to deliver impressive results, and with Dragon’s Dogma 2: Dark Arisen on the horizon, the publisher should close out 2026 strong. 

Renowned CAPCOM leaker Dusk Golem has commented on the publisher's admission that they are too focused on new Resident Evil entries and remakes of older titles to contemplate any kind of spin-offs. According to the leaker, CAPCOM is addressing this gap in their pipeline by producing longer-form story DLCs for Resident Evil games, including Requiem (which launched earlier this year) and Veronica (due sometime next year). However, Dusk Golem also warned fans that these DLCs, being quite big, will take time to materialize. CAPCOM's temporary solution to there being no spin-offs in the works is that they've, in the last […]

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This morning, Japanese developer and publisher CAPCOM surprisingly released a free Resident Evil Requiem demo on all platforms: PC (Steam and Epic Games Store), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S and X, and Nintendo Switch 2. The demo allows players to play "part of the game’s early stages", according to CAPCOM. However, unlike recent demos for other games, the save data won't carry over to the full game for those users who choose to purchase it afterward. This means they'll have to retread those parts of the game they have already gone through in the Resident Evil Requiem demo. Resident Evil […]

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Resident Evil Requiem has already been one of the highest-rated and highest-selling games of the year. Now, Capcom is giving fans the chance to try it out for free through a new demo. 

The Resident Evil Requiem demo is now available for all platforms, including PC via Steam and the Epic Games Store, alongside consoles like the Switch 2, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.

The demo gives fans a chance to play the “early stages” of the campaign, although those who opt to play the demo will not be able to bring their save data forward into the full game, so if you do jump in, just know that you will need to start over again when you buy the game.

Capcom has offered demos for many of its major titles in recent years, usually offering between 30 minutes and an hour of game time.

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KitGuru Says: We don't know exactly where in the campaign the demo ends but if you've been interested in Resident Evil Requiem and want to try before you buy, this is the best way. 

Recently, Capcom teased that Resident Evil Requiem would be getting DLC soon. Now just as promised, that DLC has been announced, bringing a new mode to the game titled Leon Must Die Forever. 

Players can unlock Leon Must Die Forever by completing the main Resident Evil Requiem campaign. Once that is done, you can play this new fast-paced action mode with Leon, where you must make it to the end of the level alive and take down a boss within a time limit.

Leon Must Die Forever is a separate mode to the main story. However, the development team is also working on new story content as well, which will likely be paid DLC, rather than a free update.

KitGuru Says: Will you be loading Resident Evil Requiem back up to try out this new game mode? 

In terms of scope, Resident Evil Requiem is not much different from its predecessors, but it seems like CAPCOM had to rein in the game's ambition at some point during development. Besides scrapping a Chapter 2, the development team seems to have done away with plenty of other features and mechanics, including investigation mechanics and systems that suggest there would be more interplay between the Grace and Leon segments. As reported by Dusk Golem on X, dataminers recently took a good look at the game's files and have made some very interesting discoveries. Among the scrapped features discovered are: While […]

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As we officially move closer towards 2026 being half-over, global analytics firm Newzoo's latest monthly report provides an insight into which of the biggest releases in March 2026 drove engagement and revenue, and which of this year's releases are at the top of the charts one quarter into the year. Unsurprisingly, it's Crimson Desert, Pokémon Pokopia, and Resident Evil Requiem at the top of the charts. All three games are at the top of the chart for best-selling games by revenue between January and March 2026. Requiem sits at the top, followed by Crimson Desert in second and Pokopia in […]

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A blind test was conducted by Computer Base, which revealed that gamers often prefer DLSS 4.5 image quality to be superior to FSR 4.1. Out of Seven Games, NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 Wins Six Times in Blind Test Conducted by Computer Base, Suggesting Gamers Believe DLSS 4.5 is Superior to FSR 4.1 NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 is the leading upscaling technology from Team Green, while FSR 4.1 remains the flagship upscaler by Team Red. We have seen how incredibly powerful these upscaling technologies are in terms of visual quality. Unlike previous versions, both offer the best possible visuals through better sharpening, reduction […]

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Resident Evil Requiem is due to get its first piece of DLC very soon. The new content will land at a perfect time, as Capcom just raised its profit forecast thanks to continued strong sales of the game.

In a newly-released financial statement, Capcom said that Resident Evil Requiem's 7-million sales milestone has pushed its financials up for the year, with the company now set to “outperform the previously announced forecast”.

This would mean that Resident Evil Requiem has beaten Capcom's predictions. The company now expects to earn around $320 million in net profit, a near 7% increase from its previous forecast.

Resident Evil Requiem wasn't the only money maker here though. Capcom also noted favourable performance for its Arcade business, amusement equipment business and other areas of operation.

KitGuru Says: If Dragon's Dogma 2 also gets a big ‘Arisen' style upgrade this year, then Capcom will have a spectacularly strong 2026.

Following the recent debut of PRAGMATA and Resident Evil Requiem, the first two RE Engine games to support path tracing, CAPCOM's GDC 2026 presentation titled 'Real-Time Path Tracing in RE ENGINE for Resident Evil Requiem and PRAGMATA' is well worth exploring. The presentation is available on the NVIDIA Game Developer YouTube channel, and that's no coincidence: NVIDIA helped a great deal with the addition of path tracing to CAPCOM's engine. Indeed, the two speakers were Hitoshi Mishima from CAPCOM's RE Engine team, who covered the architectural and artistic implementation, and Calvin Shu, a NVIDIA GeForce developer technology engineer who covered […]

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DLSS 5 marks the next major evolution of NVIDIA’s neural rendering journey, pushing beyond temporal upscaling, frame generation, and machine learning-based ray tracing denoising into fully AI-enhanced image synthesis for real-time graphics. Officially unveiled at GTC 2026 and set to launch later this year, the technology promises a generational leap in visual fidelity by infusing frames with photoreal lighting and materials using advanced artificial neural networks. But what exactly is DLSS 5? How does it differ from previous DLSS iterations, and what does it mean for the future of PC gaming? Here’s everything you need to know. What DLSS 5 […]

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At GTC this week, Nvidia has announced DLSS 5, the next major evolution of its AI‑powered rendering technology. The company says the update marks a shift toward real‑time neural rendering, aiming to push game visuals closer to cinematic lighting and material detail. Better yet, DLSS 5 will be launching later this year.

DLSS 5 introduces a new AI model that analyses colour and motion vectors in each frame, then reconstructs lighting, materials and fine detail with greater accuracy. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang described the moment as a major turning point for graphics, saying: “Twenty‑five years after NVIDIA invented the programmable shader, we are reinventing computer graphics once again. DLSS 5 is the GPT moment for graphics”.

The model has been trained to understand scene semantics such as characters, hair, fabric, skin translucency and environmental lighting. Nvidia says this allows DLSS 5 to generate deterministic, consistent frames suitable for interactive play, running in real time at up to 4K. Integration uses the existing Streamline framework shared by DLSS and Reflex.

In the comparison image above, you can get a preview of what DLSS 5 is capable of in Resident Evil Requiem, having a rather stark effect on the Grace character model.

Game developers will also gain new creative controls, including intensity, colour grading and masking options. So while AI will be doing some heavier lifting on the graphics and visuals, the developers themselves will still have sliders and toggles to control the impact of the effects and where they show up to avoid overriding the original art director's vision.

Early partners are already testing the tech. Bethesda’s Todd Howard said: “When NVIDIA showed us DLSS 5 and we got it running in Starfield, it was amazing how it brought it to life. We’ve played it. We can’t wait for all of you to do so as well.”

Capcom’s Jun Takeuchi highlighted similar benefits for atmospheric titles, saying: “DLSS 5 represents another important step in pushing visual fidelity forward, helping players become even more immersed in the world of Resident Evil.”

DLSS 5 will be supported by major publishers including Bethesda, Capcom, Ubisoft, Tencent and WB Games. Confirmed titles include Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Phantom Blade Zero, Resident Evil Requiem, Starfield, Oblivion Remastered, Hogwarts Legacy and there are still more to be announced.

KitGuru Says: Typically, Nvidia ushers in a new major DLSS revision alongside a new generation of GeForce graphics cards. This time though, it looks like DLSS 5 will be coming to current-generation GPUs.

Resident Evil Requiem, the last entry in the ‘Winters Saga' launched to wide critical and fan acclaim at the end of February, shifting 5 million copies during its launch week alone. Now a couple of weeks later, Capcom has announced that the game has reached a new milestone. 

As of this week, Resident Evil Requiem (Resident Evil 9) has sold over six million copies worldwide across PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S and Nintendo Switch 2. On top of that, later this week Capcom will be celebrating the series' 30th anniversary on the 22nd of March with new announcements, including a collaboration between Resident Evil and Universal Studios Japan.

The Resident Evil 30th Anniversary celebrations are also expected to include a series of orchestral concerts across Europe, Japan and the US.

With Resident Evil Requiem surpassing six million copies sold in its first few weeks, it is comfortably outpacing the recent Remake games, including Resident Evil 2 Remake, Resident Evil 3 Remake and Resident Evil 4 Remake, all of which garnered around or under 4 million sales during their first month on the market.

The direct prequel to Resident Evil Requiem, 2022's Resident Evil Village, sold around 4.5 million copies during its first two months on the market. In all, Capcom has to be pleased with how this final entry is doing.

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KitGuru Says: Resident Evil Requiem finally masters the blend of action and horror, bringing the styles of Resident Evil 4 and Resident Evil 7 together into one fantastic adventure. The formula seems to have resonated, so fans will no doubt hope to see it return when it is time to bring out Resident Evil 10. 

The latest NVIDIA GPU driver has reportedly mitigated the performance issues users were facing on the latest Resident Evil title. NVIDIA's Sean Pelletier Confirms Game Ready Driver 595.71 Fixed Performance Issues in Resident Evil Requiem, but Users Will Need to Reboot NVIDIA Game Ready Driver 591.86, which was released at the end of January, reportedly caused trouble for gamers with the latest Resident Evil instalment. Many users on social media reported that they were seeing a significant performance impact in Resident Evil Requiem with the Driver 591.86, mostly involving GeForce RTX 40 series cards. Some users were reporting significant FPS […]

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Resident Evil Requiem is finally here, and you can join the 159K people currently playing it on Steam at the time of this writing if you want to. From everything we've seen and heard since its release at the end of last week, it's been a huge hit, and while thousands of players are still digging their way through it, plenty of players are already looking towards what's next. Which, if the rumors are true, will be a Leon-focused DLC. That's at least what reliable Resident Evil leaker, Dusk Golem, is pointing towards. In an extended thread on X (formerly […]

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NVIDIA's latest driver release might be affecting voltages, virtually restricting them, on RTX 50 "Blackwell" GPUs. My GeForce RTX 5090 GPU Is Running At Lower Voltages After Installing NVIDIA's Latest Driver. Voltage Limitations Introduced For RTX 50 GPUs? [Update - 3/5/2026] - NVIDIA has released its new GeForce Hotfix Display Driver, v595.76, which fixes the voltage cap issue reported on RTX 50 GPUs. When the graphics card is overclocked, GPU voltage may become capped, preventing it from boosting to expected levels [5934973] We can confirm that this fixed the voltage cap on our RTX 5090 GPU as seen below: A […]

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Update 09/03/2026: On top of being tied with Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Capcom's Resident Evil Requiem is now the highest-rated game on the PlayStation Store by its five-star user rating review system. Spotted on ResetEra, the game has over 51K ratings with a score of 4.91/5, while Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sits at 4.85/5 based on over 92K ratings. Its larger sample size is definitely a factor in why it has a lower score, but the point stands that Resident Evil Requiem is really resonating with players. Original Story 02/03/2026: Resident Evil Requiem arrived on PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, […]

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Nvidia has opened a limited-time sweepstakes to celebrate the launch of Resident Evil Requiem, the ninth mainline installment in the legendary survival horror franchise. The prize is a one-of-a-kind GeForce RTX 5090 Founders Edition featuring a custom wrap inspired by the game's dual protagonists, Grace Ashcroft and Leon S. Kennedy.

The giveaway runs from February 27th to March 2nd and is conducted through the Nvidia UK X account, where entrants must comment with their Resident Evil memory for a chance to win. Details on the giveaway can be found in the Sweepstakes' T&Cs.

While Nvidia lists the prize's estimated value at $1,999 for the card plus a $600 custom wrap, current market trends suggest the hardware is worth significantly more. Due to a global memory shortage and surging demand for AI-capable hardware, retail prices for the RTX 5090 have increased since its launch, with the cheapest custom models going for close to £3000. The sweepstakes is a “no-purchase-necessary” event, though eligibility is restricted to specific regions.

The game itself has just been released to critical acclaim, currently with an 88 OpenCritic score. The title leverages the full power of the GeForce RTX 50 Series with PC-exclusive features like Path Tracing and DLSS 4 with Multi Frame Generation. For those not lucky enough to win the custom GPU, Nvidia is running a concurrent hardware bundle where purchasers of a new RTX 5090, 5080, or 5070-series card (laptop GPUs included) will receive a digital copy of the game through March 16th.

KitGuru says: This sweepstakes arrives at a time when the RTX 5090 has become more of a mythical artefact than a consumer product for many gamers. With street prices currently sitting way above MSRP, winning a Founders Edition, let alone one with a custom Resident Evil aesthetic, is essentially like winning the lottery.

Sony has just announced that the highly anticipated new version of the PSSR (PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution) upscaler for PlayStation 5 Pro is ready and will roll out next month, with CAPCOM's Resident Evil Requiem (out today and already doing well on Steam) as the first game to implement it. The announcement came with a statement from CAPCOM's Masaru Ijuin (Senior Manager, Engine Development Support Section, R&D Foundational Technology Department), who said: The upgraded PSSR has allowed us to elevate our expressiveness by successfully processing these details and textural particularities, which are traditionally difficult to upscale because of their intricacy. […]

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