A GameStop product page for Resident Evil 9 briefly displayed unannounced story details before being altered. The listing described the game as Resident Evil Requiem and named Rosemary Winters as a playable character investigating a group called The Sanctuary.
The description read: “This final chapter in the Winters family story follows Rosemary Winters as she investigates the sinister neo-Umbrella group, The Sanctuary. The gameplay returns to third-person survival horror, blending classic combat with Rose’s new psychic abilities and the Morphic Visor used to explore psychic memories.”
The listing also mentioned a Sanctuary expansion pack bundled with the physical PlayStation 5 edition. This expansion allegedly included two new story scenarios and a major Mercenaries mode update.
GameStop’s leak raises questions
The problem is that none of this lines up with what Capcom has officially announced. More importantly, the timeline doesn’t work.
Rose was born during Resident Evil Village in 2021. The Shadows of Rose DLC takes place in 2037 when she’s 16 years old. Resident Evil 9 is set roughly 30 years after the 1998 Raccoon City outbreak, placing it around 2028. That would make Rose approximately seven years old during the main game.
Capcom also previously stated that Shadows of Rose concluded the Winters family saga. The GameStop text calling Requiem “the final chapter in the Winters family story” directly contradicts this messaging.
The listing description doesn’t match the already-announced Deluxe Edition either. Official promotional materials for Resident Evil 9 focus on Grace, a new protagonist, as the lead character. The Deluxe Edition centers on Grace cosmetics and doesn’t mention any Sanctuary expansion or Rose content.
Several elements in the GameStop text read like placeholder or AI-generated copy. Terms like “neo-Umbrella group” and “Morphic Visor used to explore psychic memories” use generic franchise language but haven’t appeared in any official trailers or developer interviews.
By the time the listing gained attention, GameStop had already changed the product description. The updated text now matches the official Deluxe Edition details that focus on Grace.
