GameStop may have just spoiled Capcom’s big Requiem reveal without meaning to.
A quick Deluxe Edition listing pointed to DLC featuring Rosemary Winters, even though she doesn’t belong in Requiem’s timeline, and the retailer removed it soon after.
That slip-up sent fans spiraling and suddenly a simple store page became the newest twist in the mystery of who’s actually sharing the spotlight with Grace Ashcroft.
What Exactly Did GameStop Leak?
The description quietly revealed far more than standard promo text, listing a Sanctuary Expansion Pass with two story scenarios, a major Mercenaries update, a Morphic Visor cosmetic for Rose, and a Shadow Walker costume set with three exclusive outfits for Rosemary Winters.
For anyone paying attention, it pretty much signaled that Rose isn’t there as a simple cameo; she has content crafted around her and could even end up playable.
Before long, the listing was edited and all those Rosemary references vanished, which only made it look more like someone at GameStop had posted something they weren’t supposed to yet.
How Does This Clash With Previous Leon Kennedy Rumors?
That alone would have been enough to spark speculation, but it dropped on top of months of rumors about who the second (or even third) playable character in Requiem actually is.
Capcom has so far presented Grace Ashcroft – Alyssa Ashcroft’s daughter – as the sole lead and positioned the game entirely around her role in a new Raccoon City-era outbreak.
Behind the scenes, though, leaks and datamining chatter kept circling back to Leon Kennedy.
Store pages, insider claims, and long-time leakers all hinted that Leon was heavily involved, possibly even a main playable protagonist again.
There was even talk from people like Dusk Golem that Requiem would have three playable characters overall, with Grace as the newcomer and multiple familiar faces filling out the rest of the cast.
In that context, a retailer promoting DLC cosmetics for Rosemary Winters felt like an unexpected twist.
If Rose has her own visor, outfits, and expansion-pass content, that raises real questions about where Leon fits into Capcom’s tight marketing plan.
Does the Timeline Even Allow Rosemary Winters to Be Playable?
The strongest argument against Rose being a main second protagonist is the timeline.
Resident Evil Requiem is set roughly thirty years after the original Raccoon City incident, which puts its main story around 2028.
During that timeframe, Rose would still be a young kid, roughly six or seven, judging by how Village and its DLC outline her birth and later teenage years.
Shadows of Rose, which jumps to 2037, shows her at sixteen, and Capcom framed that DLC as the closure of the Winters chapter.
For Requiem’s core campaign to feature her as a fully active playable adult, the story would either need to leap forward again into the late 2030s or 2040s, or jump between timelines in some fairly dramatic way.
That kind of structure isn’t impossible, but it’s complicated, and none of the official trailers or interviews so far have hinted at big chronological jumps or dual-era storytelling.
This is why plenty of veteran fans, especially those who follow the lore closely, think Rose is more likely tied to an expansion, a Mercenaries pick, or a simple naming slip than a major rewrite of the core campaign.
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