A new rumor claims to have revealed when the Resident Evil Requiem review embargo lifts. If true, players could be waiting close to the game’s launch date to get official reviews of RE9 from gaming outlets.

When Does Resident Evil Requiem Review Embargo Lift?

This latest rumor comes from infamous Capcom insider Dusk Golem. In a post on X, the leaker claims to have revealed when the Resident Evil Requiem review embargo goes live. Assuming their leak is accurate, RE9 reviews won’t go up until two days before the game is released globally.

According to the leak, the Resident Evil Requiem review embargo date is rumored to go up mid-week before the games February 27 launch. Yeah, we weren’t kidding when we said that it is supposedly close to the game’s launch. However, for comparison, RE7 and Resident Evil Village review embargoes lifted a few days before each game released. This is pretty much in line with previous RE titles.

How Long to Beat Resident Evil Requiem?

With reviews not yet available, we don’t currently know the RE9 campaign length. However, we might have a good idea how long it could take to beat based on previous Resident Evil games. For example, 2021’s Resident Evil Village took around 38 hours to for full completion according to HowLongtoBeat.

Here is a list of recent Resident Evil campaign lengths to give you an idea of what we might expect from Resident Evil Requiem.

• Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
  • Main Story: 9.5 hours
  • Full Completion: 28 hours
• Resident Evil Village
  • Main Story: 12 hours
  • Full Completion: 38 hours
• Resident Evil 4 Remake
  • Main Story: 16 hours
  • Full Completion: 64 hours

Of course, these estimated completion times can vary from user to user depending on difficulty level and their playstyle. At the time of writing though, we don’t know how Requiem will stack up to previous RE games. So this is just pure speculation.

While Dusk Golem has a long track record of accurate leaks, we should take this latest review embargo rumor with a grain of salt. Still, based on several leaks and reports, it does appear that RE9 reviews could be going live extremely close to Resident Evil Requiem’s release date on February 27, 2026.