Resident Evil Requiem: Victor Gideon, the most unsettling villain of the recent saga

The new antagonist of the saga hides a past linked to Umbrella, secret experiments and a dangerous obsession.

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Resident Evil Requiem aims high not only with its atmosphere and tone, but also with the figure that articulates much of the conflict. The main antagonist is seen in different moments with an unsettling presence and a methodical behavior that fits perfectly with the type of threats that have marked the history of the franchise.

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As Capcom has been showing fragments of the game, several details have come to light that allow us to reconstruct the past of this character and their direct relationship with the events that mark the beginning of the adventure. Not everything is confirmed at 100%, but the official material offers enough clues to outline their role within the set.

Victor Gideon and his relationship with the Elpis virus in Resident Evil Requiem

Victor Gideon is a researcher and virologist with a past directly linked to Umbrella Corporation. His collaboration with the company would have lasted until 2003, the year the company definitively collapsed. After that point, Gideon acquired the Rhodes Hill Chronic Care Center, a hospital complex that he transformed into his operations center and personal laboratory.

In those facilities, he began working with the Elpis virus, a pathogen related to projects of the United States government and the known Sterilization Strategy that led to the destruction of Raccoon City in October 1998. His research did not go unnoticed and ended up catching the attention of journalist Alyssa Ashcroft, who managed to discover part of his experiments. Gideon’s response was direct: eliminate any threat that could bring the truth to light.

In 2018, he located Alyssa at the Weenwood Hotel and managed to kill her, although the confrontation left significant consequences. During the incident, he suffered severe burns after a fire caused by Grace Ashcroft, the journalist’s daughter, who managed to survive. Years later, in 2026, Gideon discovered that the decisive element to unlock the full potential of the Elpis virus was precisely in Grace’s blood, which triggered her kidnapping at the beginning of the game and marked the start of the main conflict of Resident Evil Requiem.

It’s worth remembering that all this information is based exclusively on the official material published so far by Capcom. The trailer montage itself could hide twists or reinterpretations that will only be clarified when the game goes on sale on February 27, 2026.

• Full name: Victor Gideon

• Age: unknown

• Profession: researcher and virologist

• Link to Umbrella: worked for the corporation until its fall in 2003

• Base of operations: Rhodes Hill Chronic Care Center

• Main research: development and release of the Elpis virus

• Connection to Raccoon City: Elpis would be linked to projects prior to the city’s destruction

• Confirmed crime: murder of journalist Alyssa Ashcroft

• Physical consequences: severe burns suffered in 2018

• Goal in 2026: experiment with Grace Ashcroft, whose DNA he considers essential