Resident Evil Requiem Fan Who Registered Secret In-Game Website Says He'll Give Capcom the Domain Back for Free — if They Get in Touch

A YouTuber has said they volition "return" ownership of a website code that Capcom hid successful Resident Evil Requiem, if the game's steadfast was to get successful contact.

The website's URL, NEWDAWN-capcom.com, was wide shared connected societal media earlier this week, aft being discovered connected an in-game machine screen. As of today, however, the tract hosts interaction accusation for Gabe Follower, a YouTuber and Valve fan.

What's going connected here? Speaking to IGN today, Gabe Follower said he'd simply seen the website URL being discussed online and was amazed to find Capcom didn't ain it already — truthful took the plunge himself, for conscionable $15.

"I truly similar RE games and was scrolling done quality aft finishing Requiem," Gabe Follower told IGN. "Saw idiosyncratic talking astir this domain and decided to cheque it. I was genuinely amazed nary 1 registered it, truthful I've spent $15 bucks conscionable for fun."

Gabe Follower said helium had respective different ideas for the domain, including the instauration of a full fake ARG designed to "entertain" fans — earlier helium would presumably ain up to it not being official. "I was excessively lazy for that," helium admitted, though astatine slightest did not spell guardant with his different plan, which was to simply redirect visitors to the internet's infamous Rickroll video.

To date, Capcom has not been successful interaction astir him owning the domain — which, presumably, the steadfast had planned to bash thing with. (Maybe they volition beryllium successful interaction now, aft each the media attention?)

But if Capcom did get successful touch? "I volition springiness it 'back' for free, lol," Gabe Fan concluded.

While we hold to perceive much connected Capcom's plans for the aboriginal of Resident Evil Requiem, which see a photograph mode, mini-game and communicative DLC, IGN's Resident Evil: Requiem usher volition assistance you each measurement of the mode done RE9 if you're inactive playing.

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Tom Phillips is IGN's News Editor. You tin scope Tom astatine [email protected] oregon find him connected Bluesky @tomphillipseg.bsky.social