In Resident Evil Requiem, developers will offer a visit to Raccoon City. Recently, in a conversation with 4Gamer, game director Koshi Nakanishi explained how they came to this creative decision.
It turns out that the creators of the game themselves were interested to see what Raccoon City might look like after the previous events (the spread of the "zombie virus" and the subsequent bombing).
The creator compares it to rice forgotten for a week in a rice cooker: "you probably don't want to open it, but in the end, curiosity makes you lift the lid."
This curiosity ultimately led the developers of Resident Evil Requiem back to Raccoon City, where the game takes place.
There is also another point: producer Masato Kumazawa explained that since Ethan's story ended in the previous installment of the Resident Evil Village franchise, now is the most appropriate time to return to this city, the authors "want to pay tribute to Raccoon City."