Resident Evil Requiem Hints at Code Veronica Remake, Fans Believe

Resident Evil followers suppose they’ve discovered yet one more trace at a Code Veronica remake, hidden throughout the recently-launched Requiem.

Utilizing the newly-added photograph mode in Resident Evil Requiem, gamers have examined the Wrenwood Resort’s visitor register, which may be glimpsed within the sport’s early phases on a reception desk. Trying down the listing of names, Alyssa Ashcroft can after all be seen — because the lodge’s ultimate resident — however test again additional and there is point out of a Veronica Galibardi.

Fans have taken this to be an extra trace by Resident Evil developer Capcom at the franchise’s widely-expected subsequent launch: a full remake of Resident Evil: Code Veronica, which earlier experiences have instructed shall be unveiled later this 12 months and launched in 2027. IGN has beforehand verified {that a} new model of the sport is certainly in growth, whereas MP1st has claimed that the sport at the moment sits with a Q1 2027 launch window.

However whereas the register actually references a Veronica, there can also be extra occurring right here than meets the attention. Veronica Galibardi is the truth is an actual individual related to the franchise — a voice actress who supplied background vocal work on Resident Evil Village and who can be listed within the credit for Requiem as aiding with its Italian localization.

All of that mentioned, it is exhausting to not think about Capcom would not count on this identify to even be taken as a Code Veronica tease. And, after all, there’s at least one different Veronica reference that followers have discovered already: the bottle of liquor labelled “Avernico” within the Rhodes Hill heart’s bar. Avernico is just not an actual drink, although it’s an anagram of Veronica.

Due to photograph mode, Wrenwood’s “lodge register” may be learn extra clearly, revealing Alyssa wasn’t solely the final visitor, but additionally the “ninth”, which matches the title’s quantity. Additionally, one visitor’s identify is “Veronica”, which provides as much as the listing of “references” to CV in RE9. #REBHFun pic.twitter.com/r0bI00EuCX

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Resident Evil: Code Veronica initially launched in 2000 for the Sega Dreamcast, and whereas not a mainline numbered entry like Resident Evil 2, 3 or 4, it stays beloved by followers and thought of a core a part of the franchise’s story. Its narrative takes place across the identical time as Resident Evil 3, however as an alternative options Claire and Chris Redfield on a distant jail island after which in Antarctica.

Earlier than all that, nevertheless, Capcom nonetheless has a lot in retailer for Requiem — together with a full story growth and the addition of a “mini sport” in Might that followers count on to be the newest incarnation of the franchise’s fashionable Mercenaries mode. “On this story,” director Koshi Nakanishi beforehand teased of the growth, “we’ll delve deeper into the world of Requiem. We’re exhausting at work on it now. It’s going to take a while, so we ask in your endurance and hope you will look ahead to it.”

Whereas we wait, try IGN’s interview with the unofficial lore grasp of Resident Evil, who has mirrored on the sport’s retcons, Capcom’s modifications to the collection’ storyline in its remasters, and extra.