Following the monumental success of the Resident Evil 2, 3, and 4 remakes, Capcom has turned its consideration to remakes of Resident Evil Zero and Code Veronica.
That’s in keeping with a Twitter/X report by Dusk Golem, who stated remakes of Resident Evil Zero and Code Veronica are “in improvement proper now.” IGN can corroborate that Zero and Code Veronica are the subsequent two Resident Evil remakes scheduled to launch. Capcom is but to touch upon the studies.
Resident Evil Zero first launched on the GameCube in 2002 as a prequel to 1996’s Resident Evil. It covers the occasions surrounding the S.T.A.R.S. Bravo Workforce in the Arklay Mountains, with the participant switching between police officer Rebecca Chambers and convicted former Power Reconnaissance Officer Billy Coen. Resident Evil Zero HD Remaster got here out in 2016 earlier than releases on Nintendo Swap in 2019.
Code Veronica, in the meantime, initially launched for the Dreamcast in 2000 as the fourth mainline Resident Evil sport and the first in the sequence to launch on a non-PlayStation console. It stars Claire Redfield and her brother Chris Redfield as they battle to outlive an outbreak in a distant jail island in the Southern Ocean. Code: Veronica ditched the pre-rendered backgrounds of earlier Resident Evil video games to make use of real-time 3D environments with dynamic digicam motion. The sport was remastered for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and is accessible to play through backwards compatibility
It ought to come as no shock to be taught that extra Resident Evil remakes are on the means, after Capcom indicated as a lot in December final yr — though at the time it stopped in need of asserting which video games could be subsequent.
At a PlayStation accomplice awards occasion in Japan, attended and translated by IGN Japan, Resident Evil 4 remake director Yasuhiro Anpo stated the firm would announce its subsequent Resident Evil remake in due course.
“Sure,” Anpo replied when requested if Capcom wished to maintain making Resident Evil remakes. “We’ve launched three remakes up to now and they’ve all been acquired very effectively. Because it permits a contemporary viewers to play these video games, it’s one thing I’m joyful to do as somebody that loves these older video games, and we need to proceed doing extra.
“What sport we’ll remake in the future is one thing that we want to announce in the future, so please stay up for it.”
In the meantime, Capcom can be engaged on the subsequent mainline Resident Evil sport, presently dubbed Resident Evil 9 by followers. Nonetheless, Capcom’s subsequent triple-A launch is Monster Hunter Wilds, due out at some level in 2025.
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