Resident Evil: Code Veronica Remake Reportedly Planned For Announce Later This Year

Capcom is expected to uncover its all-new Resident Evil: Code Veronica remake this year, according to a caller report.

Previous reporting had pinned the still-unannounced Code Veronica remake for a 2027 release, pursuing adjacent month's motorboat of Resident Evil: Requiem.

Now, noted Resident Evil leaker Dusk Golem has said fans should expect a archetypal look astatine the Code Veronia remake aboriginal successful 2026. IGN has antecedently verified that a caller mentation of the crippled is so successful development, portion MP1st has claimed that the crippled presently sits with a Q1 2027 motorboat window.

"No, determination is NOT a Resident Evil 5 Remake that's going to beryllium announced this year," Dusk Golem wrote successful a station connected societal media. "Instead, aboriginal this twelvemonth a RE Remake that starts with "(C)" & ends "(ode Veronica)" is going to beryllium announced, I committedness you."

Resident Evil: Code Veronica primitively launched successful 2000 for the Sega Dreamcast, and portion not a mainline numbered introduction similar Resident Evil 2, 3 oregon 4, it remains beloved by fans and considered a halfway portion of the franchise's story. Its communicative takes spot astir the aforesaid clip arsenic Resident Evil 3, but alternatively features Claire and Chris Redfield connected a distant situation land and past successful Antarctica.

As for Resident Evil 5, speculation astir a remake has bubbled up pursuing a teasing remark by Eva La Dare, the dependable histrion down that game's quality Sheva Alomar. However, arsenic of yet, Capcom is not believed to person greenlit immoderate caller mentation of the crippled — which garnered beardown income and a mostly affirmative absorption from fans backmost astatine its archetypal motorboat successful 2009. Whatever Alomar is referring to, it's apt not worthy getting your hopes up.

Instead, Capcom volition reportedly decorativeness remaking its aboriginal Resident Evil entries with a caller mentation of Resident Evil Zero, owed successful 2028 aft this year's Requiem and adjacent year's caller mentation of Code Veronica. (And aft each that? Well, it would look clip for an all-new Resident Evil introduction erstwhile again.)

Last year, Capcom's under-wraps Resident Evil Zero remake appeared to popular up connected the resume of Far Cry 5 and Guardians of the Galaxy video crippled histrion Jon McLaren, with the proposition that helium volition present beryllium playing escaped convict Billy Coen.

Before each of that, of course, Resident Evil Requiem volition get connected February 27. Set to diagnostic caller quality Grace Ashcroft and returning leader Leon S. Kennedy, the game's premix of endurance fearfulness and enactment looks hugely promising — adjacent if we're each a spot acrophobic by that nasty-looking wound connected Leon's neck.

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