It appears that Capcom may be working on a remake of the first Resident Evil game on the REX Engine. According to industry insider, DanielRPK, this is indeed a project that Capcom has greenlit and is currently working on.
Now as with all rumors, I strongly suggest taking it with a grain of salt. For what it’s worth, DanielRPK is considered a reliable source, which is why I’ve decided to share this rumor with you.
From a business perspective, it makes sense to remake the first Resident Evil game. Both Resident Evil 2 Remake and Resident Evil 4 Remake were commercial successes. So, a remake of the first RE game on the REX Engine makes sense. Still, you’d expect Capcom to move forward, not backward. Guess the Japanese team will try to milk its golden RE cow as much as possible.
Since all the recent Resident Evil remakes were third-person games, we can assume that this will also use a 3rd-person viewpoint. Plus, since RE1 is really old, it would definitely benefit from a remake. Still, why does Capcom skip Code Veronica? And what about those rumors about a remake of Resident Evil 5?
It’s also worth noting that in December 2022, Capcom shut down two RE fan remakes. One of them was for the first Resident Evil game, whereas the second was for Code Veronica. Both of them would have been third-person action-adventure titles. So, perhaps that’s why Capcom shut them down? Sounds plausible.
Anyway, at this point, we don’t have any other details to share about this rumored remake. This isn’t, of course, the first time we hear about Capcom remaking RE1. We’ve heard this rumor numerous times in the past couple of years. And, personally, I’m somewhere in the middle. I’m not that excited by it, but I’ll definitely play it.
So, if someone like Dusk Golem backs up these claims, we can almost be certain that a RE Remake is indeed in development. Dusk Golem is a well-known Capcom insider. Thus, it will be interesting to see his reaction regarding this latest rumor.
Stay tuned for more!
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2026 is 30th anniversary of Resident Evil 1, so it’s very possible for them to do ANOTHER re-release of RE1.
I see Crapcom trying to make the normies forget about the best Remake in history , you know when Crapcom does moronic moves like this it means they have personal issues with the original dev team that worked on RE1R , ZERO respect for the classics and they don’t wanna even remaster or port the trilogy .. not even Konami would pull a moronic move like that and Konami just released a classic collection for MGS , F Crapcom
It really doesn’t cause Resident Evil 0 and 1 remasters served that purpose, and considering the CAPCOM timeline, a Resident Evil 5 Remake is a more logical progression.
He said business perspective, as in, selling games. If the public is bovine and remakes are their grass, they will munch whatever is their most sucessful titles.
Resident Evil 1 already got a Remake and it’s the best Remake ever made.
I don’t want this 3rd person bullsh*t
It is a great remake, and was amazing for the Gamecube back in the day. But that remake is now over 20 years old, so a proper remake in full 3D is now warranted and would be a welcome addition to the series.
Not really, the game environment doesn’t benefit from 3d, unless you change things to be more action centric or make some hide or run mechanics, which deviates too much from what this game is about.
if they remake RE5 they’ll remove anything that is black or they’ll be in some albino city, perhaps the virus made their skin tone “lighter” otherwise capcom will be under fire by 0.1% of the world population because listening to the alphabet rainbow colored people is more
profitablethan people who would actually buy their games.its funny how the urinalists also made those claims back in 2008 when it came out and were laughed at, but here we are, back at it again.
They got mad when all the freakers in Days Gone were white.
i want a 3d remake of the remake, that mansion is so haunting.
There is already a perfect remake for that game.
Look who is playing weeb console crap^^^^
How is it a weeb game ninja?
Because it is made by ninjas.
Are you referring to atual ninjas or African ninjas?
Ninja ninjas.
1-Asian ninjas
2-Black ninjas
3-Black Asians
4-Black n*ggas
which one do you mean?
Yawn…
Do you yawn like this when someone talks about browns or do you do it only to black and yellow folks?
You’re such a shameless racist, you don’t even try to hide it.
Guess the mask slipped, oh well, i’ll try harder next time.
They can’t remake RE5, because the wokies will give Capcom a big headache.
I also think they will just skip it. Imagine the audacity shooting darkies as a white soldier in 2024. Will never happen in this crappy woke industry.
It would at least be a rare woke W, to make these vultures make something other than a lazy remake.
But you can shoot them as an African woman in the game also.
Not enough these days. Those blacks need to be white and the white soldier needs to be black.
IGN few weeks ago, already was crying about that.
They even said that RE5R would need a big changes 😉
Modern gaming “journalism” is a disguised activism, nothing more.
Why the hell should we care about that terrible game with piss filter , Code Veronica should be the priority more than anything to see if Capcom has the balls to remake a classic game like this
Can’t remake that either, as wokies will give them a headache for that too.
There’s cross dressing and mockery of it in that game. Oh, the horror…..
That has a mentally ill transvestite in it so they are probably afraid to attempt to remake it.
You can mod the piss filter away with mods and reshade.
Or they won’t remake it because we all know RE5 and RE6 just plain sucked. They were bad games and won’t be missed, I’ll take remakes of RE1, RE0 and Code Veronica over those 2 crap games any day.
It’s a remake, and capcom don’t do things by the numbers.
Just do 6 remake ffs!
If 5 is not going to happen do zero 1st.
Hell even doing revelation 1 and 2 is better
6 is great, why would you want to remake it? In fact, why do remakes at all, just make a new game.
6 is arguably the worst RE game of all time, at least in the main series. The story, gameplay, and world simply sucked compared to every other RE game.
It’s a great action game all things considered, and quite ambitious with 4 campaigns. I would rather they remastered that game with higher res textures
Excatly because of that is why i prefer a remake of it rather than another one from the RE1.
I thought Resident Evil Zero would have been next in line for a remake.
They go for the profit motive, not the actual need to correct mistakes.
RE 1 does not need a remake.
Just play 2015 Resident Evil HD Remastered.
I have yet to try RE4 remake because the first one already exist, plus the ultra HD mod which makes the game one of the most visually impressive.
RE4 with that mod is great.
Cant wait to see what their DEI department found offensive in this one…
Here’s the script of the REmake remake:
Jill after evading a trap: Holy sh#t!
Barry: That was too f*cking close, you where almost a f*cking Jill Sandwich…
Its capcom, so I litterly have zero F’s to give.
PROTIP: What you seem to be under the impression is the “original” RE1 is, in fact, a remake.