Capcom Has a Plan for When Its Resident Evil Remakes Catch Up With the Series' Newer Games

Capcom now has an explicit plan for what happens when its Resident Evil remakes eventually catch up with the series' newer numbered entries, and the studio considers Resident Evil 7 the turning point that made it possible. Jun Takeuchi, director on the Resident Evil series, laid out the vision in the newly published Biohazard 30th Special Mook, which celebrates three decades since the original game's launch. The series is currently split into two separate tracks, one devoted to brand-new entries and another to its steady line of remakes. Takeuchi confirms those two tracks will eventually become one: "Someday, the remake series will catch up with the era of the numbered titles, and we are already thinking about what we will do when that happens. We have been gradually preparing for that since around Resident Evil Village." According to Takeuchi, the groundwork for a crossover was set years ago. The reintroduction of recurring staples such as Umbrella and the return of Raccoon City in the recent Resident Evil Requiem are both deliberate steps toward that moment. He describes Resident Evil 7 (known as Biohazard) as the game Capcom decided would redefine the franchise, where Easter eggs that were initially nothing more than fan service grew into genuine narrative threads because players latched onto them so eagerly. The development team then pushed that approach further through Village and Requiem. The most immediate consequence of the director's remarks is that an RE6 remake is now far more likely than it appeared before. Every Resident Evil remake so far, from the 2019 Resi 4 rebuild onward, has been warmly embraced by fans, though that run has covered only the best-loved entries. Reshaping Resident Evil 5 and its predecessor's remake is expected to be trickier. Resident Evil 6 holds the worst-rated score of any numbered mainline game on Metacritic, a fact that makes any future rebuild a riskier proposition than its predecessors. The immediate schedule leaves plenty of runway before that crossover. The Code Veronica remake is the next in the queue, and it remains at least a year away, with the original Resident Evil remake expected to follow. Whether Capcom can replicate the same formula on the two most divisive numbered entries will ultimately decide how well its long-term plan lands. [Capcom Knows Its Resident Evil Remakes Will Eventually Catch Up With Newer Games, But Has a Plan For When That Happens](https://www.ign.com/articles/we-have-been-gradually-preparing-capcom-already-has-a-plan-for-when-its-resident-evil-remakes-catch-up-with-newer-games)