Jun Takeuchi, Executive Producer on the Resident Evil franchise, has revealed during a Resident Evil Evil 30th anniversary magazine on sale in Japan that not only are more remakes in development, but he expects them to catch up to the numbered games.
According to a translation by RENews, Takeuchi-san revealed that the franchise is currently being developed on “two tracks,” namely the remakes and the numbered titles.
The current “Resident Evil” series is being developed along two tracks: the numbered titles allow players to experience the ongoing story of the series, while the remake series allows them to experience the past. 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. In fact, we have been gradually preparing for that since around “Resident Evil Village.” The appearance of names such as Umbrella and Spencer, as well as the return of Raccoon City in “Requiem,” are also in preparation for a “crossover.”
One of the reasons we regard “7” as a turning point for the series is that it was also the title where we began working on this kind of setup. At first, we included these elements with the sense that they were fan service, but users were far more delighted by them than we had imagined, and they even began analyzing the thoughts that the development team had privately kept to itself. So, as a series, we decided to respond to users’ expectations and pushed this setup further in “Village” and “Requiem.”
Capcom has announced that the next remake in the series will be Resident Evil Veronica, which is a reimagining of the 2000 title Resident Evil CODE: Veronica. Beyond that, it has long been rumoured that Resident Evil Zero Remake is also in the pipeline, which according to insider Dusk Golem is due to launch in 2028.