Capcom has officially provided an update regarding the remake of the first Resident Evil game. The developer/publisher has been steadily remaking the classics into modernized versions, more similar to what the franchise looks like today. That started back in 2019, with the release of Resident Evil 2 Remake, but we’re now looking at a new Resident Evil Remake collection for 2027. The company recently announced that it is also working on the remake of one of the most impactful entries in the series, but until now, talks about a remake of Resident Evil 1 hadn’t occurred.
As part of a special Nikkei Entertainment issue focused mainly on the 30th anniversary of Resident Evil, according to a report by Games Radar, series producer Jun Takeuchi provided some information about the remake of Resident Evil 1. The developer did not confirm or deny the long-standing rumors about the remake, but he did explain why Capcom did not choose the first entry in the series as the first remake the series would handle, and it has everything to do with how different the first game is from the second and all other installments later on.
According to Takeuchi, Resident Evil 1...
