Capcom Confirms Resident Evil 2 Remake Instead Of Remaster

Alessio Palumbo

In a recent investor report shared by Capcom, a mistranslation mentioned that the Resident Evil 2 Remake would actually have been a remaster.

However, Stuart Turner (Capcom UK's Senior Marketing Director) confirmed via Twitter that it will not be the case.

Capcom first announced the Resident Evil 2 Remake in August, with the following "special message" video:

Producer Hirabayashi said:

Thank you for your great support on this Resident Evil 2 Remake project. Thanks to your incredible passion and support, the project has finally been approved for development!

Thank you very much again! As you can see here, "We Do It"! You've been telling us for years that you want Resident Evil 2 to be remade, and we haven't been able to make it happen...until now!

We at R&D Division 1 will do our best to take on your feedback and deliver the gameplay experience you've been waiting for. Just as I've been reaching out to you about the project via Facebook in the last few days, we will try to deliver news and messages about this project to you, the fans, directly.

It will be some time before we can bring you an update on this project, but in the meantime, you can look forward to lots of exciting things from the Resident Evil brand in the future, such as the upcoming HD remaster of Resident Evil 0.

There currently isn't any solid information on the Resident Evil 2 Remake, but we'll make sure to report the first details as they are shared by Capcom. Resident Evil 0 HD Remaster, on the other hand, should be available in early 2016 for PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.

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About the author: With over two decades of experience in gaming journalism, Alessio Palumbo has led the gaming vertical at Wccftech since August 2015. He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. In the last decade, he has coordinated the overall output of Wccftech's gaming section, managed PR relations, assigned reviews, produced daily news coverage, edited gaming content as needed, and delivered game reviews. Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications. His passion for technology also makes him knowledgeable when it comes to gaming hardware and tech. His favorite genres include RPGs, MMORPGs, and action/adventure games.

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