Capcom Has Greenlit A 'Resident Evil 4' Remake

April 14th, 2020 - 3:02 PM EDT by Adam Downer

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Leon In Resident Evil 4

Fresh off the success of their Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 remakes, Capcom has set its sights on the next title in the franchise: Resident Evil 4.

The news was broken yesterday by VideoGameChronicle, who cited multiple sources about the remake's development. It is looking at a release window of 2022.

The project will be helmed by studio M-Two, led by former Platinum Games head Tatsuya Minami. The studio offered some assistance on the recent Resident Evil 3 remake, but has been focusing on a Resident Evil 4 remake since 2018. Shinji Mikami, the original Resident Evil 4 director, gave his blessing for the remake but declined to direct it.

Resident Evil 4 is widely considered one of the best video games of all-time, and unlike the Playstation 1 releases of Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3, Resident Evil 4 still holds up well by modern standards. It introduced the more action-heavy, over-the-shoulder 3rd person mechanics which came to define future Resident Evil games and was adopted by many shooters that followed.

While the Resident Evil 2 and 3 remakes were widely well-received, news of a Resident Evil 4 remake was met with some trepidation by fans who feared Capcom was potentially tampering with a classic.

While news of a remake is both exciting and worrying, one thing fans can agree on is the remake must retain one character from the original.


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Im starting to beleave that Capcom hasnt learned anything from the last decade and they are going back to their scummy deals. They are treating the RE Remakes as their new Cash Cow, the fact that Resident Evil 3 was finished so early and is shorter than RE2 just prove it. I Feel like RE4 will be the same, the game will be shorter, at least in comparison of the original, they'll add the twin stick third person shooter style of the remakes and most likely focus more on action than horror, just like they did with the original RE4, which was such a hit that it unnintentionally lead to the downfall of Resident Evil and Capcom.

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