8 Years Later, Resident Evil Is Officially Free Of Its Worst Curse

Published Jul 25, 2026, 11:00 AM EDT Jared is a writer, editor, and Communications Studies graduate who loves popular nerd culture (almost anything to do with Marvel, DC, Star Wars, or The Lord of the Rings) and the interactive storytelling medium. Jared's first console was the PS1, wherein he fell for Spider-Man, Spyro the Dragon, and Crash Bandicoot. Before its announcement at Summer Game Fest 2026 a month ago, Resident Evil Veronica seemed like a pipe dream. Fans hoped and believed that there’d be a Resident Evil Code: Veronica remake at some point, but expectations faltered for a while when Capcom skipped it and went straight from the remake of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis to Resident Evil 4. Remaking Resident Evil 5 and Resident Evil 6 in the future would technically be a greater challenge since Capcom would have to make a ton of difficult decisions regarding co-op, such as how to iterate on it or whether to feature it at all. In fact, Resident Evil Veronica could actually be Capcom’s easiest remake layup ever due to how much more niche and polarizing Resident Evil Code: Veronica is compared to any other mainline Resident Evil game. Veronica Is Resident Evil’s Biggest Wild Card Capcom’s Resident Evil remakes have been held to impossibly high standards due to the originals being so beloved and the remake of Resident Evil 2 establishing such an acclaimed baseline for modern-era remakes in general. High expectations are largely a good thing because they imply that fans are excited and adore the originals, and post-launch scrutiny merely means that fans want to see the games faithfully and lovingly revisited. Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 3 are arguably good games yet underwhelming remakes, even if Resident Evil 3’s remake blunders are far worse and much more widely criticized. The Resident Evil Code: Veronica remake, however, will not have the crushing weight of an iconic and unanimously cherished classic that the rest of the retro/polygonal Resident Evil games’ remakes had. On the contrary, there’s actually a lot that fans hope Resident Evil Veronica does change and takes creative liberties with, which presents Capcom with a rare opportunity to do whatever it likes with the remake. In terms of mainline Resident Evil games, Resident Evil Code: Veronica is probably the one that the least number of fans have played, and it’s debatably the most divisive (aside from perhaps Resident Evil 0, the friction-filled prequel to Resident Evil 1). Its baggage would happily be shed in a remake with little to no contempt, and it’d be excellent to see how much better a game the remake might be if it basically rewrites and recontextualizes the majority of Resident Evil Code: Veronica. Resident Evil Veronica May End Up Being A Whole New Game To be fair, there’s a lot to love about Resident Evil Code: Veronica, such as the fact that it’s the only game to feature Resident Evil’s Chris and Claire Redfield together (aside from the rail shooter spin-off The Darkside Chronicles), and that it has some remarkably memorable set piece. Its story and side characters, on the other hand, are some of the most campy and bewildering in the whole franchise. Resident Evil Veronica has the unenviable task of reimagining Resident Evil Code: Veronica’s Steve Burnside, for example, and its approach to Alfred and Alexia Ashford should be interesting. Gameplay-wise, Resident Evil Veronica would be wise not to repeat the same mistakes that Resident Evil Code: Veronica made regarding shared item boxes. In the original game, players were often left with a lackluster or unintended inventory after swapping abruptly between Claire and Chris — a common occurrence on a first playthrough, when players don’t know to be prepared for a protagonist swap. With so much that fans would either like to see improved or removed, Resident Evil Veronica will have an incredible amount of leniency in how it chooses to adapt or reinterpret the source material. And, without too much that fans find special about Resident Evil Code: Veronica, the expectations that they’ll have going into the remake will finally be nowhere near as astronomical as they were for the remakes of Resident Evil 2, 3, and 4, much less the rumored new Resident Evil 1 remake. Resident Evil Veronica is scheduled to be released for Nintendo Switch 2, PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X in 2027. Systems Released 2027 Developer(s) Capcom Publisher(s) Capcom Franchise Resident Evil Number of Players Single-player Steam Deck Compatibility Unknown In this modern remake of the 2000 Dreamcast game Resident Evil - Code: Veronica, Claire Redfield continues searching for her brother Chris following the Raccoon City disaster. Her hunt leads to her capture, sending her to a private island prison collapsing into a biohazard nightmare.