
Most of it, however, was left on the cutting room floor and direct comparisons are being made during development of the remake. Some of this stuff made its way into the original game in other ways. That footage, which was used in early GameCube preview reels, featured Leon wandering a lonely castle, getting possessed by black smoke, and fighting off living dolls, as well as other ghostly manifestations. Capcom wants to adjust the tone of the remake into something spookier, taking direct inspiration from discarded Resident Evil 4 demos.

The reason for this time change isn’t arbitrary. As does a decent portion of the rest of the game. In Resident Evil 4 Remake, the famous village introduction set piece takes place at night. Kennedy arriving in a European village at daytime, and slowly gunning his way all the way through the bad guys over the course of 24 hours, the remake adjusts that timeline. While the original title began with rookie cop turned secret service agent Leon S. M-Two shifted to a support studio for the title, though their original work is still being used.įrom that foundation, Capcom is no longer looking for a strict scene-by-scene remake of Resident Evil 4, lauded though it may be. After some mixed response to Resident Evil 3 Remake, Capcom shifted the project internally and put Resident Evil 2 Remake‘s project leads on it. Mikami was reportedly intrigued by the offer, but felt Tango would fall apart without him, and eventually declined. Capcom had apparently hoped by greenlighting the project that they could entice Shinji Mikami, the original director of the game now at Tango Gameworks, to work on the title alongside old friend Tatsuya Minami this was actually part of the reasoning behind the name “M-Two” itself. The title was originally being developed by M-Two, a studio of former-Capcom and mostly ex-PlatinumGames developers that were also working on Resident Evil 3 Remake. If all goes according to plan, of course. The game is in development and set to be revealed this year. That rumor is true according to our sources. The story goes that Capcom, emboldened by the promising milestones of Resident Evil 2 Remake during its development, started work on a matching remake of Resident Evil 4 as the project began its denouement, which would be over 15 years old by the time of its release. This includes multiple verifications but no official sanction from Capcom.ĭespite not actually being confirmed yet, a remake of Resident Evil 4 - considered by some to be one of the best video games of all time - has been traveling the rumor circles for some time. As always, things change mid-development and information can be out-of-date for different people, but the report featured below is to the best of our knowledge.

All the information here is provided by Fanbyte’s sources - which are hopefully both trustworthy and accurate.

In part that’s because the game itself has not yet been confirmed. If you’re someone whose sole criteria for believing game information hinges on the fact that nothing is confirmed, then let me stop you early: Nothing in this report is confirmed. The remake for Resident Evil 4 has not been officially announced.
