Just a few days after officially unveiling Resident Evil Veronica – a long-awaited remake of 2000’s Resident Evil – Code: Veronica – producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi has revealed details about the team working on the game. In an interview with WCCFTech, Hirabayashi was asked about how far along in development Resident Evil Veronica was at this point, and while he didn’t want to spoil any planned surprises, he confirmed that the teams that worked on Resident Evil 2 Remake and Resident Evil 4 Remake are now working on this project.
“First off, we at CAPCOM love our surprises, so I am going to keep the next information drop a secret,” said Hirabayashi when asked about the development progress on Resident Evil Veronica. “As for development, the team is made up of members who worked on the Resident Evil 2 and Resident Evil 4 remakes. They started working on the Veronica project right around the time development on the RE4 remake began to wind down.”
Hirabayashi also confirmed that Resident Evil Veronica is being directed by Yasuhiro Anpo, with Kazunori Kadoi handling associate director duties. He brought up the fact that both have worked together in the past on the critically-acclaimed remakes of Resident Evil 2 and 4, and as such, have plenty of experience in figuring out how classic games can be brought up to modern standards.
“Most of the direction is centralized around a team led by Director Yasuhiro Anpo and Associate Director Kazunori Kadoi, who previously headed the RE2 and RE4 remakes,” he said. “With that said, it is a massive team effort involving many individuals. There are other team members who share high-level responsibilities alongside the directors, and I hope we can introduce them to you at a later time.”
Resident Evil Veronica was unveiled over the weekend with a cinematic trailer from the perspective of protagonist Claire Redfield. In the trailer, Claire is in a French city as part of her attempts to find the whereabouts of her brother – Chris Redfield – who went missing after the events of the original Resident Evil. Shortly after entering an apartment that might have been where he was staying, Claire hears a knock on the door, and on opening it, she’s detained by an unknown person.
The trailer didn’t really reveal any gameplay details. While it may have indicated that the title might use the first-person perspective, Hirabayashi has confirmed that this is not the case, and revealed that the gameplay will use a third-person camera. He has also confirmed that the gameplay loop will be similar to the one in Resident Evil 2 Remake, which means plenty of resource management and a sense of dread throughout the survival horror experience.
The original Resident Evil – Code: Veronica featured two distinct playable protagonists in the form of Claire and Chris. The trailer for Resident Evil Veronica, however, didn’t provide any details about whether or not players will also get to play as Chris. If it does, we can expect a storytelling style similar to what we saw in this year’s Resident Evil Requiem.
Resident Evil Veronica is being developed for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, and Nintendo Switch 2.
