Key facts
- Capcom teased the remake of Resident Evil: Code Veronica at Summer Games Fest.
- The original game was released on Sega Dreamcast in 2000.
- The trailer features both first-person and third-person perspectives.
- The new game will be titled Resident Evil: Veronica.
- The release year is suggested to be 2027.
- An insider confirmed the game will be third-person only.
Capcom has teased the upcoming reimagining of Resident Evil: Code Veronica at the Summer Game Fest in Los Angeles. The original game was first released on the Sega Dreamcast in 2000. The trailer for the remake, titled Resident Evil: Veronica, begins with a high-angle night shot of Paris, transitioning to a first-person perspective as a character, presumed to be Claire Redfield, enters a French hotel. Clues such as the iconic Resident Evil lighter are visible in a disheveled hotel room. The perspective then shifts dramatically, showing glimpses of factories, dead insects, gold-encrusted pistols, and an island approached by helicopters, before returning to a third-person view of Claire Redfield with a knife to her neck. The trailer concludes by indicating a release year of 2027. Following the trailer's debut, fans speculated about the possibility of choosing between first-person and third-person perspectives, similar to Resident Evil Requiem. However, CAPCOM insider Dusk Golem clarified that Resident Evil Veronica will exclusively feature a third-person perspective, aligning with the approach taken in the Resident Evil 4 remake.