As announced in recent days, the fan remake of Resident Evil Code Veronica has been canceled, the developers have received a Cease & Desist letter from Capcomwith the company alleging copyright infringement of various trademarks, logos, characters and graphic.
The Osaka house contacted the authors to ask for information about the development process and the sources used for the assets of the polygonal models and animations, subsequently the team received a second letter in which work was ordered to stop.
Capcom stressed how this project actually represents a copyright infringement and therefore asks for the suspension of the work and the closure of the website and social profiles of Resident Evil Code Veronica Fan Remake.
The two authors therefore interrupted the project and Resident Evil Code Veronica Fan Remake will never be released, it must be said, however, that this move has given rise to a series of speculations. Over the years, Capcom has shown its willingness to support the community by giving approval to various fan-made initiatives related to Resident Evil, such as the production of short films, dedicated exhibitions, conventions and amateur fan games made for non-profit purposes.
So why in this case did Capcom ask to block the work? Many will remember a historical precedent, or what happened with Resident Evil 2 Reborn by Invader Studio, canceled following a formal request from Capcom, in a 2015 message the Roman team used these terms:
“Capcom called us in advance of their announcement and asked if we would mind stopping the project since they had long-term plans to remake Resident Evil 2. They invited us to a meeting to discuss other possible ideas. .”
As we know, the Resident Evil 2 remake was then actually announced while Invader Studio gave birth to the Daymare saga (Daymare 1998 and Daymare 1994 Sandcastle), born precisely as a spiritual heir to Resident Evil.
So is the closure of the amateur remake of Code Veronica a confirmation of the existence of an official remake? No, absolutely nowho knows, however, that something isn’t actually moving in this direction behind the scenes…
Resident Evil Code Veronica came out in 2000 on the SEGA Dreamcast enjoying great critical acclaim but selling relatively little considering the small installed base of the console, later the game arrived on PlayStation 2 (with the title Code Veronica X) but never enjoying a sales success comparable to that of the other main games of the saga.
