The ongoing success of Resident Evil is enabling Capcom to continue investing in more experimental games. Since the franchise debuted in 1996, Resident Evil has never experienced a gap longer than two years between releases and Capcom aims to keep it that way, given how recent entries have helped create a new “golden age” for the company.
In an interview with Game Informer, Onimusha: Way of the Sword producer Masachika Kawata stated that Capcom’s goal is to release at least one survival horror title every year by alternating between brand-new installments, DLCs, and remakes of past stories.
“Being able to revisit older games and remake them helps Capcom meet the goal of releasing a Resident Evil title each year,” Kawata explained. “But it also allows the team to continually challenge themselves and hone their skills. And that doesn’t make remakes any less important. In fact, they’re just as important as the mainline titles. Capcom is lucky to have found this cycle.”
Kawata explained that Resident Evil‘s sustained commercial success provides Capcom the luxury of betting on more experimental projects.
The next installment Capcom is preparing for its survival horror franchise is Veronica, a remake of Code: Veronica (which originally debuted on the Dreamcast).
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