Capcom has officially announced a remake of Resident Evil: Code Veronica at Summer Game Fest, with the project aiming for a 2027 release.
Originally released in 2000 for the Sega Dreamcast, Code Veronica later got an expanded version called Code: Veronica X on PlayStation 2 and GameCube. Despite not carrying a number in its title, it’s widely treated as a mainline entry and sits between Resident Evil 3 and Resident Evil 4 in the timeline.
The story follows Claire Redfield three months after the Raccoon City outbreak as she searches for her brother Chris. She gets captured and shipped to Rockfort Island, a prison run by the unhinged Ashford twins, before the action shifts to a hidden Umbrella base in Antarctica. Chris becomes playable later in the campaign, and Albert Wesker makes his big comeback after his apparent death in the original Resident Evil.
It’s a key chapter for the franchise’s larger Umbrella storyline, and one of the last classic-era entries without a modern remake.
The remake follows Capcom’s hugely successful run of modernized classics: Resident Evil 2 in 2019, Resident Evil 3 in 2020, and Resident Evil 4 in 2023. A 2027 launch would land about four years after the RE4 remake and fill what many fans have called the biggest gap in the lineup.
Platforms, gameplay footage, engine details, and a precise release date have yet to be confirmed by Capcom. Expect more concrete information as the publisher rolls out its official press materials.
