Capcom just drew a fat line in the sand and told the entire Resident Evil fandom to pound sand. According to reliable insider Dusk Golem on ResetEra, the studio has zero current plans or internal drive to remake Resident Evil 5 or 6, and they're not even pretending there's some grand master plan to polish every dusty classic on the way to whatever Resident Evil Requiem nonsense is cooking. They're prioritizing Code Veronica instead, and the vibe is very much "we have no fucking idea what we'd even do with those two if we tried."

The source material doesn't exactly scream "easy money" either. RE5's co-op zombie safari and RE6's bloated four-campaign mess are the franchise's weakest links for a reason—dated mechanics, questionable storytelling choices, and a fanbase that's been begging for fixes since launch. Capcom's remake streak (RE2, RE3, RE4) worked because they were already strong foundations. These two? Not so much. The company plans roughly five years out and right now the whiteboard for these titles is blank.

Fans on X are already coping, memeing, or straight-up demanding the projects anyway, but the message is clear: Capcom isn't chasing nostalgia for nostalgia's sake. They're cherry-picking the hits and leaving the rest to rot or get the occasional lazy port treatment. If you were holding out hope that every mainline game gets the golden treatment, congrats—you just got ratio'd by reality.