When the first teaser for Capcom’s
modernized remake of the 1998 PlayStation survival horror game “Resident Evil 2”
was shown at E3 2018, attendees were hyped and hoped that the actual game would
be just as creepy cool. The “RE2” remake was released back in January of this
year, and it more than delivered with the tension, scares, and the relentless
intelligent super-zombie pursuer nicknamed “Mister X” (which briefly
re-popularized rapper DMX’s song “X Gon Give It to Ya”). Franchise fans wondered
if Capcom will also remake the 1999 follow-up “Resident Evil 3: Nemesis.” The
question was answered this week.
PC Gamer tells us that the remake of “Resident Evil 3” by Capcom
got its first trailer revealed on Wednesday, December 10, with a release date
slated for the first half of next year. And just as the original version for
the original PlayStation was designed from the build of the original “Resident
Evil 2,” the remake of the third game will also take on the design and
atmosphere of the “RE2” remake. Or rather, like its predecessor the “RE3”
remake is also being developed using Capcom’s “RE Engine,” which was used for
the 2017 installment “Resident Evil 7: Biohazard.”
As with the classic game, the new
“Resident Evil 3” follows former Raccoon City Police STARS operative Jill
Valentine, one of the leads from the first “RE” game in 1996 (itself remade for
the Nintendo GameCube in 2002). Two months after surviving the horrific
incident at the Spencer Mansion, Jill is stuck in Raccoon City, impeded by the
Umbrella Corporation from exposing their bio-weapons program. When an outbreak
of Umbrella’s T-Virus starts transforming the population into zombies, Jill
must try to escape with her life, but the appearance of a relentless pursuing
super-zombie intent on killing all STARS agents complicates her plans and
brings her deeper into Umbrella’s dark plots.
Capcom has been quite adept at
keeping the secret of the “Resident Evil 3” remake up to this time, covering it
up with info on another “RE” themed online multiplayer game called “Resident
Evil: Resistance.” The reveal of “RE3” also clarifies that “Resistance” is part
of the remake’s game package as an add-on. “Resistance” organizes five-player games
of an asymmetrical 1-versus-4 format, where four zombie outbreak survivors must
team up to survive the traps and infected creatures unleashed on them by the
opposing fifth player.
“Resident Evil 3” the remake is
coming out on April of 2020 for the PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. There will
also be a console-only collector’s edition, which has been confirmed only for
North America by Capcom so far.
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