Although Capcom has gone headlong into remakes of popular games from the Resident Evil series, and a remake of the fourth part will also be released next year in two and three years, fans are already looking forward to new versions of other parts. Some of them formed a group that started working on an unofficial remake of the first one (which is essentially a remake of the remake, by the way, because although the original was released in 1996, players got the official remake back in 2002) and the highly requested Code: Veronica. The work was going well and both games gradually improved, but that was it. Capcom has closed both projects, and the creators can no longer work on them.
When the news first broke, fans were excited. Capcom did something similar when creating an unofficial remake of the second part (which turned out to be Daymare: 1998 after the cancellation), and then announced that the developers were already working on an official remake. However, as it soon became clear, this would not happen, as the creators of the remakes soon clarified.
Capcom has officially canceled fan-made remakes of Code Veronica and Resident Evil.
We apologize for the inconvenience and disappointment. All information in the developer’s discord. Thank you.
▶️ https://t.co/aDiCvx1LGp pic.twitter.com/S5TNenaXVw— Resident Evil: Code Veronica REMAKE (@RECodeVeronicaR) December 24, 2022
On Discord, they reported that they were contacted by two Capcom departments. The former simply wanted to know where the creators got the models and animations from, subsequently asking them to cancel the project. They were then to be contacted by another department that wanted not only to cancel the project, but to remove the site immediately, citing US law.
Updated statement from the developers. pic.twitter.com/6t2ygWexjE
— Biohazard Declassified 👁 TTV ROENetwork (@BioDeclassified) December 24, 2022
But using models and animations from Capcom games wasn’t the only offense. What the creators didn’t mention on Discord, but the editors of Biohazard Declassified magazine noticed, was that they had a link on their site to the Ko-Fi platform where fans can contribute funds. Considering that the creators dealt with a foreign brand, they, of course, cannot receive any financial support. This was probably one of the main reasons Capcom canceled projects.
Upon further investigation, it turned out that they do indeed have a link to Ko-Fi/Paypal. this may be the reason for the cancellation, not the same situation with the RE2 fan project a few years ago.
You cannot profit from an IP that you do not own. pic.twitter.com/KxCIbopo5Z
— Biohazard Declassified 👁 TTV ROENetwork (@BioDeclassified) December 24, 2022
Source :Indian TV
