Today, January 25th, remake of the cult horror Resident evil 2 from company Capcom celebrates its first anniversary, as the Japanese publisher personally reminded fans of. Released 12 months ago, the project met with unprecedented support from both ordinary users and professional critics, becoming one of the most highly rated games of the past year.
Happy 1st anniversary, # RE2!
It’s been exactly a year since we got to return to a reimagined Raccoon City. Exactly a year since Mr. X chased us down the winding hallways of the R.P.D.
Thank you all for your passion and dedication. pic.twitter.com/2L1ff8XrDA
– Resident Evil (@RE_Games) January 25, 2023
“Congratulations on your first anniversary, Resident Evil 2!
Exactly a year has passed since we returned to the rethought city of Raccoon City. It has been exactly one year since the creepy Mr. X pursued us through the intricate corridors of the legendary police station.
Thank you for your love and support! “, – says the appeal of Capcom.
The success of Resident Evil 2 has resulted in a number of prestigious awards, as well as over 70 victories in the Game of the Year nominations from a wide variety of publications.. Moreover, According to Capcom, by December 2019, total remake sales exceeded 5,000,000 copieswhile the project continues to show steady momentum.
The history of the new version of Resident Evil 2 began in the summer of 2015when producer and veteran capcom Yoshiaki Hirabayashi on the wave of success from reprints remake of the first part Resident evil came to his superiors with the first ideas and concept of a future game, which he talked about on the official page of the series on the social network Facebook.
In less than a month, Hirabayashi turned to the fans again, but this time in a video message format, where he was finally able to share the good news – remake of resident evil 2 was given a green light. As part of the announcement, Hirabayashi appeared in a T-shirt with the words “We do it!“(“We will do it!“), which over the next few years became the unspoken slogan of the impending horror.
As the authors of the updated Resident Evil 2, employees of the freshly formed Capcom team were selected R&D Division 1, which brought together both developers with many years of experience (including part of the team working on the original Resident Evil 2), as well as new, young specialists.
However soon after the announcement, Capcom went into a state of almost complete information silence. Fans had to literally catch up on the rumors about the project, carefully following even such things as domain names registered in the name of a Japanese company and comments from voice actors who previously performed the roles of cult heroes in the person of Leon Kennedy and Claire Redfield.
By the beginning of 2018, the original Resident Evil 2 was 20 years old, but even this significant date did not force Capcom representatives to share at least some details of the remake being developed.. Then this approach upset part of the gaming community, some even began to assume that the game had serious problems, or that it was completely canceled.
But in just a few months, everything changed. Within the framework of the exhibition E3 2018at a Sony conference, Capcom suddenly presents the first trailer Resident evil 2than causes an incredibly violent reaction among players. Another big surprise is the release date – promise to release the game in six months.
After the announcement, Capcom begins abundantly sharing a variety of materials on the upcoming game.. Various screenshots, gameplay videos, interviews with the creators, and ultimately even a demo, are steadily appearing online, On January 25, the game finally does not reach the players.
Soon, the Japanese publisher decided to consolidate the success by updating another classic title – Resident Evil 3, the announcement of which held last december. And it seems, if you believe rumors, then in the future we will have at least one more revival of the classics from Capcom on new technologies.
Read also: More furs and episodic game – Hideo Kojima and Yoji Shinkawa talked about the future of Kojima Productions.
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