The developers behind fan remakes of resident Evil and Resident Evil Code: Veronica have announced that development on both projects has halted after Capcom reportedly contacted them asking the developers to cancel the project.
1996 resident Evil was the beginning of modern survival horror games and the 2000s Resident Evil Code: Veronicaits third sequel, was first released in 2000 for the Sega Dreamcast. Capcom soon ported an updated version to the PlayStation 2 and GameCube, then made HD versions for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Resident Evil 4 Producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi recently confirmed IGN that there were no plans for a new one Code: Veronica make new. Two years ago Briins Croft, Matt Croft and animator DarkNemesisUmbrella started their own remake projects for both games.
In a video announcing the Code: Veronica project terminationBriins Croft said that 90 percent of the Code: Veronica fan remake used existing assets from Capcom’s recent “remake” games, such as 3D models, animations, and textures. The fans publishes an initial Code: Veronica Demo in June 2021and planned to release a much larger one in early 2023.
On December 23, Briins Croft announced on the project’s Discord server that Capcom had sent them two cease and desist emails. One was “very kind” and asked where the animations and models came from. The second was “hostile with a more aggressive tone”. my city Contacted Croft to request a copy of the emails. He did not send the e-mails, but told them my city that Capcom started asking about the project on December 12th.
The fan developers believed that Capcom canceled their unofficial remakes because they look too visible and official. “[The Code: Veronica remake] would be free, so we didn’t hurt anyone,” Croft said in the video announcing the cancellation. The publisher seemed to have a different opinion. Capcom allegedly cited copyright factors and licensing agreements as reasons why the project couldn’t go ahead.
There was public speculation for which the project was aimed Accepting cash donations via Kofi and PayPal. Despite accepting such donations, the developers have refuted this as a reason for canceling the project both on Discord and via RT on her Twitter account. my city reached out to Capcom to inquire about their guidelines for fan projects, but received no response at the time of publication.
“Personally, I was a bit surprised by Capcom’s decision. But hey, we used [their] Toys to create a free game that has already generated a lot of visibility,” Croft said in the video. “So it’s okay. We can understand the cancellation.”
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The announcements made by the developers in their Discord were significantly less brilliant. “[Capcom] canceled it out of sheer evil as there is no sign that an official Code: Veronica comes from them,” Briins wrote on the server. He also posted a meme that compared Capcom to Nintendo, which has a reputation for aggressively enforcing its copyrights.
The team will no longer work on it resident Evil remakes, but they intend to keep making games. “We will continue a new project, the story of which will be inspired Code: Veronica but without copyright issues.”
