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A grouping of Resident Evil fans announced on Thursday that their fan-made remake of Resident Evil: Code Veronica will launch in 2022. Aslope the proclamation, the development squad uploaded an eight-infinitesimal-long trailer showing the game in action.

As far as fan projects go, this one looks fairly impressive; at times, information technology looks then solid that one might error information technology for an official Capcom product. The visual mode, character models, and UI elements all appear to draw inspiration from Capcom'southward remakes of Resident Evil ii and three. A peek at the project's website as well confirms that ane feature introduced in Resident Evil three'south remake, dodging, will be present hither too.

Information technology's worth noting that the developers have said before that the remake volition be released in iii parts. It's not known if all three parts will be released in 2022, or if only the first one volition be. As this is an unofficial remake, the game will launch for free, due to the developer's disability to profit off of the Resident Evil proper name. A playable demo of the project is available now.

Image via RECodeVeronicaR on Twitter

Fan-made games based on popular IP are pretty prevalent nowadays, simply not always for the best reasons. Certain game publishers tend to be pretty protective over their IP, and if they catch air current of fans edifice games around properties they own — even if said fans aren't profiting from the effort — companies are known to send cease and desist letters to stop development. One such publisher known for this blazon of behavior is Nintendo, which has canceled many fan-fabricated titles based on its iconic IP. Konami besides previously sent cease and desist letters to the developers backside unofficial remakes of Castlevania, Metal Gear, and PT.

Capcom has been comparably lax when information technology comes to fan games. While the company did put a end to a fan-made remake of Resident Evil two in 2022, this was because Capcom was in the early stages of developing an official remake, according to the developers behind the canceled remake. The developers of Code Veronica'due south remake previously acknowledged the possibility of the game getting shelved on the project's website, writing, "Capcom has all the rights, if they decided to cancel information technology, the project would exist dead."

Resident Evil: Lawmaking Veronica was initially released in 2000 as a Dreamcast sectional. The game follows siblings Chris and Claire Redfield as they fight to survive a T-virus outbreak on Rockfort Island, an Umbrella-owned island located in the Antarctic ocean.