For quite some time, there have been leaks and rumours claiming that Capcom were working on a remake of Resident Evil Code Veronica. Sure enough, during Summer Game Fest, the much-anticipated remake was finally officially announced. Since then, we’ve gotten a bunch of new details regarding the upcoming project, including the fact that it will indeed be a 3rd-person experience.

While all of the classic Resident Evil games took on an isometric / 3rd person perspective, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard shook up the formula by switching to first-person. Since then, new entries in the series have allowed for both 1st and 3rd person perspectives, with their remake projects keeping things simple with just 3rd-person options.

That said, the announcement trailer for RE Veronica was presented in a 1st-person view, leading many to fear that it may deviate away from the original. Fortunately, this isn’t the case, with Capcom confirming during a Q&A session that Resident Evil Veronica “will be a third-person game.”

While not unexpected, the team also confirmed that Veronica is being developed by the same studio behind the excellent Resident Evil 2 and RE4 Remakes.

Last but not least, it seems as though excitement for RE Veronica is rather palpable, with Capcom confirming that the upcoming title has already amassed over 1 million wishlists across Steam and PS5.

Given that past RE Remakes have sold in excess of 10 million copies, it is safe to assume that this figure will only continue to rise as we get closer to the game’s 2027 release.

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KitGuru says: Are you excited for Resident Evil Veronica? What did you think of the teaser trailer? Are you glad to see them keeping the 3rd person perspective? Let us know down below.

Capcom's Resident Evil Remake series is expanding with a new entry. Just as rumours predicted, Resident Evil: Code Veronica is now getting the remake treatment and based on the trailer, it may feature first-person gameplay, which would make it the first of the remakes to add this in.  

In the trailer for Resident Evil Veronica, we see everything from the first-person perspective, as Claire Redfield arrives to an eery apartment building in Paris in search of her missing brother. This would indicate that the full game will have a first-person gameplay option, while all of the previous remakes have been third-person instead. If that turns out to be the case, there should also be a toggle for first and third-person perspectives, just like in Resident Evil Requiem.

Resident Evil Veronia will be launching early next year, arriving for PC, PS5, Xbox and Switch 2 simultaneously. This matches the day-one support for Resident Evil Requiem, which impressively released on Switch 2 on day-one, during a time where many other AAA games were delaying their Switch 2 launches to iron out issues.

Resident Evil Code Veronica originally released in 2000 for the Sega Dreamcast. As with the other RE Remake games, we expect there to be a few changes to story here, in addition to the gameplay and graphics overhauls.

KitGuru says: At this point, Capcom should go all-in and give a proper remake to Resident Evil 1 as well. 

CAPCOM successfully misled Summer Game Fest 2026 viewers for the first minute or so of the Resident Evil Veronica trailer, which was in first-person view and didn't seem at all like the long-awaited Code Veronica remake. Given that Resident Evil Requiem introduced the option to choose between first-person and third-person, though, fans started wondering if this would be possible in Veronica as well. CAPCOM insider Dusk Golem, however, said this game is third-person only, just like the Resident Evil 4 remake. In a follow-up question, Dusk Golem also commented on the differences between the original Code Veronica and this remake: […]

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