{"id":378247,"date":"2026-09-18T02:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-18T09:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/?p=378247"},"modified":"2026-09-18T02:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T09:20:10","slug":"resident-evil-5-remake-buzz-is-back-capcom-still-hasnt-announced-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/resident-evil-5-remake-buzz-is-back-capcom-still-hasnt-announced-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Resident Evil 5 Remake buzz is back: Capcom still hasn’t announced it"},"content":{"rendered":"

Capcom still hasn’t announced a Resident Evil 5 remake, but the 2009 game is back on people’s radar again.<\/p>\n

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The latest spark came from a fan showcase on YouTube, where Nvidia DLSS 5-style visuals, sharper textures, and other modded assets make Resident Evil 5 look surprisingly close to a proper remaster<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n

Yes, Capcom has been on a strong remake streak with Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 3, and Resident Evil 4. And yes, the recent Xbox Series rating from the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) gives people something to latch onto. Still, neither those recent reports<\/strong> nor the ESRB activity really point to Resident Evil 5 as the company’s next big remake project, since ratings like that can also show up for re-releases or simple platform updates.<\/p>\n\n

For fans who follow the series beat by beat, Code: Veronica still feels like the cleaner choice<\/a><\/strong>. It does more of the heavy lifting for Albert Wesker and his conflict with Chris Redfield before Resident Evil 5, and the rumor mill has also leaned more toward Code: Veronica and Resident Evil 0 as the likelier short-term picks.<\/p>\n\n

And if Capcom ever does take another run at Resident Evil 5, the calls won’t be as straightforward as they were with Resident Evil 4. Its action-first co-op identity, the pace, the tone, and its depiction of Africa would all come under fresh scrutiny<\/strong>, which helps explain why reactions are still split and why expectations would be so high.<\/p>\n\n

So for now, this looks more like fan debate<\/strong> than anything close to confirmation. The showcase is up on YouTube if you want to see it, and the original game is still playable on current platforms.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Capcom still hasn’t announced a Resident Evil 5 remake, but the 2009 game is back on people’s radar again. The latest spark came from a fan showcase on YouTube, where Nvidia DLSS 5-style visuals, sharper textures, and other modded assets make Resident Evil 5 look surprisingly close to a proper remaster. Yes, Capcom has been … Continue reading “Resident Evil 5 Remake buzz is back: Capcom still hasn’t announced it”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9352,"featured_media":378246,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-378247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378247"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378248,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378247\/revisions\/378248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378247"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=378247"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=378247"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=378247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}