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Capcom Announces Resident Evil Zero HD Remaster For PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Last-Gen Consoles

Resident Evil Zero HD Remaster will launch in Japan in early 2016.

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Update: Capcom has since confirmed that the game will be released in the West in early 2016.

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Capcom has announced Resident Evil Zero HD Remaster (Biohazard 0 HD Remaster in Japan), a high-definition remake of 2002's GameCube-exclusive Resident Evil Zero. According to Dengeki Online, the game will be released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and PC in early 2016 in Japan. A release for territories outside of Japan has not yet been confirmed.

Credit: Dengeki Online
Credit: Dengeki Online

Resident Evil Zero takes place prior to the events of the first Resident Evil. The game features police officer Rebecca Chambers and Billy Coen, a prisoner on death row. The duo must work together to survive a virus that has resulted in a zombie outbreak. The player can switch between the two characters at any time for the duration of the game, a feature called "partner zapping." Each character possesses unique abilities. The player is also able to control both characters simultaneously, or have them separate to cover more area when exploring.

Earlier this year Capcom released Resident Evil HD, a high-definition remake of 2002's Resident Evil, which was a GameCube version remake of 1996's Resident Evil for the PlayStation. Resident Evil HD has sold more than one million units worldwide, setting a new record as the "biggest-selling day one digital title" on the PlayStation Network, according to Capcom. The game is also Capcom's fastest selling digital title in the company's history.

During a company financial briefing last week, Capcom suggested that it will publish more high-definition remasters of its old games. Given that overseas download sales of Resident Evil HD exceeded expectations, Resident Evil 0 HD Remaster may well see a release in the West. Check out more images below.

Credit: Dengeki Online

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Translation: We are creatively bankrupt, this is all we can do to the series now, without ruining it farther.

Even though I do not like this HD remasters I know I will end up getting RE:Z as there is nothing else on the radar from them I care about and I knew that game was good but I lent out my copy years ago and never got it back.

So curse you Capcom and thanks.

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Back in high school I let some asshole borrow my Smash Bros Melee game in exchange for Resident Evil Zero and he never gave me my game back. I still have his game...

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Back in elementary school I lent out my ps1/2 gameshark for Onimusha...never got it back and I still have his game...

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@Simulator_Shock: I had a friend who traded games with another kid when we were in highschool. The other kid moved away the next day keeping the game, he didn't even tell us he was moving lol.

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@Simulator_Shock:

I share that pain, so many titles I've had over the years gone thanks to either clumsy, disorganised and/or so called friends... GONE!


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Around the same time I borrowed Super Mario 64 from my stupid girlfriend that I had and I never gave it back to her since she broke up with me right after that.

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@punksterdaddy: They released Revelations 2 which was a new game and it didn't ruin the series farther. Revelations 2 was actually a step in the right direction.

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@simonbelmont2:

Those feel more like spin-offs rather than regular RE titles but even though, I don't like Revelations 1 or 2. For me they were another step in the wrong direction.

So I stand by what I said.

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@punksterdaddy@simonbelmont2: Fair enough, I disagree though as I feel they were much better than both RE5 and 6.

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@simonbelmont2:

Lol yes they were but that bar was so low to begin with that isn't much of an accomplishment.

Revelations was only slightly better because it had that claustrophobic setting and was never meant to be on the PS3 and X360.

Capcom only ported it over due to the poor RE6 reception and the mediocre reviews of Revelations was better, so they ported it. Now we have REV 2 and that tells me that Capcom have no idea what to do with it any more, well that and these REmakes in HD.

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@punksterdaddy@simonbelmont2: Revelations 1 was still an improvement though regardless. I also enjoyed Revelations 2 and it did have a couple of neat new things about it.


The fact that they managed to make a new game that didn't suck makes me believe there's life in the old dog yet.

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@simonbelmont2:

A glass half full kind of guy eh? That's cool though, I'm just too old and cynical nowadays to be that way, so therefore to me... The glass is always half empty. ;)

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@punksterdaddy@simonbelmont2: Ha, ha fair enough mate :-)

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@simonbelmont2@punksterdaddy: Most things I flushed in my toilet is better than RE 5 or 6 =)

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@Kinguard73@simonbelmont2@punksterdaddy: Ha, ha :-)

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For all the remasters that we've been getting lately, I don't see any for games I'd be willing to buy again. I'd love for Konami to remaster Suikoden V...or release a Suikoden game, period.

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@Yomigaeru: I want to see a MGS 4 HD remaster! But Konami is DEAD!

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I've enjoyed a lot RS2 back in the day. I tried to play RS5 on my Xbox a few weeks ago and couldn't stand it for more than a few hours. The gameplay and mechanics felled too old school even for me.

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RS2?

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Just remake 2, 3 for Christ's sake!

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Really, this series needs to end. At this point, Crapcom a flogging a dead horse. Their RE games are so horrible, that all they can do to keep their dwindling fans, is to keep on rehashing and rereleasing their older RE games in the hopes of keeping their fans. Well done crapcom you dumb*****.

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No Wii U version? Too bad. I'll buy for $5 on Steam later next year, then.

I don't get why they are neglecting the Wii U. At first, I thought it was a crappy console then I got one and, frankly, despite its problems, it's really something else...

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@JFERNANDEZ84: I'd usually say that it's a case of the Wii U's hardware being less powerful, but the article says it's supposed to release on PS3 and 360 as well. I suppose this is just a case of Capcom not caring about the Wii U crowd.

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@Yomigaeru@JFERNANDEZ84: That's pure BS. They are just lazy. I think it's unacceptable not to release a Wii U version of a game that's coming for PS360 consoles.

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@JFERNANDEZ84@Yomigaeru:


Maybe they started to have issues with Nintendo? They loved their games on Gamecube and even, to some extent, Wii.


Maybe something spoiled the relationship...

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@joke_man@JFERNANDEZ84@Yomigaeru: CAPCOM people are even more opportunists, that's all, I guess. They don't want to spend nothing to adapt those games for the Wii U Game Pad.

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My favourite RE game is Code Veronica, but all the titles before RE4 are gems so remastering them is a good Idea. Too bad no love for the Wii U system

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I think it's been quite obvious for a while now. Capcom has run out of ideas and all of the real talent left the company years ago.

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Same deal with Square Enix and soon to be Konami.

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Big whoop! Crapcom please for the love of god STOP WITH THE REMASTERS! Make a new Resident Evil instead or reboot the series NOT remake everything! Sheesh!

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If the new game is anything like 5 or 6 then you can keep that trash in the failed ideas bin, because we don't want it.

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@joke_man@returnofsoma42: I couldn't agree more! RE needs to return to its roots.

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i got all the gamecube remakes and exclusives when capcom announces a Resident evil 2 HD remake then i'll be excited

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Personally when it comes to Res Evil, I treat RE4 and after as a separate series.

I'd probably pick up remasters of everything before RE4 if they release them. I think Capcom would be foolish not to release RE Zero in the west.

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RE0 was freakin' awesome on the GC, one of the killer apps on that system.


Looking forward to playing through it again!

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YES, FU** YES, now go REMAKE RESIDENT EVIL 2 AND 3, NOW!

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Oh please, CAPCOM! How many versions of the SAME GAME do you expect me to buy? I've already played this for GC and Wii... NOT AGAIN!!

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Hey, since we are no longer able to make good RE games, let's just re-release the games we did make when we did have talent!

I loved the recent HD RE re-release. It's just sad that RE is practically dead now.

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I played this on my Wii U and quite enjoyed it. I will still pick it up for the PS4 but I hope that they will release a physical version this time and put more work on optimizing the game to run at 60fps.

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Wow, another one for my collection. Never played the RE0, and it'll be nice to play it after the remaster. Hope they do RE2 and RE3 remasterizations too.

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RE0 was great in it's day and should make for a nice HD upgrade. I'm with virtually everyone else in hopes of a serious facelift of these standards towards RE2 and RE3. Myself, I'd even like to see RE CV get this treatment.


Hopefully though, in remaking these old RE games, the devs will be able to recapture the spirit of old school RE for RE 7. Whenever it may come out.


I don't expect old school gameplay in RE 7, just old school atmosphere and approach. Once zombies started riding motorcycles in RE5, I knew it was downhill from there. RE6 took that level of stupid to another level entirely.

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They weren't "zombies" in RE5 but I agree that RE6 definitely jumped the shark with it's stupidity.

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I'm happy with this mostly because it will be nice to play the game at 60fps.

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Never played this and I think i should have....I am buying this hoping for the RE2 HD someday!

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Yeah this is great news because the resident evil HD remaster was fantastic on Playstation 4 let's see if they have the talent to do this for Resident Evil 2 or 3

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Nice! I can't wait to play through this again! Now redo RE2 and RE3 in the same style as 0 and 1, and we'll be in business! Also, it would be fantastic if they could enable to co-op online for this game, but that may be more difficult to do than it may seem on the surface.

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Hell yeeeeeeahhh!!! Omg this is so awesome, hahaha. But you know for what game i'm really looking forward Capcom? A proper remake of Resident Evil 2 and 3, it the style of the RE1 and 0 Remaster for Gamecube! These games truly deserve some care, even more than 0 i would argue!

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Glad to see this on other systems. I don't hate the gamecube(in fact I love it) but the entire concept of exclusives is just idiotic.

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Revelations 2 felt like an arcade zombie shooter.

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@cboye18: It feels like a psvita port to PS4...I bought it but, cant keep playing the game, the gameplay is clunky and heavy....

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@drodriguesaar@cboye18: Trt Remote playing that game... uuuuggggh... the game is unplayable, but oh! Where is the vita version?! Not there? Oh great...

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@921sora@drodriguesaar@cboye18:

It has really ugly graphics as well.

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