Both titles were in development at Capcom independently during practically the entire process, confirms their producer, Peter Fabiano.
Resident Evil 3 was already developing independently long before the release of Resident Evil 2. Peter Fabiano, producer of both projects at Capcom, explained in a meeting with Siliconera that the return to Raccoon City of the third numbered episode of the saga it was in development for about three years; that is, since 2017.
Meanwhile, Resident Evil 7 was still up and running ahead of its 2017 launch, and Resident Evil 3 was starting to take shape by a parallel team. The teams working on RE2 and RE3 are not the same; in fact, during much of development they barely maintained direct contact. When they shared ideas and materials it was more a matter of handling and knowledge of the impressive RE Engine graphics engine.
“Resident Evil 3 was in development for about three years. The teams worked independently for most of the time, but there was some shared knowledge as well as ideas, technology and the RE Engine, ”he explains.
What both titles do share is a clear success in criticism and public. With these statements, however, any speculation about a rapid development of Resident Evil 3 is ruled out: he did not recycle the 2019 work for the title that we received earlier this year.
What is the future of Resident Evil?
We do not know what the future plan of the saga is from now on, but Capcom already anticipates major releases. From your last fiscal report we extract that there will be “important titles”, in plural, between now and March 31, 2020. Now, which ones? There are many candidates. To start, there are those who believe that we will have a new Resident Evil in 2021 because Capcom prepares an announcement for this June 10; In addition, those in Osaka have a commercial exploitation plan in place for the 25th anniversary of the saga, which will take place in 2021.
If we add to this that the Claire actress (Resident Evil 2) mistakenly said that she was working on an unannounced project this past April related to the saga and that Capcom is already working on more remakes, a possible Resident Evil rings loudly. 4 Remake as well as the new numbered chapter, Resident Evil 8. Many unknowns and few certainties today. And no, Resident Evil 3 will not receive more content: its coverage is finished.
