One of Capcom's biggest announcements at E3 2018 was that the Resident Evil 2 remake would release in January 2019 . According to its latest financial report , Capcom is apparently feeling confident about how it will perform and may follow it up with other remakes and/or re-releases.

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In response to an investor question about Resident Evil 2's expected sales and the potential for other remakes, Capcom said it anticipates Resident Evil 2 to be one of its major releases for this fiscal year and for it to be in the "million-seller" range. The publisher also opened the door for similar projects going forward."Further, regarding remakes and re-releases of titles in our back catalog," reads the report's Q & A summary, "we expect to explore these further with a variety of properties as a part of our strategy to utilize our library of IP."Capcom also responded to a question about Resident Evil 2's cost and expected profits by speaking broadly about the remake's scope."While the base story and setting did exist, we have made the most of our cutting-edge game development environment to re-create the content," the summary continues, "and are developing it with a budget appropriate for a Resident Evil title targeting the global market."Capcom previously remade the original Resident Evil in 2002, six years after it's initial release. It's taken considerably longer for the remake of 1998's Resident Evil 2 to emerge, but it appears set to return the series to its horror roots in the best ways

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