Capcom restarts the Resident Evil Zero remake with its best team

By: Anton Kratiuk | today, 13:12

Capcom has restarted development on its Resident Evil Zero remake from scratch, reassigning the project to its top internal studio, Division 1, after work was already around 50% complete under previous developer M-Two. The news comes from Dusk Golem, a longstanding Resident Evil insider with a strong track record of accurate leaks — though Capcom has not officially confirmed the handoff.

The team behind the good remakes

Division 1 is the studio responsible for Resident Evil 2 Remake (2019), Resident Evil 4 Remake (2023), Village, and the upcoming Requiem. RE4 Remake sold over 4 million copies in its first two weeks and crossed 5 million within the year, making it one of Capcom's most commercially validated projects in recent memory. The studio operates under producer Jun Takeuchi and has become the gold standard for how to modernise a classic RE title.

M-Two, the outgoing developer, co-developed RE3 Remake in 2020 and handled the Separate Ways DLC for RE4 Remake. RE3 shipped to commercial success but drew consistent criticism for cutting significant content from the original — a sore point that has followed M-Two's reputation since.

Dusk Golem notes that M-Two's version of RE0 wasn't bad, but Capcom decided it could be significantly better. That call to restart mid-development is a costly one, but it lines up with a broader pattern: Capcom appears willing to slow down rather than ship a remake fans will argue about for years.

A packed remake pipeline

The restart means RE0 is unlikely to arrive before 2028, based on Dusk Golem's estimates — though no official window exists. In the meantime, Capcom officially announced Resident Evil Veronica (dropping "Code" from the title) at Summer Game Fest 2026, targeting a 2027 release on PS5, Xbox Series X/S, PC, and Switch 2.

Beyond that, a Resident Evil 1 remake is reportedly in early production, and RE10 is pencilled in for around 2029. None of those dates are confirmed by Capcom. What is clear is that the franchise has a long roadmap ahead — and Division 1 is now carrying more of it.