Capcom allegedly bringing back an old franchise but it’s ...

Capcom allegedly bringing back an old franchise but it’s still not Dino Crisis

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Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster key art image of Frank West

Frank West will return? (Capcom)

A remaster from last year is apparently going to lead to a brand new entry in a long-running Capcom zombie franchise, but it’s not Resident Evil.

The last few years have been highly profitable for Capcom and that’s seen them gain the confidence to bring back a lot of what seemed like dead franchises. A new Onimusha is out next year and Ōkami is also getting sequel from the original director.

They’ve made new games as well, such as Kunitsu-Gami: Path Of The Goddess and the upcoming Pragmata, while promising to bring back other dormant series. They’ve not been specific about which ones they might revive, but one of the least interesting options is apparently what they’re going with next.

According to a new report, Capcom is working on a new Dead Rising sequel which will ignore all the entries in the series except the first one – which is an increasingly common thing to do with horror movie horror franchises.

The initial leak came from the generally reliable MP1st but has also been ‘partially’ corroborated by VGC. They suggest that Capcom is working on a ‘zombie action sequel’ with protagonist Frank West but can’t confirm it’s actually a Dead Rising game.

According to the original report, the new game is not a remake or remaster and has the codename Rec. It will star Frank West – always the most popular of the series’ various protagonists – and feature other returning characters, such as Isabela Keyes.

Supposedly, the game will be set in an enclosed Hollywood movie lot, with the antagonist being an ‘extravagant and deranged film director’.

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Interestingly, the new game will reintroduce the time limit mechanic that made the original so distinctive, but which was removed from most of the sequels. Frank will also make prominent use of his camera and while there’s no direct confirmation of saving survivors that does seem to be the implication.

It sounds like the director is fully aware of the zombie threat and is using it to create the ‘perfect movie’ by forcing people and actors to perform special trials.

Although it is just a rumour, it would fit a recent pattern with Capcom, where they release a remaster to gauge current interest in a franchise and then follow with a new game annoucement if conditions seem favourable.

Onimusha got a remaster in 2018 and confirmation of a brand new game some years later. Covid likely interfered with that one though and after last year’s Dead Rising remaster it may be that an official annoucement, of a new entry, comes relatively soon. The game itself, though, is thought to be several years away.

If the rumour does prove true it’ll be interesting to see what happens to other franchises Capcom has remastered recently. Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective didn’t seem to do that well, and the future of Ace Attorney remains unclear, but Mega Man Battle Network was apparently much more popular than expected – and yet no new game has even been hinted at yet, just a remaster of the less popular follow-up series Mega Man Star Force.

Sadly, for Dino Crisis fans like us, Capcom’s dinosaur themed survival horror still hasn’t got its first foot on the ladder, as there’s been no remaster or any indication from Capcom that they’re interested in saving the franchise from extinction.

Ōkami is getting a sequel, so why not DIno Crisis? (Capcom)

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