Today finally marks the launch ofResident Evil 2,a remake of the 1998 horror classic. While Capcom has been working on this remakefor a few years, some of you may remember that there was a fan remake in the works years ago that was canceled following Capcom’s announcement of an official remake. Interestingly, Capcom decided to respect an acknowledge that team officially as Invaders Studios, the developer behind that fan remake, actually make an appearance inResident Evil 2’scredits.
As pointed out to DualShockers by Invader Studios Co-Founder Michele Giannone, the Special Thanks section ofResident Evil 2’scredits features “Invader Studios S.r.l.” alongside the likes of Hideki Kamiya and the originalResident Evil 2development team. For a bunch of developers that were initially just working on a fan project out of love, that’s a pretty high honor. You can check out Invader Studios' appearance in the credits for yourself below:
For those of you who don’t remember, Invader Studios, then known as InvaderGames, was working on a fan remake ofResident Evil 2within Unreal Engine 4 that they were callingResident Evil 2 Reborn. It was fairly far along, with a nearly 10-minute video released back in 2015 showing how it was shaping up nicely. Unfortunately, as Capcom was gearing up for the officialResident Evil 2remake’s announcement and development at the time, they consulted with Invader Games and asked them to stop working onResident Evil 2 Reborn.
While this did unfortunately mark the end of a remake project that many were starting to get behind, it didn’t stop the team of developers behind it from working on another horror game. Invader Studios is now working onDaymare 1998, a fitting title considering the year thatResident Evil 2released, and development of that project seems to have been going smoothly forthe past couple of years. As for Capcom’s remake,it was released today following critical acclaim from several outlets,DualShockers included.
Resident Evil 2is finally available for PC, PS4, and Xbox One andcan currently be picked up on Amazon. For those curious about Invader Studios' upcoming gameDaymare 1998, it is currently poised to launch for the same platforms asResident Evil 2sometime in Q2 2019.
