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Resident Evil 2 Reborn, the remake of Capcom’s classic survival horror by fan group InvaderGames, has been closed down at the request of Capcom.
It’s not all doom at gloom at Italian indie studio InvaderGamers, though, with the team happy to finally see a Resident Evil 2 remake confirmed, and pleased to have been invited to discuss ideas with Capcom.
“First of all we want to thank all of you for the passion and the attachment that you have daily shown us. We’ll be always grateful,” wrote the dev in a facebook blog.
“Today we want to join us of a very special day for InvaderGames. After the official announcement of the Resident Evil 2 remake by Capcom, we officialise the end of the works on Resident Evil 2 Reborn.
“Contrary to what might be thought, this is wonderful news for us and, as fans, we’re so happy that Capcom has decided to take the lead of the project and to develop the remake awaited for years by everybody (nobody could bring back to life the masterpiece of 1998 better than the creators themselves). Meanwhile as developers, we’re honoured to announce that we’ve been officially invited to meet Capcom.
“Capcom called us up in advance of the announcement and asked us if we would mind stopping the project as they had longer term plans for a Resident Evil 2 Remake. They have invited us to a meeting to discuss further ideas.”
The team concluded: “Thank you again for letting us to be where we are now in spite of the long way that remains to be walked through, we hope to focus soon on the biggest professional chance that we could get.
“Once more, we’re very grateful to Capcom for having noticed our work and having appreciated as much the love we feel about the Resident Evil saga as developing videogames. It’s very rare to find such a leader company in the industry so much open minded and sensitive to the work of a growing studio like ours, guided by passion and competence.”
The studio promises that more news will be coming soon.
The closure of such a project would usually be much less amicable than the picture painted by the blog, which suggests Capcom has promised the team at InvaderGames something pretty worthwhile. It sounds like we won’t have to wait long to find out.
Source: Facebook
