If you told us a decade ago that Capcom would be at the helm of some of the most successful reboots and remakes in the gaming industry, we’d call you delusional, but here we are. After the successful remake of Resident Evil 4, which came out later this year, and basically a slew of best-selling titles in recent years, Capcom is riding a wave of success. Now, it appears that it’s looking to try and see if it can revive one of its older and more beloved zombie-focused franchises.
Much like Resident Evil, Dead Rising is a survival horror game. But, it focuses more on arcade-style gameplay, allowing it to carve its own niche separate from its more renowned sibling.
Industry insider Jez Corden suggests that Capcom is revisiting the Dead Rising franchise, potentially as a reboot.
Unfortunately, the latest entry, Dead Rising 4, was released to mixed reviews and negative feedback from the community. Since then, we haven’t heard much about the series – until now.
According to Jez Corden, Capcom is revisiting Dead Rising and it could be a reboot and not a new installment.
Corden didn’t reveal anything else outside of this but it was enough to send ripples within the gaming community.
As previously mentioned, Capcom has done an excellent job bringing back and maintaining classic franchises like Devil May Cry and Resident Evil. Capcom might be looking to do the same thing for Dead Rising.
Despite the latest entry’s lack of commercial success (the game failed to sell more than a million copies at launch when Capcom expected the number to be around 2 million), the franchise itself has sold over 15 million copies since 2006. This makes it one of the most successful franchises in gaming and worth the effort to reboot, especially in light of the successful reception by audiences to Dead Island 2 and Dying Light 2.
It isn’t clear when we’ll hear more about Capcom’s Dead Rising reboot, but the company is expected to reveal more about its plans for other games later this year.
After releasing Resident Evil 4 Remake in March, Capcom will roll out Street Fighter VI on June 2.
Speaking of Jez Corden, the famed industry insider also said that he’s heard something about Sony and Konami inking an exclusivity deal for Silent Hill, Metal Gear, and Castlevania.
