Subsequent-Technology RE Engine Presently In The Works, Capcom Confirms

First Printed October 27, 2023, 10:03

In the course of the presently ongoing RE: 2023 convention, Capcom confirmed {that a} model new engine is in growth, deliberate to be the successor to the currently-in-use RE Engine, together with revealing a couple of minor particulars in regards to the engine itself.

The engine is presently codenamed REX Engine, standing for RE neXt Engine. In keeping with Tomofumi Ishida, programmer of the Engine, the necessity for a brand new engine is all about hoping to make use of bigger asset sizes. Capcom additionally needs to satisfy the calls for of a next-generation system and permit a higher diploma of customizability and a wider vary of choices in any title that’s developed utilizing the REX Engine. 

Whereas it is presently unclear what the primary title developed utilizing this new engine shall be, it is greater than doubtless going to be a future Resident Evil sport that leads the cost, though the Engine could also be too early in growth for use on a doubtlessly forthcoming Resident Evil 5 Remake. What’s doubtless is that a couple of last-gasp video games are developed utilizing the RE Engine earlier than Capcom strikes all people who’s growing a sport in-house over to utilizing the brand new REX Engine for sequence similar to Resident Evil, Monster Hunter, and maybe even Satan Might Cry.