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Summer Game Fest Reveals Resident Evil Remake, FFVII Revival

6/9/2026

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Summary

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Capcom announced a Resident Evil: Veronica remake for 2027 at Summer Game Fest 2026.
Square Enix, Studio MDHR and Creative Assembly announced Final Fantasy VII Revelation for Spring 2027, a Cuphead sequel and an 8-bit Mighty Cuphead Adventure, and the Alien Isolation 2 trailer.
Fumito Ueda, Star Wars: Zero Company and Pocketpair announced gen Atlas for PlayStation and Xbox, and releases on August 27, 2026 and July 10, 2026.

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Historical Context

Capcom launched Resident Evil in 1996 under director Shinji Mikami, creating the survival-horror genre and moving over four million units worldwide by December 1997. The game’s success spurred sequels and later remakes, a pattern echoed in 2027’s scheduled Resident Evil – Code: Veronica remake, showing publishers’ reliance on nostalgic franchises across the industry to drive future globally sales.

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Story summary

Capcom announced a Resident Evil: Veronica remake for 2027 at Summer Game Fest 2026.
Square Enix, Studio MDHR and Creative Assembly announced Final Fantasy VII Revelation for Spring 2027, a Cuphead sequel and an 8-bit Mighty Cuphead Adventure, and the Alien Isolation 2 trailer.
Fumito Ueda, Star Wars: Zero Company and Pocketpair announced gen Atlas for PlayStation and Xbox, and releases on August 27, 2026 and July 10, 2026.

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