In mid-2024, rumors emerged that Capcom was working on a remake of Resident Evil Zero, the 2002 survival horror game that served as a prequel to the first installment in the Resident Evil franchise. The first person to report on the matter was the well-known insider Dusk Golem, who alleged that the unannounced title had begun production following the launch of the 2023 Resident Evil 4 remake and was being developed alongside a new version of 2000's Resident Evil - Code: Veronica. Although these claims were initially met with some skepticism, they were backed up by IGN in a later news article, which purported that Resident Evil Zero and Code Veronica remakes were indeed in the works.