Dino Crisis remake given new signs of life as fans hopeful for reveal soon

The long-rumoured Dino Crisis remake has been whispered about for years, and a new report may have pinpointed down when the reveal could take place.

With several Resident Evil remakes under its belt, Capcom has been branching out into bringing back some of its other long-standing franchises in recent years.

Following the release of 2024’s Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, it appears that Dino Crisis could be the next franchise up for renewal, and the latest rumour suggests a release year too.

As reported by Team Biohazard, a Facebook page dedicated to Resident Evil and other Capcom IPs, the Dino Crisis remake is “100,000% real”.

In a post titled “Leak: Dino Crisis Remake”, Team Biohazard had the following to say (machine-translated):

“I’m saying this again for anyone who missed the news or still asks me about it. A *Dino Crisis* remake is 100,000% real.

“Development began in 2022, and the announcement could happen around 2028 or 2029, based on Capcom's typical remake timelines.

“Hold onto this post—I don't want to be called a ‘copycat’ again, like I was with the leaks I shared regarding *Requiem* or, very recently, *Veronica* for the SGF.”

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A Dino Crisis remake is something Capcom feels ready for

Given Capcom’s experience with the Resident Evil remakes, as well as animations and design work made in games like Monster Hunter Wilds, Exoprimal, and Dragon’s Dogma 2, the bones are there for a pretty good Dino Crisis remake.

However, Capcom has not officially confirmed any continuation of Dino Crisis so far, either in the form of remakes or a brand new entry.

Previous news of a possible Dino Crisis reboot came from a rumour following Capcom’s renewal of the Dino Crisis trademark, which is pretty standard for any company that owns a large number of intellectual properties, but did lead to talk of a potential revival coming as a result.

A bundle featuring the first two games was re-released on GOG last year, and became available on Steam earlier this year, and may have been a hint that Capcom wishes to revive interest in the series ahead of a full reboot.

The first Dino Crisis was released in 1999 for the Sony PlayStation, and has often been called “Resident Evil with dinosaurs” due to the similar fixed camera perspectives and familiar survival horror gameplay. It was later ported to PC and Dreamcast in 2000.

It was followed up with Dino Crisis 2 a year later for the PS1, and in 2002 for PC, swapping out the survival horror gameplay for a more action-oriented approach.

Two more sequels came in the form of Dino Stalker, a light gun game for the PlayStation 2 released in 2002, and the Xbox-exclusive Dino Crisis 3 in 2003 which was received poorly by many critics.

The series has effectively remained dormant since then, though Capcom has included references to it in other games such as Dead Rising 3 and Exoprimal.