Resident Evil 5 Remaster Leaked Via ESRB

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New ESRB ranking hints at Resident Evil 5 remaster for contemporary consoles.
Different basic Resident Evil video games additionally receiving new ESRB scores for potential remasters.
Resident Evil 5 already has a terrific port on fashionable methods.

It appears one other mainline Resident Evil sport is coming to fashionable consoles, as a brand new ESRB ranking for Resident Evil 5 has been issued, suggesting a remaster is on the way in which.

Resident Evil 5 follows Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar in West Africa, the place the Las Plagas virus has created a brand new military of zombies. It’s not lengthy earlier than a number of ghosts of Chris’ previous return to hang-out him, as previous allies and enemies emerge from the shadows as culprits behind the incident.

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Resident Evil 5 is already available on each fashionable console by way of backward compatibility or specialised ports. There may be doubtless a brand new model of the sport on the way in which, as a brand new ESRB ranking for the sport for the Xbox Series consoles has been noticed by Wario64 on Twitter/X.

Resident Evil 5 Is One Of Many Basic Entries Primed For A Remaster

Resident Evil 5 Chris Sheva Guns Artwork

Resident Evil 5 isn’t the one sport within the sequence that has received a new ESRB ranking of late, as each Resident Evil 6 and Resident Evil Origins (a group containing the remake of the primary sport and Resident Evil Zero) have additionally acquired new scores.

These ESRB listings recommend that a whole lot of the basic Resident Evil video games are getting specialised ports for PlayStation 5, Xbox Collection X/S, and doubtlessly, the Nintendo Switch 2.

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It’s unclear precisely why such ports would be needed, because the video games run completely high-quality on the present {hardware}, and there’s solely a lot that may be achieved with video games as previous as these. Resident Evil 5 doesn’t precisely want huge body charges or ray-tracing for its visuals.

The choice of games for remastering can also be unusual, contemplating Resident Evil 5 hasn’t precisely aged nicely in its depiction of Africa and its folks. Resident Evil 6 additionally obtained a brand new ranking, and it’s broadly thought of to be the worst mainline entry within the franchise, so why trouble placing effort into ports?