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‘Resident Evil Code: Veronica’ Is Now Part of Xbox’s Backwards Compatible Library
Nostalgia for retro survival-horror, and specifically the Resident Evil series, is in full swing at the moment, thanks to the top-notch critical and financial performance of the RE:2 remake.
Capcom is wisely taking advantage of this revitalized enthusiasm, delving into the franchise’s back-catalog to see what other classics they can dust off. There’s already talk of a Resident Evil 3 remake in the works, which seems like a no-brainer to be honest, as it’s the game that most closely resembles RE:2. However, a project of that magnitude will naturally take some time to materialize and there’s a need to strike while the iron is still hot.
So for a quick win, the studio has decided to make the popular spin-off title, Code: Veronica X, backwards compatible for the Xbox One. Unveiled on Twitter by Larry Hryb, aka Major Nelson, this news means that anyone who already owns the 360 version of the game will be able to play it on the newer console right away. Meanwhile, everyone else can purchase and download it directly from the Xbox Marketplace. Oh, and did we mention that it’s available now!
With an intriguing prison-island setting, Code: Veronica is often regarded as one of the best Resident Evil games – even outclassing some of the ‘’main’’ numbered entries (it was supposed to be the true Resident Evil 3 originally). It’s a truly underrated gem, one that holds a special place in the hearts of many fans, due to its status as one of the last ‘’old-school’’ survival-horror titles, a relic from a bygone era. So if you’ve thoroughly exhausted the RE:2 remake and are itching for more of the same, then this is a great place to start.
All of us here at Bloody Disgusting are deeply saddened to learn that George A. Romero Foundation Founder and President Suzanne Desrocher-Romero has passed away.
GARF shared in a statement on socials, “It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Suzanne Desrocher Romero. Suzanne passed away of natural causes on June 24 at her home in Toronto after a prolonged illness.”
The statement continues, “Suzanne was the fierce leader of the George A. Romero Estate and The George A. Romero Foundation. She worked tirelessly to preserve George’s legacy. Her work at the foundation will continue to inspire and live on for generations to come. The family asks for privacy at this time.”
Desrocher-Romero founded GARF in 2018, after her late husband’s passing in 2017, and has been a fierce advocate for his legacy and the arts. It was her mission to “strengthen horror as a serious field of global study,” and she was a tremendous fighter on behalf of Romero’s works and supporting new filmmakers inspired by his legacy.
It was Desrocher-Romero who spearheaded the recovery and restoration of The Amusement Park, and, as the person in charge of the George A. Romero estate, worked closely with author Daniel Kraus on completing unfinished novels like Pay the Piper and The Living Dead. She most recently celebrated the restoration of her favorite of Romero’s zombie films, Day of the Dead, and was hard at work producing the upcoming film Twilight of the Dead.
That passionate advocacy led to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero becoming family to Bloody Disgusting as well.
2023 marked the start of an ongoing partnership between Bloody FM and GARF on The Dead, a scripted audio series spanning multiple seasons that saw Desrocher-Romero working closely with the Bloody FM team and mentoring the series’s contributing writers with GARF. To say her loss will be felt internally is an understatement.
“Anytime George Romero is mentioned is good, because what we are doing is to provide a healthy legacy. We’re uplifting his legacy, we’re supporting the archive, and we’re also supporting the Horror Study Center. So, all of these three things are what the Foundation is striving to do. As far as I’m concerned, the more we say George Romero’s name, the better it is,” Desrocher-Romero recently told BD.
It’s the perfect encapsulation of her unwavering enthusiasm for supporting Romero’s legacy and the horror genre, and just a glimpse at how much she contributed to preserving it. She is, in short, an inspiration.
We send our deepest condolences to Suzanne Desrocher-Romero’s family, friends, and GARF.
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