Mama Robotnik
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I am not as au fait with the Resident Evil franchise as I am with other game series, so sorry if I've made any glaring errors. Completed both RE1 (Saturn) and RE4 (Wii) and loved them both.
The below find is from the portfolio of a Creative Assembly concept artist, who has worked with the company since 2012. As you can see from his website, he contributed a lot to Alien: Isolation.
He has a few web pages dedicated to cancelled projects, and on this one in particular he mentions the following:
The images from the cancelled Resident Evil are titled the following:
I'm not too knowledgeable about the series' story apart from Jill-Sandwich-Wesker-Bad-Global-Saturation, so I don't know if the images connect to an ongoing story arc in any way.
The artist started working at Creative Assembly back in June 2012, four months before Resident Evil 6 came out.
Therefore:
Possibility #1 : Creative Assembly compiled a concept pitch for their vision of a potential seventh game in the RE series, and it was either cancelled internally before it was submitted to Capcom, or later rejected by Capcom themselves.
Possibility #2 : The artist freelanced for another undisclosed company at some point while working at Creative Assembly. This undisclosed company produced concepts for a rejected Resident Evil 7 pitch.
Possibility #3: Edited in:
Regardless, everything I have heard about Alien : Isolation makes it sound like a frightening and gripping survival horror experience. Its interesting to think what its creators could have done with the Resident Evil license, if that was ever indeed a plan at some point.
The below find is from the portfolio of a Creative Assembly concept artist, who has worked with the company since 2012. As you can see from his website, he contributed a lot to Alien: Isolation.
He has a few web pages dedicated to cancelled projects, and on this one in particular he mentions the following:
Projects for Marvel titles, Django unchained game pitch, Bourne cancelled game, Resident Evil pitch...and various others.
The images from the cancelled Resident Evil are titled the following:
cdn.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/000/212/563/large/brad-wright-cancelled-project-resident-evil7.jpg?1411215137
I'm not too knowledgeable about the series' story apart from Jill-Sandwich-Wesker-Bad-Global-Saturation, so I don't know if the images connect to an ongoing story arc in any way.
The artist started working at Creative Assembly back in June 2012, four months before Resident Evil 6 came out.
Therefore:
Possibility #1 : Creative Assembly compiled a concept pitch for their vision of a potential seventh game in the RE series, and it was either cancelled internally before it was submitted to Capcom, or later rejected by Capcom themselves.
Possibility #2 : The artist freelanced for another undisclosed company at some point while working at Creative Assembly. This undisclosed company produced concepts for a rejected Resident Evil 7 pitch.
Possibility #3: Edited in:
I don't understand why you think those are the only two explanations. He could well have worked on them before he started working at Creative Assembly. It's not unusual for studios to start pre-production on a sequel before the current entry in the franchise is released, particularly when it comes to established franchises like Assassin's Creed or, in this case, Resident Evil.
Regardless, everything I have heard about Alien : Isolation makes it sound like a frightening and gripping survival horror experience. Its interesting to think what its creators could have done with the Resident Evil license, if that was ever indeed a plan at some point.