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RE Engine
Video game engine

RE Engine, also known as Reach for the Moon Engine, is a video game engine created by Capcom. Originally designed for Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, it has since been used in a variety of the company's games, such as Devil May Cry 5, Monster Hunter Rise and Street Fighter 6. The engine is a successor to Capcom's MT Framework.

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History

Capcom originally intended to follow up MT Framework with the engine Panta Rhei, with development starting in 2011; it was abandoned due to development hell of the unreleased PlayStation 4 game Deep Down, for which it was to serve as a showcase.78

RE Engine was created in 2014, during the beginning of the development of Resident Evil 7. The engine was originally designed with the game's linear nature in mind and was created to make game development more efficient.9 The reason the team did not choose a third-party engine was that "a highly generic engine developed by another company would not be appropriate" for a game like Resident Evil 7.10 MT Framework was not used for the project due to its slower development tools. Jun Takeuchi, the head of Capcom's Division 1 stated "we had to rethink the way we make games. In order to carry out asset-based (graphic and 3D model elements) development, which is globally the mainstream, we began developing our new RE Engine".11

Since its introduction, RE Engine has been used as the primary game engine across all Capcom titles. No single game or franchise drives the direction of the engine, according to Monster Hunter producer Ryozo Tsujimoto, and instead all studios contribute towards its improvement. This approach has avoided the pitfalls that other developers have had dealing with the demand to use a singular engine tuned for a specific game to be used across all games, such as at Electronic Arts.12

When discussing Monster Hunter Rise, Yasunori Ichinose, the game's director, discussed porting RE Engine to the Nintendo Switch, and said "a lot of background technical engineering work need[ed] to be done just to achieve targeting a new hardware platform", and mentioned the challenge of creating the large maps the team wanted while trying to maintain the game's graphical quality.13

In October 2023, Capcom unveiled "Codename REX" (RE neXt ENGINE), their next-generation game engine, during a 22-minute developer-focused presentation. Acknowledging limitations in the current RE Engine, the new engine upgrade will involve incrementally integrating RE+X technology into the existing RE Engine, elevating it to next-generation capabilities.141516

Features

RE Engine features various improvements over MT Framework, including new anti-aliasing and volumetric lighting features.17 The engine also allows developers to use photogrammetry to create higher quality assets. It also includes improved VR support over its predecessor, allowing it to hit high framerates necessary to avoid motion sickness.18 It also includes tools to make animation faster, such as modular rigging, motion matching, procedural animation and motion retargeting.192021 RE Engine also has various new physics simulation options which allow for more realistic debris.22

Games

Games developed using RE Engine
YearTitleRef.
2017Resident Evil 7: Biohazard23
2019Resident Evil 224
Devil May Cry 525
2020Resident Evil 326
Resident Evil: Resistance27
2021Capcom Arcade Stadium28
Ghosts 'n Goblins Resurrection29
Monster Hunter Rise30
Resident Evil Village31
2022Capcom Arcade 2nd Stadium32
Resident Evil Re:Verse33
2023Resident Evil 434
Street Fighter 635
Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective36
Exoprimal37
2024Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy38
Dragon's Dogma 239
Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess40
Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster41
2025Monster Hunter Wilds42
Onimusha 2: Samurai's Destiny43
2026Resident Evil Requiem44
Onimusha: Way of the Sword45
Pragmata46
TBAOkami sequel47
Untitled Ace Attorney game

References

  1. "Capcom's RE Engine Doesn't Stand For "Resident Evil", It's "Reach For The Moon Engine"". TheGamer. April 6, 2021. Retrieved April 6, 2021. https://www.thegamer.com/capcoms-re-engine-reach-for-the-moon/ ↩

  2. Capcom Research and Development [@CAPCOM_RandD] (November 7, 2019). "『RE ENGINE』の読み方は知っていても、意味は知らないという方も多いのではないでしょうか？" [Even if you know how to read "RE ENGINE", isn't there a lot of people who don't know what it means? It has several meanings, but "reach for the moon" is the representative origin. It contains the idea of a game engine that makes the impossible possible, like reaching for the moon, but if you look closely, you can see the logo...] (Tweet). Retrieved July 14, 2022 – via Twitter. https://x.com/CAPCOM_RandD/status/1192381177790898176 ↩

  3. "CAPCOM | Developer Interviews 2016 INTERVIEW 03:Jun Takeuchi". CAPCOM IR. Archived from the original on June 27, 2021. Retrieved March 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210627195252/https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/interview/2016/vol03/ ↩

  4. Doolan, Liam (September 19, 2020). "Yes, Monster Hunter Rise Is Running On Capcom's RE Engine". Nintendo Life. Retrieved March 28, 2021. https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2020/09/yes_monster_hunter_rise_is_running_on_capcoms_re_engine ↩

  5. Gwaltney, Javy (May 20, 2019). "Capcom Will Continue To Use The Same Engine That Powered Devil May Cry 5 And Resident Evil 2". Game Informer. Archived from the original on June 4, 2019. Retrieved March 28, 2021. https://www.gameinformer.com/2019/05/20/capcom-will-continue-to-use-the-same-engine-that-powered-devil-may-cry-5-and-resident ↩

  6. Kim, Matt (May 17, 2019). "Capcom Says RE Engine Will Power Its Next-Gen Game Development, Numerous Titles Already in the Works". USgamer. Archived from the original on February 2, 2022. Retrieved March 28, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20220202060459/https://www.usgamer.net/articles/re-engine-capcom-next-gen-development-resident-evil-devil-may-cry ↩

  7. Ijuin, Masaru (January 6, 2014), "Foundation for game creation at Capcom: "Panta Rhei" development engine for next-gen consoles and the potential it holds", Developer Interviews 2013 (Capcom), vol. 3, Capcom Investor Relations http://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/interview/2013/vol03/ ↩

  8. Tach, Dave (February 20, 2013), "Capcom reveals Deep Down, built in engine designed for PS4", www.polygon.com http://www.polygon.com/2013/2/20/4011046/deep-down-ps4-capcom ↩

  9. "How Is Capcom's RE Engine So Versatile?". Game Informer. July 3, 2023. Archived from the original on July 3, 2023. Retrieved July 3, 2023. https://www.gameinformer.com/2023/07/03/how-is-capcoms-re-engine-so-versatile ↩

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  11. "CAPCOM INTEGRATED REPORT 2016" (PDF). 2016. pp. 49–51. https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/annual/2016/annual_2016_01.pdf ↩

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  15. Evans-Thirlwell, Edwin (October 27, 2023). "Capcom's new REX engine will address "ballooning" game scales and no, that's probably not a Dino Crisis reference". Rock Paper Shotgun. Retrieved October 27, 2023. https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/capcoms-new-rex-engine-will-address-ballooning-game-scales-and-no-thats-probably-not-a-dino-crisis-reference ↩

  16. "Capcom Develops New REX Game Engine". Anime News Network. October 28, 2023. Retrieved October 28, 2023. https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-10-28/capcom-develops-new-rex-game-engine/.203874 ↩

  17. Battaglia, Alex (January 15, 2019). "Resident Evil 2 Remake takes Capcom's RE engine to the next level". Eurogamer. Retrieved March 28, 2021. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2019-resident-evil-2-remake-demo-analysis ↩

  18. "CAPCOM INTEGRATED REPORT 2016" (PDF). 2016. pp. 49–51. https://www.capcom.co.jp/ir/english/data/pdf/annual/2016/annual_2016_01.pdf ↩

  19. 【CAPCOM RE:2019】技術が⽣み出すゲームアニメーション 〜プロシージャルアニメーション／モーションマッチング〜. CAPCOM R&D. October 27, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2021 – via YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3KCgZDZ93E ↩

  20. 【CAPCOM RE:2019】「バイオハザード RE2」における組み技リターゲット技術 [[CAPCOM RE:2019] Retargeting techniques for grappling techniques in 'Resident Evil RE2']. CAPCOM R&D. October 27, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2021 – via YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x58JnJJSDYM ↩

  21. 【CAPCOM RE:2019】モジュラーリギング 〜リギングをより効率よく、より簡単に〜 [[CAPCOM RE:2019] Modular Rigging (Easier and Efficient Rigging)]. CAPCOM R&D. October 27, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2021 – via YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nivB9gIoBx4 ↩

  22. 【CAPCOM RE:2019】「デビルメイクライ5」におけるシミュレーション ～破壊と二次アニメーション～ [[CAPCOM RE:2019] Simulation in 'Devil May Cry 5' (Destruction and secondary animation)]. CAPCOM R&D. October 27, 2019. Retrieved April 3, 2021 – via YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQOzMoNaB_U ↩

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