Capcom follows on their recent hints about plans to remake Resident Evil 2 with a Facebook post pointing to this video where Capcom producer Yoshiaki Hirabyashi confirms that the news with his official "WE DO IT!" t-shirt (thanks Kotaku via nin). The audio is Japanese, but they provide handy subtitles. Here's word:

Hello Resident Evil Fans. This is Hirabyashi, a.k.a. "H", a producer from Capcom R&D Division 1. Thanks you for your great support on this Resident Evil 2 Remake Project! Thanks to your incredible passion and support, the project has finally been approved for development! Thank you very much again!

As you see here, "WE DO IT!" You've been telling is for years that you want Resident Evil 2 to be remade, and we haven't been able to make it happen... until now! We at R&D Division 1 will do our best to take on your feedback and deliver the gameplay experience you've been waiting for. Just as I've been reaching out to you about the project via Facebook in the last few days, we will try to deliver news and messages about this project to you, the fans, directly. It will be some time before we can bring you an update on this project, but in the meantime, you can look forward to lots of exciting things from the Resident Evil Brand in the future, such as the upcoming HD remaster of Resident Evil 0. We would very much appreciate you continued support for Resident Evil! Thanks again and see you all soon!