Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan) is a Japanese multimedia horror franchise owned by the video game company Capcom. The franchise was created in 1996 with Resident Evil, a survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom for the GameCube console. The game's critical and commercial success drove Capcom to continue developing the series. Due to Resident Evil's extended success, Capcom licensed more media based on the franchise including live action and animated films, novels, and comics.
Video games
editMajor releases
editOriginal
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Release years by system: 1996 - PlayStation 1996 - Microsoft Windows 1997 - PlayStation (Director's Cut) 1997 - Sega Saturn 1998 - PlayStation (Director's Cut Dual Shock Ver.) 2006 - Nintendo DS (Resident Evil: Deadly Silence) |
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Release years by system: 1998 - PlayStation 1998 - PlayStation (Dual Shock ver.) 1998 - Game.com 1999 - Microsoft Windows 1999 - Nintendo 64 1999 - Dreamcast 2003 - GameCube |
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Release years by system: 1999 - PlayStation 2000 - Microsoft Windows 2000 - Dreamcast 2003 - GameCube |
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Release years by system: 2005 - GameCube 2005 - PlayStation 2 2007 - Microsoft Windows 2007 - Nintendo Wii 2008 - Zeebo 2009 - iOS 2011 - PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360 2013 - Android 2014 - Microsoft Windows (Ultimate HD Edition) 2015 - Wii U (Wii Edition) 2016 - PlayStation 4 & Xbox One 2019 - Nintendo Switch 2021 - Oculus Quest 2 VR |
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Release years by system: 2009 - PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, & Microsoft Windows 2010 - PlayStation & Xbox 360 (Gold Edition) 2015 - Microsoft Windows (Gold Edition) 2016 - PlayStation 4, Xbox One, & Shield Android TV 2019 - Nintendo Switch |
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Release years by system: 2012 - PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360 2013 - Microsoft Windows 2016 - PlayStation 4 & Xbox One 2019 - Nintendo Switch |
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Release years by system: 2017 - PlayStation 4, Xbox One & Microsoft Windows 2018 - Nintendo Switch (Japan) 2021 - Google Stadia 2022 - Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch (Cloud, Worldwide) |
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Release years by system: 2021 - PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, Google Stadia 2022 - Nintendo Switch (Cloud), macOS |
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Remakes
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Release years by system: 2002 - GameCube 2008 - Wii 2014 - PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 2015 - PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows 2019 - Nintendo Switch |
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Original release date:[13] January 25, 2019 |
Release years by system: 2019 - PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One 2022 - Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch (Cloud) |
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Original release dates:[14] April 3, 2020 |
Release years by system: 2020 - PlayStation 4, Windows, Xbox One 2022 - Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch (Cloud) |
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Original release date:[15] March 24, 2023 |
Release years by system: 2023 - PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S, macOS, iOS |
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Spin-offs
editConsole
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Release years by system: 2000 - PlayStation 2002 - Microsoft Windows |
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Release years by system: 2000 - Dreamcast 2001 - PlayStation 2 2003 - GameCube 2011 - PlayStation 3 & Xbox 360 2017 - PlayStation 4 |
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Release years by system: 2001 - Game Boy Color |
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Release years by system: 2001 - Arcade, PlayStation 2 |
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Release years by system: 2002 - GameCube 2008 - Nintendo Wii 2016 - PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One, & Microsoft Windows 2019 - Nintendo Switch |
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Release years by system: 2003 - PlayStation 2 |
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Release years by system: 2003 - PlayStation 2 |
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Release years by system: 2004 - PlayStation 2 |
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Release years by system: 2007 - Wii 2012 - PlayStation 3 |
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Original release date:[19][20][21] Unreleased |
Release years by system: Unreleased - PlayStation Portable |
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Release years by system: 2009 - Wii 2012 - PlayStation 3 |
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Release years by system: 2011 - Nintendo 3DS 2012 - Nintendo eShop |
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Release years by system: 2012 - Nintendo 3DS 2013 - Wii U, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows 2017 - PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch |
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Release years by system: 2012 - PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Microsoft Windows |
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Release years by system: 2015 - PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360, Xbox One, & Microsoft Windows 2017 - Nintendo Switch |
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Release years by system: 2016 - PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows |
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Release years by system: 2020 - PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC (Steam) |
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available for free when purchasing Resident Evil 3 | |
Resident Evil RE:Verse Original release date:
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Release years by system: 2022 - PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, PlayStation 5, PC (Steam) & Microsoft Windows |
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available for free when purchasing Resident Evil Village |
Mobile phone
editTitle | Details |
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Biohazard: i Survivor Original release dates: 2001 |
Release years by system: 2001 - Mobile Phones |
Biohazard: Zombie Shooter Original release dates: 2001 |
Release years by system: 2001 - Mobile Phones |
Resident Evil: ZombieBuster Original release dates: 2001 (original version) 2011 (remake version) |
Release years by system: 2011 - Mobile Phones (only in Japan) |
Resident Evil Assault the Nightmare Original release dates: |
Release years by system: 2002 - Mobile Phones |
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Resident Evil: The Missions Original release dates: 2D version
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Release years by system: 2003 - Mobile Phones |
Biohazard: The Stories Original release dates:[23]
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Release years by system: 2004 - Docomo, EZweb, Yahoo! Keitai |
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Resident Evil: Confidential Report Original release dates:
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Release years by system: 2004 - Mobile Phones |
Resident Evil 4: Mobile Edition Original release dates: 2005 (2D version) 2009 (3D version) |
Release years by system: 2005 - N-Gage 2009 - Zeebo 2010 - Mobile Phones |
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Biohazard: The Operations Original release dates: |
Release years by system: 2007 |
Biohazard: The Episodes Original release dates: 2007 |
Release years by system: 2007 - Mobile phones |
Resident Evil: Genesis Original release dates: 2008 |
Release years by system: 2008 - Mobile Phones |
Resident Evil: Degeneration Original release dates: 2008 (2D and 3D versions) |
Release years by system: 2008 - Mobile Phones, N-Gage |
Resident Evil Uprising Original release dates: 2009 |
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BIOHAZARD Survival Door Original release dates: |
Release years by system: 2010 |
Resident Evil: Afterlife Movie Game Original release dates: |
Release years by system: 2010 |
Resident Evil: Mercenaries Vs. Original release dates: April 14, 2011 |
Release years by system: 2011 - iOS |
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Resident Evil Outbreak Survive Original release dates: |
Release years by system: 2011 |
Minna to Biohazard Clan Master Original release dates: |
Release years by system: 2012 |
Minna to Biohazard Team Survive Original release dates: |
Release years by system: 2015 |
Bakahaza Original release dates: 2017 |
Release years by system: 2017 |
Pachinko
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Pachisuro Biohazard Original release date: 2008[24] |
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Biohazard 5 Original release date: 2012[25] |
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CR Biohazard Original release date: 2013[26] |
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There are two different versions of this game: | |
CR Biohazard 0 Original release date: 2015[29] |
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Pachisuro Biohazard 6 Original release date: 2015[32] |
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Pachisuro Biohazard Revelations Original release date: 2017[33] |
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There are three different versions of this game: | |
FEVER BIOHAZARD REVELATIONS 2 Original release date: 2020 |
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Pachislot BIOHAZARD 7: Resident Evil Original release date: 2020 |
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Pachislot BIOHAZARD RE:2 Original release date: 2022 |
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Film and television
editLive action films
editTitle | Release | Director | Producers | Writer |
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Anderson continuity | ||||
Resident Evil | 2002 | Paul W. S. Anderson | Paul W. S. Anderson, Bernd Eichinger, Jeremy Bolt, Samuel Hadida | Paul W. S. Anderson |
Resident Evil: Apocalypse | 2004 | Alexander Witt | Paul W. S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, Don Carmody | |
Resident Evil: Extinction | 2007 | Russell Mulcahy | Paul W. S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, Robert Kulzer, Bernd Eichinger, Samuel Hadida | |
Resident Evil: Afterlife | 2010 | Paul W. S. Anderson | Paul W. S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, Robert Kulzer, Don Carmody, Bernd Eichinger, Samuel Hadida | |
Resident Evil: Retribution | 2012 | Paul W. S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, Samuel Hadida, Don Carmody, Robert Kulzer | ||
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter | 2016 | Paul W. S. Anderson, Jeremy Bolt, Robert Kulzer, Samuel Hadida | ||
Reboot continuity | ||||
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City | 2021 | Johannes Roberts | James Harris, Hartley Gorenstein, Robert Kulzer | Johannes Roberts |
Animated films
editTitle | Release | Director | Producer(s) | Writer |
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Flagship continuity | ||||
Biohazard 4D-Executer[37] | 2000 | Koichi Ohata | Kenji Yoshida, Naoki Miyachi | Daisuke Okamoto |
Prime continuity[a] | ||||
Resident Evil: Degeneration[39] | 2008 | Makoto Kamiya | Hiroyuki Kobayashi | Shotaro Suga |
Resident Evil: Damnation[40] | 2012 | |||
Resident Evil: Vendetta[41] | 2017 | Takanori Tsujimoto | Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Hiroyasu Shinohara, Takashi Shimizu | Makoto Fukami |
Resident Evil: Death Island[42] | 2023 | Eiichiro Hasumi | Hiroyasu Shinohara |
Television series
editTitle | Release | Director | Producer(s) | Writer |
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Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness[43] | 2021 | Eiichirō Hasumi | Hiroyasu Shinohara | Eiichirō Hasumi, Shogo Moto |
Netflix continuity | ||||
Resident Evil | 2022 | Various | Martin Moszkowicz | Various |
Novels
editWritten by S. D. Perry
editTitle | Release | Notes |
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Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy[44] | 1998 | Novelization of the original Resident Evil |
Resident Evil: Caliban Cove[45] | 1998 | Original story set after the events of the first novel |
Resident Evil: City of the Dead[46] | 1999 | Novelization of Resident Evil 2 |
Resident Evil: Underworld[47] | 1999 | Original story after the events of the third novel |
Resident Evil: Nemesis[48] | 2000 | Novelization of Resident Evil 3: Nemesis |
Resident Evil: Code Veronica[49] | 2003 | Novelization of Resident Evil - Code: Veronica |
Resident Evil: Zero Hour[50] | 2004 | Novelization of Resident Evil Zero |
Novelizations of the live action films
editTitle | Release | Author | Notes |
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BIOHAZARD | 2002 | Osamu Makino |
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Resident Evil: Genesis[51] | 2004 | Keith DeCandido | Novelization of the first Resident Evil film |
Resident Evil: Apocalypse[52] | 2004 | Novelization of the film of the same name | |
Resident Evil: Extinction[53] | 2007 | ||
Resident Evil: Retribution[54] | 2012 | John Shirley | |
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter[55] | 2017 | Tim Waggoner |
Other novels
editTitle | Release | Author | Notes |
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Resident Evil: The Book | 1997 | Hiroyuki Ariga |
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BIO HAZARD The Wicked North Sea | 1998 | Kyū Asakura |
Written on the behalf of Flagship |
Biohazard: to the Liberty[56] | 2002 | Suiren Kimura | |
Biohazard: Rose Blank[57] | 2002 | Tadashi Aizawa | |
Biohazard The Umbrella Chronicles SIDE A | 2007 | Osamu Makino | |
Biohazard The Umbrella Chronicles SIDE B | 2008 | ||
biohazard DAMNATION | 2012 |
Released only in Japan | |
BIOHAZARD VENDETTA | 2017 | Fukami Makoto |
Released only in Japan |
Comics
editTitle | Release | Publisher | No. of issues or volumes |
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Resident Evil | 1996 | Marvel Comics | 1 |
Resident Evil: The Official Comic Magazine | 1998 - 2001 | Image Comics | 5 |
Resident Evil: Fire and Ice | 2000 - 2001 | Wildstorm | 4 |
Resident Evil - Code: Veronica | 2002 | Wildstorm | 4 |
BIOHAZARD UMBRELLA CHRONICLES: Prelude to the Fall | 2007 | Akita Shoten | 2 Chapters |
Resident Evil | 2009 - 2011 | Wildstorm | 6 |
Resident Evil: The Marhawa Desire | 2014 - 2015 | Viz Media | 5 |
Biohazard: Heavenly Island | 2015 - 2017 | Akita Shoten | 5 |
Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness - The Beginning | 2022 - 2024 | Tokyopop | 5 |
Stage plays
editTitle | Release | Production |
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Biohazard The Stage[58] | 2015 | Avex Live Creative Ace Crew Entertainment |
Musical Biohazard ~Voice of Gaia~[59] | 2016 | Umeda Arts Theater |
Biohazard The Experience[60] | 2017 | Avex Live Creative Ace Crew Entertainment |
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ DeCandido, Keith R.A. (2004). Apocalypse (1st Pocket Books printing ed.). Sydney: Pocket. ISBN 0-7434-9349-4.
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