Resident Evil, known in Japan as Biohazard (バイオハザード Baiohazādo), is a media franchise owned by the video game company Capcom. It was created by Shinji Mikami as a survival horror video game series that was initiated with Resident Evil in 1996. Since then, the game series has branched out to include action games, and has sold 50 million units as of June 30, 2012.
The franchise has been expanded to comic books, novels and novelizations, sound dramas, a series of live-action and animated feature films, and a variety of associated merchandise, such as action figures.
Games[]
- Resident Evil (1996-2011)
- Resident Evil (2002-2009)
- Resident Evil 2 (1998-2012)
- Resident Evil 3: Nemesis (1999-2012)
- Resident Evil Survivor (2000-2002)
- Resident Evil Code: Veronica (2000-2012)
- Resident Evil Zero (2002-2010)
- Resident Evil: Dead Aim (2003)
- Resident Evil Outbreak (2003-2004)
- Resident Evil Outbreak File 2 (2004-2005)
- Resident Evil 4 (2005-2011)
- Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles (2007-2012)
- Resident Evil 5 (2009-2010)
- Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles (2009-2012)
- Resident Evil: Mercernaries Vs. (2011)
- Resident Evil 6 (2012)
Crossovers[]
- Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds (2011)
- Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 (2011)
- Project X Zone (2013)- Made by Namco Bandai Games, Developed by Banpresto and Monolith Soft