Resident Evil 2 (2019 video game)

Resident Evil 2 is an upcoming survival horror game that serves as a "re-imagining" of the original 1998 game. It was offically announced in August of 2015, via Twitter, but did not get its first few video trailers until during E3 in June of 2018. It will be released on 25 January, 2019 for PS4, Xbox One and Microsoft Windows.

Plot
Despite being based on the 1998 game, there are still many changes and alterations that are occurring because it is a not classed as a full remake. The basic premise is that rookie cop Leon Scott Kennedy arrives to begin work as an officer in Raccoon City in July of 1998 and this happens right amid the T-Virus outbreak that has turned most of the humans into zombies, capable of infecting survivors or eating them alive. Marvin Branagh, who was an ill-fated colleague of Leon's in the original, has a bigger, more heroic role this time, presenting Leon with a combat knife and acting as Leon's boss. Claire Redfield still assumes the role of the secondary survivor and is a playable protagonist, but no A and B scenario will play out anymore.