2018 in real life


Date	Event	Key
February
6 February	Death of voice actor José Luiz Barbeito after suffering a heart attack.^[1]
8 February	Death of Makiko Nitta, voice actress for the Fuji TV dub of Resident Evil: Apocalypse.^[2]
May
22 May	Death of voice actress Elizabeth Sung.^[3]
24 May	Resident Evil 7: Biohazard Cloud Version released.^[4]
June
June 11	The Resident Evil 2 remake was revealed at E3 2018 on the PlayStation show.
	The Leon demo of the game was playable at the Capcom booth.
	The game and its Deluxe Edition were made available in the PlayStation Store on the same day the game was announced.
June 22	The Resident Evil 2 remake's vanilla and Deluxe Edition were made available on the Steam store.
July
July 5	The Resident Evil 2 remake's vanilla and Deluxe Edition were made available on the Xbox Marketplace.
July 20	A Resident Evil 2 remake panel was held at the San Diego Comic Con.
	The North American Collector's Edition was announced during the panel.
	A new keyart of the RE2 remake was shown.
	The Leon demo of the game was playable at the Capcom booth.
July 29	The Animation-Comic-Game Hong Kong 2018 was held in Hong Kong, Tsuyoshi Kanda played the Leon demo live on-stage and new concept art was shown.
August
7 August	The official Japanese site of the Resident Evil 2 remake was updated with a new "Biohazard RE: 2 Z Version", meant to be an 18+ edition exclusive to Japan.
9 August	The BIOHAZARD RE:2 Premium Edition was revealed.
13 August	Death of Unshō Ishizuka, voice actor for Clive R. O'Brian in the Japanese dub of Resident Evil Revelations.^{[citation needed]}
16 August	The European Resident Evil 2 Collector's Edition was announced, some of the content in it are not present in the NA version.
	Gamescom 2018 was held between August 21 - August 25 in Cologne, Germany. The Leon demo of the game was playable at the entertainment area. A new keyart of the RE2 remake was shown. PC gameplay of the Leon demo at 60fps / 4k was posted online by NVIDIA GeForce.
21 August	A new Resident Evil 2 demo was played by the press, it was the first time Claire gameplay was shown to the public.
	PAX West 2018 was held between Aug 31 - Sep 3. The Leon demo of the game was playable at the Capcom booth.
September
	PAX West 2018 was held between Aug 31 - Sep 3.
	TGS 2018 was held between Sep 19 - Sept 23.The Resident Evil 2 - Story Trailer was revealed. Multiple promotional content for the RE2 remake took place, were given out or were announced at TGS, these include: Duralumin cut out case & pass case for iPhone, Gunshop KENDO, Lightning Hawk .50AE 10inch model, CAPCOM TGS Twitter Campaign, "Biohazard RE:2" Original Backpack, Original "RPD" T-shirt. The Leon demo of the game was playable at the Capcom booth. Following TGS, Resident Evil 2, Devil May Cry 5* and Mega Man 11 won the "Future Division" award from the Japan Game Awards.^[5]
October
	New York Comic-Con 2018 was held between Oct 4 - 7. The Leon demo of the game was playable at the Capcom booth. The Claire demo of the game was for the first time playable by the public at Capcom's booth. Both demos were on the same build, with the player being able to choose which version they wish to try out.
	One day after the NYCC ended: An extended version of the Claire demo was made available to the press. It was announced that the North American version of the Resident Evil 2 Deluxe Edition would have a reversible cover. All DLC costumes in the Resident Evil 2 remake were shown to the public for the first time.
	Brasil Game Show 2018 was held between Oct 10-14. The Leon demo and Claire demo were playable by the public at Capcom's booth. The extended version of Claire's demo was not playable, but was shown to the public in a panel during the show.
October 24	The Resident Evil 2 Steelbook Edition was revealed by the official Resident Evil Twitter.^[6]
October 26	The Resident Evil remake, Resident Evil 0 and Resident Evil 4 were confirmed to be launching on the Nintendo Switch in 2019.^[7]
October 29	The original Resident Evil was announced as one of the games pre-loaded in the PlayStation Classic.^[8]
October 31	Leon's "Classic Police" costume and Claire's "Classic Jacket" costume were revealed.^[9]
November
20 November	It was announced that Urien, Cammy, and Kolin would be getting Resident Evil costumes based on Albert Wesker, Jill Valentine and Ada Wong in Street Fighter V on the 27th of November.^[10]
26 November	Death of Samuel Hadida, producer of the first six Resident Evil films by Constantin/Sony.^{[citation needed]}
December
1 December	The PUBG Mobile X Resident Evil 2 collab was announced.^[11]
10 December	The BIOHAZARD RE:2 & Devil May Cry 5 Coming Soon Campaign was revealed.^[12]

Sources[]

↑ José Luiz Barbeito, dublador de 'Yu Yu Hakusho' e 'Laboratório de Dexter', morre no RJ (Portuguese). g1.globo.com. Retrieved on 2023-08-12.
↑ 訃報　弊社所属俳優新田万紀子儀　平成30年2月8日大動脈解離により急逝致しました。 (Japanese). Kenyu-Office (February 9, 2018). Retrieved on 2023-05-20.
↑ Y&R Actress Elizabeth Sung Dead At 63. Soaps. Retrieved on 2023-05-20.
↑ CAPCOM：バイオハザード7　レジデントイービルクラウドバージョン公式サイト
↑ Awarded games Future Division
↑ @RE_Games - Twitter
↑ @CapcomUSA_ -Twitter
↑ Announcing PlayStation Classic’s Full Lineup of 20 Games
↑ Resident Evil 2 - Classic Costumes
↑ @StreetFighter on Twitter - "Resident Evil costumes for Urien, Cammy, and Kolin will be unleashed on November 27!"
↑ @PUBGMOBILE on Twitter
↑ 『バイオハザード RE:2』&『デビルメイクライ 5』 Coming Soonキャンペーン実施 | CAPCOM:バイオハザードシリーズ公式サイト

[1] José Luiz Barbeito, dublador de 'Yu Yu Hakusho' e 'Laboratório de Dexter', morre no RJ (Portuguese). g1.globo.com. Retrieved on 2023-08-12.

[2] 訃報　弊社所属俳優新田万紀子儀　平成30年2月8日大動脈解離により急逝致しました。 (Japanese). Kenyu-Office (February 9, 2018). Retrieved on 2023-05-20.

[3] Y&R Actress Elizabeth Sung Dead At 63. Soaps. Retrieved on 2023-05-20.

[4] CAPCOM：バイオハザード7　レジデントイービルクラウドバージョン公式サイト

[5] Awarded games Future Division

[6] @RE_Games - Twitter

[7] @CapcomUSA_ -Twitter

[8] Announcing PlayStation Classic’s Full Lineup of 20 Games

[9] Resident Evil 2 - Classic Costumes

[10] @StreetFighter on Twitter - "Resident Evil costumes for Urien, Cammy, and Kolin will be unleashed on November 27!"

[11] @PUBGMOBILE on Twitter

[12] 『バイオハザード RE:2』&『デビルメイクライ 5』 Coming Soonキャンペーン実施 | CAPCOM:バイオハザードシリーズ公式サイト

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