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1990s

1995
1996 - Resident Evil
1997 - Resident Evil: Director's Cut
1998 - Resident Evil 2
1999 - Resident Evil 3: Nemesis

2000s

2000 - Resident Evil CODE:Veronica & Resident Evil Survivor
2001
2002 - Resident Evil (remake) & Resident Evil 0
2003 - Resident Evil Outbreak
2004
2005 - Resident Evil 4
2006
2007 - Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles
2008
2009 - Resident Evil 5

2010s

2010
2011
2012 - Resident Evil: Revelations & Resident Evil 6
2013
2014
2015 - Resident Evil: Revelations 2
2016
2017 - Resident Evil 7: Biohazard
2018
2019 - Resident Evil 2 (remake)

2020s

2020 - Resident Evil 3 (remake)
2021 - Resident Evil Village
2022
2023 - Resident Evil 4 (remake)
2024


2018 was a common year starting on Monday.

Key[]

Release date
Press event
Actor birth/death
Behind-the-scenes
Real world event
Other

Events[]

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.
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]

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