Resident Evil 2
Video game remake
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| April 2025 | Total sales reached 15 million copies. |
| December 10 2024 | Versions for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS were released. |
| September 2024 | Reached 14.5 million units sold, becoming the best-selling Resident Evil game and outselling the original Resident Evil 2. |
| March 2024 | Total sales of the game reached 13.9 million units. |
| 2023 | Resident Evil 4 remake is released, continuing the series of Resident Evil remakes. |
| November 11 2022 | A Nintendo Switch cloud version of the game was released. |
| July 2022 | Sold over 10 million copies worldwide. |
| July 2022 | Resident Evil 2 remake reached over 10 million units sold. |
| June 13 2022 | Versions for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S were released digitally, featuring visual enhancements including ray-tracing and high-framerate modes, with the PlayStation 5 version supporting haptic feedback and adaptive triggers. |
| March 2 2022 | PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S versions of the game were announced. |
| 2020 | Resident Evil 3 remake is released, following the success of the Resident Evil 2 remake. |
| 2020 | Resident Evil 2 received nominations at the 23rd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards for Adventure Game of the Year, Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction, and Outstanding Achievement in Audio Design, as well as a nomination for Excellence in SFX at the SXSW Gaming Awards |
| 2019 | The game was nominated for multiple categories at The Game Awards 2019, including Game of the Year, Best Game Direction, Best Audio Design, and Best Action/Adventure Game |
| 2019 | Resident Evil 2 received multiple awards including Japan Game Awards' Award for Excellence, Golden Joystick Awards for Best Audio and Ultimate Game of the Year, and Hollywood Music in Media Awards for Original Song 'Saudade' |
| 2019 | Three million copies of the game were shipped in its first week of release. |
| 2019 | Four million copies were shipped in its first month, with over one million sold on Windows, becoming Capcom's second biggest launch on Steam after Monster Hunter: World. |
| 2019 | Resident Evil 2 remake was released, using the RE Engine and featuring modernized character designs and gameplay while preserving the original's horror elements. |
| December 2019 | The game surpassed 5.8 million units sold, overtaking the sales of the original Resident Evil 2. |
| December 12 2019 | A final update was introduced adding a letter from Jill Valentine to Kendo, which can be found in the gun shop and unlocks an achievement called 'Chasing Jill'. |
| February 15 2019 | Capcom released free DLC featuring the original 1998 character models for Leon and Claire. |
| January 2019 | Resident Evil 2 remake debuted at number two on the Japanese charts with 252,848 retail sales, following the release of Kingdom Hearts III. |
| January 2019 | The game topped the UK charts and became Capcom's biggest UK launch since Resident Evil 7: Biohazard, becoming the UK's best-selling game for January despite being available for only two days. |
| January 25 2019 | Resident Evil 2 was released worldwide for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One, supporting 4K resolution or 60 frames per second on PlayStation 4 Pro and Xbox One X. A collector's edition was also made available with special extras. |
| January 11 2019 | Capcom released the 1-Shot Demo for Resident Evil 2, which was available on all major platforms and had a 30-minute time limit. The demo featured the beginning stages of the game with Leon Kennedy and ended with a cinematic trailer. It received over 4.7 million downloads worldwide. |
| 2018 | Resident Evil 2 won Best of Show at the Game Critics Awards, and was also nominated for Best Console Game and Best Action/Adventure Game |
| June 2018 | First trailer and gameplay footage of Resident Evil 2 remake revealed at E3 gaming conference. |
| 2015 | Capcom officially announced the Resident Evil 2 remake project. |
| August 2015 | Producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi officially announced the Resident Evil 2 remake had been approved and was in active development. |
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