Unlike the 2002 Resident Evil remake, Resident Evil 2 was not developed with the intent of improving the original. It is a remake of 1998's Resident Evil 2, described by Capcom as a 'reimagining' and first announced on 12 August 2015 by Yoshiaki Hirabayashi and released wordwide on 25 January 2019 for the PlayStation, Xbox One and Windows operating systems. Resident Evil 2, also known as BIOHAZARD RE:2 ( バイオハザード RE:2 ?) in Japan, is a Survival Horror game developed by Capcom's R&D Division 1 studio. For the original PlayStation game and its ports, see Resident Evil 2 (1998 game).
