Resident Evil is in an anniversary year marked by a 30th exhibition in Shibuya, a live-action reboot that has grossed about US$400 million worldwide, and a Switch 2 line of three remake ports that Capcom moved to physical release on January 29, 2027. Resident Evil Requiem has passed 8 million cumulative units and is on the Golden Joystick Awards 2026 Ultimate Game of the Year shortlist.
Capcom's anniversary year runs on several tracks at once. The 30th exhibition THE WORLD OF BIOHAZARD opened October 30 at BEAM Gallery in Shibuya, built around the series chronology and an area on viruses, parasites, and fungi with life-size sculptures of Albert Wesker and Lady Alcina Dimitrescu. Producer Masao Kawada and Leon S. Kennedy voice actor Tomoyuki Morikawa spoke at the presentation. At the same time, the live-action film side has moved: Zach Cregger's reboot, starring Austin Abrams and produced by Constantin Film and PlayStation Productions, opened at number one in the U.S. with an estimated $60 million and has reached about US$400 million worldwide.
On software, Capcom put three remakes on Nintendo Switch 2 on October 16, 2026: Resident Evil RE:2 Z Version Deluxe Edition, RE:3 Z Version, and RE:4 Gold Edition, each with a 1,000 yen launch discount through November 7. Storage listings show the ports are cut down from other versions, with RE:4 at 29.0GB against 87.79GB on Xbox and 85.38GB on Steam with DLC. The packaged releases arrive January 29, 2027 at regular prices and use a key card. RE:2 holds a Metascore of 93 across 16 reviews on Switch 2, while Digital Foundry placed RE:4 closer to the PS4 version visually.
The larger Capcom picture is strong. Second quarter results for the fiscal year ending March 2027 put Resident Evil Requiem past 8 million cumulative, with interim net sales up 49.0 percent year on year. Requiem is on the 12-title Golden Joystick Awards 2026 Ultimate Game of the Year shortlist, tied with Pokemon Pokopia at 89 on Metacritic. Bandai Namco Experience is also building BIOHAZARD RE:2 ARCADE, an arcade shooter shown at Amusement Expo 2026 with floor vibration and air blasts and no release date set.
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Bandai opens a second preorder round for its Resident Evil 30th anniversary Mejirushi Accessories on Gashapon Online from 17:00 on November 13. The lineup has five logo designs: Umbrella Corp., R.P.D., S.T.A.R.S., BSAA, and the 30th Anniversary Logo. Each play costs 300 yen including tax, and shipping is scheduled for around late April 2027, after the planned in-store release in March 2027.
The live-action film of Yuu Nagira's novel In the Clear Moonlit Dusk rose from No. 3 to No. 2 in its fourth weekend, selling 107,000 tickets and earning 150,719,900 yen from Friday to Sunday. Cumulative totals reached 1.15 million tickets and 1,682,672,700 yen. The film opened in Japan on October 9. The seventh Be Forever Yamato: Rebel 3199 film entered the chart at No. 10.
The 10th Tenka Musou East-West Strongest Itasha Battle was held on October 6, 2026 at Asakura Sports Park in Tarui Town, Gifu Prefecture, drawing about 150 itasha and ita-bikes. The game-themed entrants included a Blue Archive Kuzunoha Toyota 86 and a Suzuki Every Wagon built to Resident Evil 8 and Goddess of Victory: NIKKE spec.
The Resident Evil 30th anniversary exhibition THE WORLD OF BIOHAZARD opened October 30 at BEAM Gallery on the fourth floor of Shibuya BEAM in Tokyo, with a media preview held beforehand. Displays trace the series chronology through past packaging and memory scenes, and an area on viruses, parasites, and fungi includes life-size sculptures of Albert Wesker and Lady Alcina Dimitrescu. Series producer Masao Kawada, comedian Hidetaka Kano, and Leon S. Kennedy voice actor Tomoyuki Morikawa spoke at the presentation.
Sony Pictures Entertainment's live-action Resident Evil reboot has earned US$400 million globally, Variety reported on Sunday. Box Office Mojo puts the figure at US$399,998,502: US$157,398,502 in the United States and US$242,600,000 internationally. The film opened in the U.S. on September 18 and in Japan on October 9, and Variety calls it the highest-grossing installment in the live-action horror franchise.
Frogwares released The Sinking City 2 on August 18, 2026, a third-person survival horror game set in Lovecraft's world. The sequel moves away from the open-world detective adventure of the 2019 original and toward exploration, combat, and resource management with clear Resident Evil influence. Its 1920s Arkham is flooded, with roads turned to waterways, so protagonist Calvin Rafferty detours through buildings and operates sluice gates while searching for his comatose lover Faye.
The new Rascal Does Not Dream anime film, Seishun Buta Yaro wa Dear Friend no Yume o Minai, opened at #4 in Japan on October 16 and earned 186,464,420 yen (about US$1.18 million) in its first three days. The live-action Resident Evil reboot stayed at #2 in its second weekend, with a cumulative 1,373,385,400 yen. The live-action Nanji, Hoshi no Gotoku rose from #4 to #3.
The overseas official X account for the live-action Resident Evil movie posted a clip on October 21 collecting screaming scenes and F-bomb moments from the film. Directed by Zach Cregger, the movie opened in Japan on October 9, 2026, following delivery worker Brian as he transports a package to Raccoon City while fleeing creatures. According to Kids-In-Mind, the word and its derivatives appear at least 106 times. Subtitled translation choices by Sayuri Inada are also being discussed.
Eiga Chiikawa: Ningyo no Shima no Himitsu rose from #4 to #1 in its 12th weekend, selling 375,000 tickets and earning 562,647,900 yen from Friday to Sunday. The live-action Resident Evil reboot opened at #2 with 356,000 tickets and 626,567,150 yen in three days. The fifth Girls und Panzer das Finale film opened at #5 with 267,301,400 yen.
Game Spark's review of Zach Cregger's live-action Resident Evil film notes that the director centers the story on an ordinary citizen rather than series figures like Leon or Chris. The piece traces the film series from Milla Jovovich's action-driven entries through Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, which returned to the early games while changing character settings.
Roy Lee, a producer on the new Resident Evil film now in U.S. theaters, is developing a film adaptation of Silent Hill, according to The Wall Street Journal. Lee is working on roughly 20 film and television projects, some based on games. The Resident Evil film, directed by Zach Cregger, opened in the U.S. on September 18 and reaches Japan on October 9.
Producer Hiroyuki Kobayashi and director Eiichiro Sasaki, both veterans of the Resident Evil series, discussed their new action RPG Stupid Never Dies in an interview published September 22, 2026. The game follows Davy, a zombie who wants only to bring back a dead girl named Julia. Kobayashi said the zombie protagonist came from an early budget-securing proposal, not from their Resident Evil background, and Sasaki tied the story to underdog gekokujo tales.
Tokyo Game Show 2026 brought announcements for classic game revivals. Clear River Games announced a collection of the first two Lufia games, planned for 2027. Edia announced a collection for the Battle Arena Toshinden games. The event's fifth day was cancelled due to a typhoon.
The new live-action Resident Evil film opened at number one in the United States with an estimated $60 million, according to Box Office Mojo figures. It earned an estimated $48.3 million overseas for a global total of $108.3 million. Austin Abrams stars, Zach Cregger directed, and Constantin Film and PlayStation Productions produced. It opens in Japan on October 9.
Hands-on time with Tokyo Game Show demos of the Switch 2 ports of Resident Evil 2 Deluxe Edition, Resident Evil 3, and Resident Evil 4 Gold Edition found the games looking clear on the system's 7.9-inch 1080p screen, with no motion blur and no input lag on the Joy-Con 2. Colors read slightly muted on both the handheld screen and a connected full-size LCD, though that holds on both displays.
The new live-action Resident Evil film opens October 9 and will screen in eight formats across thirteen versions, including IMAX, Dolby Cinema, Dolby Atmos, MX4D, 4DX, SCREENX, and ULTRA 4DX. It was shot with IMAX-certified digital cameras. Zack Cregger directs the adaptation of Capcom's game, following a deliveryman named Brian through one night in Raccoon City. Four limited visuals for IMAX, Dolby Cinema, 4DX, and SCREENX were also released.
Capcom published the second wave of its exhibitor information for Tokyo Game Show 2026, which runs September 17 to September 21 at Makuhari Messe. The Nintendo Switch 2 version of Monster Hunter Wilds, set for release on December 4, 2026, joins the booth as a playable demo with two quests: a beginner-oriented hunt for Kematris and a veteran-oriented hunt for Lagiacrus. Demos run multiplayer only in handheld mode, with tickets distributed first come, first served. Three Resident Evil remake titles also join on Switch 2: Resident Evil RE:2 Z version Deluxe Edition, Resident Evil RE:3 Z version, and Resident Evil RE:4 Gold Edition, each playable from its opening story with novelties handed out in limited quantities. Capcom also detailed demo content for previously announced titles including Monster Hunter Wilds: Ascendance, Onimusha: Way of the Sword, and Street Fighter 6, and set the Capcom Spotlight | TGS 2026 stream for September 16.
Universal Studios Japan held a press preview on September 9 ahead of its autumn event Universal Extreme Autumn ~Discover U!!!~, which begins September 10. The annual Resident Evil collaboration returns with goods and food. Merchandise includes a Zombie Dog Headband at 3,300 yen, a Licker Tissue Pouch at 3,000 yen, a T-shirt at 4,700 yen, a stainless steel tumbler at 3,200 yen, and a 3-way bag and shirt that let buyers dress as a member of the Raccoon City Police Department. Food sold at the cart stand in front of Space Fantasy The Ride includes the Green Herb Healing Croissant Dog with basil sauce and chicken at 1,000 yen, Leon S. Kennedy's Bitter Chocolate Churrito at 850 yen, and a Licker Popcorn Bucket at 5,500 yen. The shop interior also carries Resident Evil design details. TM & (C) Universal Studios. All rights reserved.
Universal Studios Japan begins selling a Resident Evil Licker popcorn bucket on September 9, timed to the 15th anniversary of Halloween Horror Nights and the 30th anniversary of Capcom's Resident Evil series. The bucket is the park's first Resident Evil-design popcorn bucket, modeled on the Licker with its long tongue and sharp claws, and its head opens to hold miso-flavored popcorn. It sells at the Stage 22 popcorn cart.
Sony Pictures Entertainment showed a video clip for the new live-action Resident Evil reboot film during Sony's State of Play livestream on Thursday. The film stars Austin Abrams as Bryan and opens in North American theaters on September 18, followed by a Japanese release on October 9. Zach Cregger directs the new production.
Amazon Prime Video announced on August 28 the full lineup of titles arriving on the service in September 2026, available to Prime members at no additional cost. The month is led by the exclusive streaming debut of the theatrical film 'Chainsaw Man - The Movie: Reze Arc' on September 19, which the press release cites with worldwide box office revenue of 29.7 billion yen. The film adapts a popular arc from Tatsuki Fujimoto's manga, directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara and produced by animation studio MAPPA. Beyond anime, the service will exclusively stream three major world title boxing bouts on September 27 under 'Prime Video Boxing 16,' headlined by the WBC world bantamweight title rematch between Takuma Inoue and Tenshin Nasukawa. The slate also includes Japanese live-action films 'Emergency Interrogation Room THE FINAL,' 'M.I.S.S.I.O.N.: An Operatic Undercover Investigator,' and the comedy 'License Return?!'. International films arriving September 1 include eight Christopher Nolan directorial works, all 11 films in the 'Resident Evil' movie series, and the Sharknado franchise's fifth and sixth entries. The anime section adds seasons one through three of 'Laid-Back Camp' from September 1.
NHK announced on August 28 that its game culture program "Game Genome" will be distributed sequentially on NHK On Demand starting September 1 at 17:00. The service will carry 11 episodes covering the 2021 pilot and Season 1, which aired in 2022. The program treats the emotions and values players gain from play sessions as "game genomes" and analyzes classic titles with guests. The pilot episode, an extended version focused on "Death Stranding," features creator Hideo Kojima, host Tsubasa Honda, artist Gen Hoshino, and former Famitsu editor-in-chief Katsuhiko Hayashi. Season 1 episodes cover "Shadow of the Colossus" and "The Last Guardian," "Persona 5," "Ace Attorney," "Dark Souls," "Resident Evil," "Romancing SaGa 2," "Life is Strange" and "Life is Strange 2," "Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin," "This War of Mine," and "Tokyo Jungle" and "Stray." Honda hosted the pilot and first half of Season 1, while singer and dancer Daichi Miura took over for the second half.
Universal Studios Japan announced on August 5 that a popcorn bucket shaped like the Licker, a predator creature from the Resident Evil series, will go on sale at the park starting September 9. The bucket is part of the park's Halloween Horror Nights event, which runs from September 11 to November 8. The design includes an opening head to access the miso-flavored popcorn, with soft materials used for the claws and teeth. This marks the first Resident Evil-themed popcorn bucket at USJ, created to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Resident Evil franchise and the 15th anniversary of Halloween Horror Nights. The event will also feature the horror maze "Resident Evil Requiem: The Dive," based on the latest series entry, Resident Evil: Requiem, running from September 11 to December 27. The maze is set in the abandoned Renwood Hotel near Raccoon City, where visitors follow missing FBI analyst Grace, with live-action performances by Leon and Grace. The attraction is rated R-15. Additional merchandise, including Raccoon City Police Department role-play shirts and a 3-way bag, will be sold at the Cinema 4-D Store from September 9.
Sony Pictures released a new trailer for the live-action Resident Evil reboot, starring Austin Abrams as Bryan. The film opens in North America on September 18 and in Japan on October 9. Zach Cregger directs, with a screenplay co-written by Shay Hatten. Constantin Film and PlayStation Productions produce.
The official Frieren: Beyond Journey's End X account posted a pun image placing Frieren in Resident Evil's Raccoon City, using the phrase 'Raccoon City-ren'. The Resident Evil official account replied with an image of a treasure chest. Fans speculated on Frieren's ability to survive the zombie apocalypse and noted the surreal composition. Both franchises have upcoming collaborations at Universal Studios Japan.
Capcom announced the world's first large-scale exhibition for the Resident Evil series' 30th anniversary, running from October 30 to December 24 at BEAM Gallery in Shibuya. The event features immersive spatial displays, life-sized models, development materials, and a dedicated theater screening series scenes. A limited-edition pin set ticket is available via lottery for 2,500 units.