Resident Evil, known in Japan as Biohazard, is a Japanese horror video clip game collection as well as media franchise business produced by Capcom. It includes survival horror, third-person shooter, and also first-person shooter video games. The franchise business has actually increased into a live-action film series, computer animated movies, tv collection, comic books, stories, audio dramas, as well as other media and merchandise. The first Resident Evil was developed by Shinji Mikami and also Tokuro Fujiwara and also launched for the PlayStation in 1996. It is attributed for defining the survival scary style and also returning zombies to preferred society. With Resident Evil 4 (2005 ), the franchise changed to even more vibrant shooting activity; it influenced the development of the survival horror and also third-person genres, popularizing the over-the-shoulder third-person view. Resident Evil 7: Biohazard (2017) moved the series to a first-person point of view. Resident Evil i...