The BIOHAZARD 3 LAST ESCAPE manhua's been translated & edited by Lunar Indie Studios, now available to read on our site. Mainly based on the game's events, it has adaptations like a Carlos & Leon team-up & battles between G-Birkin, Tyrant & Nemesis. URL: www.projectumbrella.net/biohazard-3-...

In an interview with Mikami & Kamiya, they reveal Devil May Cry initially being a new BIO & CODE:Veronica was going to tie into it via Wesker, likely the shared superhuman powers. 10mins of bonus Wesker scenes were cut to 7mins. Source: Weekly Famitsu No.624 (1/12/2000)

CFC Fan-Book CAP! Vol.4 has a page on the BIO HAZARD Saturn ver. with the only concept art (blacked out) for the Tick, the new insect-based subspecies of Hunter exclusive to that version. There's still much unseen concept art for the series.

In the BIO9 "Access Log: 51st Assembly Minutes" file's EN ver., The State says the BSAA's "fully under our control" implying the US government now controls them. In JP he only says they're keeping them in check/under control, via political pressure according to Sherry.

Raccoon City's ruins in Requiem is a retcon, but it seems it really happened in 2012 as the city was expanded between DC & ORC. The Marhawa Desire manga also depicts its ruins closer to BIO9. The experimental thermobaric bomb just isn't even more powerful to compensate.

We've translated the BIOHAZARD UMBRELLA CHRONICLES ART OF ARTS. A very significant book with info on the series' core lore, characters & creatures along with six developer interviews & large amounts of stage, object, etc concept art. URL: t.ly/tXUTb

The EN ver. of the BIO6 file "Leon & The Raccoon Incident" says Sherry's 10-years-old despite being 12 in all other sources. The JP ver. instead says "just over 10" and Requiem's JP ver. also says 12. She was 10 in BIO2's original script however.

We've translated the BIOHAZARD Pia (ぴあ) 20th Anniversary mook. It has info on the games, films, manga etc. up to that time & info on some of the characters & creatures, plus a series timeline & interviews with producers Kobayashi & Kawata. URL: t.ly/h_SC_

We've translated the BIOHAZARD 15TH ANNIVERSARY BOOK THE ELEMENTS. Celebrating 15 years of the series, it has articles detailing each title's history up to 2011 as well as large developer interviews & survey questions to 150 devs. URL: t.ly/rY2Oa

In the BIOHAZARD VENDETTA pamphlet, the strange & complicated relationship between Leon & Ada is compared to the characters Lupin III & Fujiko Mine who have a similar relationship.

The original BIO5 model for Chris Redfield was only shown in the game's debut teaser trailer. It was however used once more by concept director/writer/animator Kenichi Ueda in his message included in the 15th anniversary THE ELEMENTS book.

Raccoon City's lessened destruction isn't the first such retcon. BIOHAZARD UMBRELLA CORPS made the Umbrella Antarctic Base only damaged despite being engulfed in a massive explosion in CODE:Veronica & Darkside Chronicles. The digger used by Claire & Steve's still there.

Grace's Report mentions t-Virus & "Wesker's plan" funding. In JP this more clearly refers to the Wesker Project from BIO5. This is fitting as the t-Virus Project's true goal was to create a weaker Progenitor variant to make superhumans in the Wesker Project.

We've translated the BIOHAZARD CODE:Veronica Complete Edition Kaitai Shinsho. It has info on the characters & creatures as well as timelines, plot dissections, a glossary, director interview, stories by Benny Matsuyama & much concept art. URL: t.ly/gxroG

The prologue of the CODE:Veronica Complete Edition Kaitai Shinsho guide explores the public reaction to Raccoon City's destruction, saying the US President was nearly impeached. Degeneration reveals he resigned, making him second to do so (first being Richard Nixon).

Requiem confirms the remake date for the RPD renovation, 1969, is considered paramount. This retcon contradicts the Marvin's Memo files in Outbreak File 2 & Darkside Chronicles which state it was the late 80s.

In an interview with director Kato & producer Mikami, they say Steve Burnside was initially written to survive. Kato wanted writer Sugimura to make the scenario more interesting & sad, so insisted he kill Steve. Source: Dengeki Dreamcast Vol.31 (24/3/2000)

An ad for the limited edition 10inch Barrel "Leon Custom" Desert Eagle, released for the 10th anniversary of the CAPCOM X Tokyo Marui partnership. Its manual has a short story with Leon. Scanned from COMBAT Magazine No.384 (March 2008).

The sad goodbye scene between Ada & Leon, but it's odd bandages are wrapped over his jacket... It was the director's order, please don't make digs. - Shinkiro As the enigmatic East Asian beauty Ada Wong, she wears a qipao. I think it captures her beauty well. - Shinkiro

"The burning underground lab in the mansion. Wesker's sunglasses, fallen on the floor, bear the Umbrella logo. So they were an issued item." - Shinkiro "Wesker, resurrected. The t-Virus is truly terrifying. The BIOHAZARD series is also Wesker's story." - Shinkiro

Umbrella HQ may be in Germany. The BIO1 remake, BIO0 & Outbreak File 2 official guides call it a "konzern", a usually German business group & a term in the Archives glossary. The parent company was Umbrella Pharmaceuticals.

The BIOHAZARD OUTBREAK OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK reveals Jill Valentine did in fact leave the city along with Chris & Barry, but returned secretly to hide out & investigate Birkin's underground lab.

The mansion in BIOHAZARD UMBRELLA CORPS contains faded & scorched paintings incl. one for the clock puzzle from the first game's remake. This seems to indicate Umbrella salvaged them from the original mansion & used them in a similar recreation to the Raccoon & RPD maps.

It's unclear when exactly the Terragigia Panic took place but some timelines put it after BIO4. A REV1 file from that time may give a closer indication as it mentions the Director of National Intelligence, a position created on December 17th 2004 in the real world.

In BIO3, the ending reports the incident's cause as "lethal viral contamination", making it public knowledge. The EN script oddly localizes Congress as "the federal council" & the Sterilization Operation as "Bacillus Terminate", mistakenly referring to bacteria instead.

In Umbrella Chronicles, the word DEATHTOPIA's briefly visible. This refers to a photo book, "DEATHTOPIA: Ruins Play", by photographer Shinichiro Kobayashi who spent a decade shooting ruins across Japan. Mikami said this book captured BIO's visual concept.

In Famitsu PS No.42 (26/6/98) programmer Karatsuma spoke about a fake rumor & screenshots circulating online after BIO2's release about a bonus mode called "Ada The Spy." This probably inspired the Japanese title for her first bonus mode in BIO4.

On August 24th 1998, BIO2 was awarded the top Grand Prix at the Japan Game of the Year '98 event held at Tokyo Kaikan, decided by user votes (1,958). Hideki Kamiya, pictured in a hat, accepted the award & was joined by Takeuchi, Ueda & Utsumi at the reception party.

Get you someone who looks at you like BIO producer Jun Takeuchi looks at the series airsoft guns he's in charge of & makes canon.

We've translated the BIOHAZARD REVELATIONS NAVIGATION & ART book. It includes character & creature information as well as interviews with the producers, director & planner, graphic designers & composer. Still much more to come. URL: t.ly/iP4Ok