The Raccoon City Police Department doesn't know what happened to the Special Tactics and Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S.) team it sent out to investigate the Arclay Mountain area on the outskirts of the city, where a number of people have recently gone missing. The unit's helicopter seems to have crashed in the woods, and it hasn't received any contact from the squad since. The department decides to dispatch another S.T.A.R.S. unit, the Alpha team, to check things out. But something goes terribly wrong.

Players once again slip into the roles of Chris Redfield or Jill Valentine in this enhanced remake of the granddaddy of survival games. The game features beautiful, pre-rendered backdrops that animate realistically and mingle with real-time visual effects, a deadly arsenal of weapons, tons of nasty creatures, and 10 different endings.

Resident Evil - April 26, 2002
The prettiest, most atmospheric and all-around scariest game we've ever played.

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Resident Evil - April 19, 2002
Attack of the plant.

Exploring Resident Evil - March 20, 2002
Site editor-in-chief Matt Casamassina goes hands-on Capcom's survival horror title.

Wii: Wii Summertime Blues - June 28, 2007
Our must-have list of GCN games sure to quench your gaming thirst.

The Top 25 GameCube Games of All Time - March 16, 2007
What are the all-time best GameCube games out there?

Comics: From Polygon to Paper: Resident Evil - December 4, 2006
The modern father of survival horror videogames receives a comic book dream team.

Top 10 Tuesday: Top Ten Games that Teach You Something - August 1, 2006
Learn valuable skills before you go back to school with these games.

Top 10 Tuesday: Most Memorable Villains - March 7, 2006
Meet the faces of evil.

Resident Evil Series Profile - June 25, 2004
IGNcube explores RE's twisted plotlines. Today Jill's stalked by an invincible Nemesis.

Graphs: Resident Evil GCN Sales - January 16, 2004
Original games = good. Ports = bad.

Insider: Cubism Vol. 3 - April 11, 2002
Gavin is mad as hell and can't take it anymore.

Insider Video Features: High-Res Resident Evil - April 8, 2002
Bask in the glow of even more 640x480 goodness.

Insider Video Features: Resident Evil High-Res - March 28, 2002
Bask in the glow of 640x480 goodness.

High-Res Evil - March 28, 2002
See the horror in these glorious 640x480 movies.

Insider: Resident Evil: Head-to-Head - March 26, 2002
We pit the remake against the classic. Is Resident Evil GameCube just a dressed up PSX port, or is it more?

Insider: Interview with Shinji Mikami (PS2) - May 31, 2001
The creator of Resident Evil, Dino Crisis, and Devil May Cry sits down with IGN to discuss his newest creation.

Capcom Issues Anniversary Treats - October 24, 2006
Resident Evil and Devil May Cry have earned senior citizen discounts.

Resident Evil Collector Box - June 2, 2003
Capcom's survival-horror finest, all in one package.

E3 2002: First Look: Nintendo's Booth - May 20, 2002
Playable software list, booth details, and more.

Resident Evil Ships - April 30, 2002
Survival Horror comes to GameCube.

Evil has no Memory - April 3, 2002
Card, that is. Click here for more.

Resident Evil Hands-on from Japan - March 20, 2002
Our Japanese correspondent spends ample time with the GameCube update. Click here for his thoughts.

Resident Evil Commercial - March 11, 2002
We have the first Resident Evil commercial ready for the download.

Resident Evil Retail Info - February 6, 2002
Capcom's gorgeous Resident Evil remake for GCN will debut in Japan on two discs and with a special memory card.

Resident Evil on Two Discs - January 29, 2002
Enjoy the totally revamped GameCube version of Resident Evil on -- not one -- but two optical discs.

Evil Dominates 2002 - January 22, 2002
Capcom says it will deliver five Resident Evil titles for GameCube worldwide in 2002.

Jill: Up Close and Personal - December 13, 2001
Capcom releases new screens and a movie that highlight the amazing detail of Jill in RE GameCube.

Evil in the US Early? - November 5, 2001
Capcom says it hopes to have Resident Evil GCN available in the US shortly after Japanese launch.

Resident Evil Evolves - September 14, 2001
We compare the PS version of Resident Evil to the GCN one and contrast the differences (w/ images).

Mikami and Miyamoto on New Partnership - September 12, 2001
The Capcom and Nintendo executives talk about Biohazard, and GameCube exclusivity.

Biohazard Cometh! - September 11, 2001
GameCubers -- this is what you have been waiting for! Amazing screens and movies.

Capcom Brings the Evil to Cube - September 11, 2001
Biohazard 0, Biohazard, Biohazard 2, Nemesis, Code Veronica and Biohazard 4 -- exclusive!

Games: Celebrate A Decade of Thrills, Chills, and Great Voice Acting With Resident Evil 10th Anniversary - October 24, 2006
A collection for Nintendo's GameCube