Biological Organic Weapon (also known as Bio-Weapon and Bio-Organic Weapon) three-letter acronym used in Capcom's survival horror video game series Resident Evil. The acronym stands for "Bio-Organic Weapon" and is any creature which is deliberately infected with a mutagenic viral agent such as the T-Virus and G-Virus for the purpose of being turned into a biological weapon. Creatures which undergo secondhand infection and transformation are not officially considered B.O.W.'s A three-letter acronym, or TLA, is a popular type of abbreviation in technical terminology, and is also common in general language. ... Capcom ) TYO: 9697 is a leading Japanese developer and publisher of video games. ... Survival horror is a prominent video game genre in which the player has to survive an onslaught of opponents, often undead or otherwise supernatural, typically in claustrophobic environments in a third-person perspective. ... In a general sense, a series is a related set of things that occur one after the other or are otherwise connected one after the other. ... Resident Evil, known in Japan as Biohazard, is a survival-horror franchise that started life as a video game series developed by Capcom and created by Shinji Mikami. ... The term creature refers to an animal. ... This article or section may need to be cleaned up because it describes a work of fiction as a factual topic. ... The G-Virus is a fictional mutagenic virus in the Resident Evil series and the central plot point of Resident Evil 2. ... Biological warfare, also known as germ warfare, is the use of any organism (bacteria, virus or other disease_causing organism) or toxin found in nature, as a weapon of war. ...

Known B.O.W.s

Resident Evil 0:

• Eliminator-Ape mutated with the Progenitor Virus, adding hearing ability at the cost of impairing the visual skills of the creature. According to Marcus' report on Progenitor Virus-based B.O.W.s, they are the result of the increased fertility experiments on apes. They are exceedingly resilient to damage, and tend to attack in packs. Shotgun blasts are particularly effective against them.
• MA-121 Hunter Alpha
• Lurker- Frog mutated with the Progenitor Virus, exponentially increasing its mass and size, in addition to the enhaced tongue ability. Drawbacks include poor eyesight, even poorer stamina and repeteadly lashing its tongue randomly at all moving things. A knife slash is usually enough to kill them.
• Plague Crawler- Cockroach mutated with the Progenitor Virus, it was expanded by the virus to the extent of measuring roughly five feet in length, and increasing its defensive capabilities by improving the chitinous carapace of the being. Common tactics to be taken include shotgun blasts, which topple them.
• Proto-Tyrant

A Hunter is a fictional monster appearing through the Resident Evil video game series. ... A Tyrant is a recurring breed of fictional creatures in the Resident Evil series. ...

Resident Evil:

• Cerberus
• Chimera
• MA-121 Hunter Alpha
• Fi-3 Neptune
• T-002 Tyrant
• Yawn
• Zombie

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Resident Evil 2:

• T-103 Tyrant

A Tyrant is a recurring breed of fictional creatures in the Resident Evil series. ...

Resident Evil 3: Nemesis:

• MA-121 Hunter Beta
• MA-124 Hunter Gamma
• Nemesis

A Hunter is a fictional monster appearing through the Resident Evil video game series. ... A Hunter is a fictional monster appearing through the Resident Evil video game series. ... Nemesis is a fictional creature from Resident Evil 3: Nemesis. ...

Resident Evil Code: Veronica:

• Albinoid
• Bandersnatch
• Nosferatu
• T-078 Tyrant

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Resident Evil: Outbreak:

• MA-124 Hunter Gamma
• Fi-3 Neptune
• Thanatos
• MA-125 Hunter R

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Resident Evil: Outbreak File #2:

• MA-125 Hunter R
• Nyx
• T-0400TP Tyrant
• MA-124 Hunter Gamma

• Resident Evil
• Umbrella Corporation