Umbrella Corporation

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Umbrella Corporation is a fictional American-based multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company in Capcom's Resident Evil franchise. Publicly presented as a medical and consumer-products conglomerate, Umbrella serves as a front for clandestine research into mutagenic viruses, genetically engineered organisms and biological weapons, known within the series as bio-organic weapons (B.O.Ws). Umbrella serves as the principal institutional antagonist of the franchise's early video games, in which its research causes the incidents at Spencer Mansion and Raccoon City in the United States. In the original Resident Evil, Umbrella remains largely concealed until the player discovers its underground laboratory beneath Spencer Mansion. Subsequent games progressively enlarged Umbrella's narrative role. Resident Evil 2 introduced the company's researchers and facilities within Raccoon City, while Resident Evil – Code: Veronica expanded it into an organisation with installations across the world...

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