Resident Evil Outbreak: File #2[a] is a survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom with online playability for the PlayStation 2.

It was released on September 9, 2004 in Japan, on April 26, 2005 in North America, and August 26, 2005 in PAL regions.

The game takes place in zombie-infested Raccoon City with the same eight characters that were featured in its predecessor, along with five new scenarios.

The game has five scenarios: "Wild Things", "Underbelly", "Flashback", "Desperate Times" and "End of the Road".

Each scenario has an event checklist consisting of special actions that the player must perform to reach 100% completion.

Players must complete each scenario before the virus gauge reaches 100% or they will die, resulting in a game over.

Kevin and Mark carry extra ammo for their handguns, Jim carries a lucky coin that increases the chance of shooting enemies with a critical shot, George is equipped with a capsule shooter used to fire medicine or anti-virus pills at friends and enemies respectively, David has a lighter to solve puzzles and make molotov cocktails, Alyssa is equipped with a stun gun, Yoko holds a lucky charm that prevents instant death attacks and slows the virus infection rate, and Cindy carries a bandage that prevents her and others from bleeding.

For example, David can unlock hatches with his tool belt, and Mark is able to push heavy objects that require more players to move in online.

The lobby system was revamped to include ten areas with different options in each one; however, this change made it harder to join games with friends.

From within the game, or by a link on the official Capcom sales page of their United States site, players could look and see their position on the ranking boards.

Before they can leave, however, another moving train runs into a pile of debris and explodes, awakening the "Giga Bite," an enormous flea, who the players later fight at the end of the stage.

To initiate this fight, one of the players is kidnapped by the Giga Bite while waiting for their train to depart.

After defeating the boss, if the players do not make it back to the train in time, they must find an alternate way out through the Substation Tower, which is through the ventilation shaft.

Before she can return, the zombies break through the gates of the police department, and the players must defeat a certain number (depending on which difficulty they chose) of them before completing the scenario.

In the final scenario, "End of the Road," David King leads the survivors to an Umbrella laboratory, where they are met by two scientists, Linda and Carter, who have returned to get the cure.

As the group is about to exit, however, the Tyrant turns on the players, killing Carter and throwing Linda from a ledge.

Depending on whether or not the player killed the Tyrant, they are either washed away in the sewers with Linda or left behind to reach the upper levels themselves.

Resident Evil Outbreak: File #2 was developed by Capcom Production Studio 1 over a one-year period.

The five scenarios chosen were "Wild Things", "Underbelly", "Flashback", "Desperate Times" and "End of the Road".

In the case of "Underbelly", the player could fail to reach a departing subway train and leave the station via a ventilation shaft.