The game is set in 2015, two years after the events of Resident Evil 6 and twelve years after the collapse of the Umbrella Corporation in 2003. Although the Umbrella Corporation has been disbanded, a great deal of valuable viral BOW research information leftover from their past evil endeavours is still waiting to be discovered. Source: Wikipedia, "[en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umbrella_Corps Umbrella Corps]", available under the CC-BY-SA License.