 The earliest version of the game was announced for the PlayStation 2  under _Biohazard 2 (1998) (VG)_ (qv) (Resident Evil 2) director  Hideki Kamiya (qv). This build was eventually cancelled as a  Resident Evil installment and became the title known as  _Devil May Cry (2001) (VG)_ (qv). Eventually, development was moved  to the GameCube console and another build emerged. This was the  first version to feature Leon from RE2. The first version shown had  Leon sporting a variation of his current costume and fighting a  mist