Game data
Metacritic 86- Released
- 2009-03-05
- User rating
- 3.82 / 5
- Genres
- Shooter, Action
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3
- ESRB
- Mature
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Key facts
- Developer
- Capcom
- Publisher
- Capcom
- Directors
- Yasuhiro Anpo Kenichi Ueda
- Producers
- Jun Takeuchi Masachika Kawata
- Designer
- Jiro Taoka
- Programmer
- Soji Seta
- Writers
- Haruo Murata Yoshiaki Hirabayashi Kenichi Ueda
- Composers
- Kota Suzuki Hideki Okugawa Akihiko Narita Seiko Kobuchi
- Series
- Resident Evil
- Engine
- MT Framework
- Platforms
- PlayStation 3 Xbox 360 Windows Shield Android TV PlayStation 4 Xbox One Nintendo Switch
- Genre
- Third-person shooter
- Modes
Article
Resident Evil 5 is a 2009 third-person shooter game developed and published by Capcom. It was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles in March 2009 and for Windows in September 2009. It was rereleased for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in June 2016.
The plot involves an investigation of a terrorist threat by Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar in Kijuju, a fictional region of West Africa. Chris learns that he must confront his past in the form of an old enemy, Albert Wesker, and his former partner, Jill Valentine.