Resident Evil 5 is a 2009 third-person shooter video game developed and published by Capcom. It is a major installment in the Resident Evil series and was announced in 2005—the same year its predecessor, Resident Evil 4, was released. The plot involves an investigation of a terrorist threat by Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance agents 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.
- Release Date: March 5, 2009.
- Genre: Third-person shooter.
- Developer: Capcom.
- Publisher: Capcom.