Resident Evil 5, known in Japan as Biohazard 5, is a third-person shooter video game developed and published by Capcom and released in 2009. It is the seventh major installment in the Resident Evil series, and was announced in 2005—the same year its predecessor Resident Evil 4 was released. Resident Evil 5 was released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 consoles in March 2009 and for Microsoft Windows in September that year. 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 Africa. Chris soon learns that he must confront his past in the form of an old enemy, Albert Wesker, and his former partner, Jill Valentine. The gameplay of Resident Evil 5 is similar to that of the previous installment, though it is the first in the series designed for two-player cooperative gameplay. It has also ...

Resident Evil 5 ist der insgesamt siebte Teil der gleichnamigen Videospielreihe von Capcom. Der Titel erschien in Europa am 13. März 2009 für PlayStation 3 und Xbox 360, die PC-Version folgte am 18. September desselben Jahres. Im Juni 2016 erschien außerdem eine Remaster-Version für PlayStation 4 und Xbox One.