Dead Rising (video game)

Dead Rising
North American cover art
Developer(s)Capcom Production Studio 1[a]
Publisher(s)Capcom
Director(s)Yoshinori Kawano
Producer(s)Keiji Inafune
Programmer(s)Shigeru Kato
Artist(s)Keiji Ueda
Writer(s)
  • Yoshinori Kawano
  • Makoto Ikehara
Composer(s)
  • Hideki Okugawa
  • Marika Suzuki
SeriesDead Rising
EngineMT Framework
RE Engine（Deluxe Remaster）
Platform(s)
Deluxe Remaster
Release
August 8, 2006
  • Xbox 360
    • NA: August 8, 2006
    • EU: September 8, 2006
    • AU: September 14, 2006
    • JP: September 28, 2006
    Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
    • WW: September 13, 2016
    Deluxe Remaster PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox Series X/S
    • WW: September 19, 2024
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Dead Rising[b] is a 2006 action-adventure game developed and published by Capcom. The game is the first entry in the Dead Rising series. The story follows photojournalist Frank West after he becomes trapped in a zombie infested shopping mall in the town of Willamette, Colorado. Frank must uncover the mystery behind the outbreak before a rescue helicopter arrives in three days to evacuate him. The game features multiple endings depending on the conditions met by the player.

The game is played from a third-person perspective and features an open world for the player to explore in the form of the Willamette Parkview Mall. The player must survive by scavenging for items around the shopping mall to fight zombies and hostile human non-player characters known as psychopaths, while rescuing friendly human non-player characters known as survivors. In addition, the game features a set time limit of 72 hours, which the player will have to complete the story within before the time expires.

Dead Rising was released on August 8, 2006,[1][2] originally for the Xbox 360. The game became a critical and commercial success, leading it to being introduced as part of the Xbox 360 "Platinum Hits" lineup and spawning three sequels – Dead Rising 2 in September 2010, Dead Rising 3 in November 2013, and Dead Rising 4 in December 2016. A port of the game was developed for the Wii, Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop, released in February 2009.[3] A mobile phone version was developed. As part of its tenth anniversary, the original Xbox 360 version of the game was re-released on September 13, 2016, for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One.[4] A remastered version, Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on September 19, 2024.


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  4. ^ Pereira, Chris (August 9, 2016). "1080p/60FPS Dead Rising 1 and 2 Remasters' Pricing, Release Dates Confirmed". CBS Interactive Inc. GameSpot. Archived from the original on August 14, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2016.