Resident Evil 4

Resident Evil 4
North American GameCube cover art
Developer(s)Capcom Production Studio 4[a]
Publisher(s)
  • Windows
  • Oculus Quest 2
Director(s)Shinji Mikami
Producer(s)Hiroyuki Kobayashi
Designer(s)
  • Hiroshi Shibata
  • Kouji Kakae
  • Shigenori Nishikawa
Programmer(s)Kiyohiko Sakata
Writer(s)Shinji Mikami
Composer(s)Misao Senbongi
Shusaku Uchiyama
SeriesResident Evil
Platform(s)
Release
January 11, 2005
  • GameCube
    • NA: January 11, 2005
    • JP: January 27, 2005
    • PAL: March 18, 2005
  • PlayStation 2
    • NA: October 25, 2005
    • EU: November 4, 2005
    • AU: November 9, 2005
    • JP: December 1, 2005
  • Windows
    • AU: March 1, 2007
    • EU: March 2, 2007
    • NA: May 15, 2007
    • JP: June 7, 2007
    • WW: February 27, 2014 (HD)
  • Wii
    • JP: May 31, 2007
    • NA: June 19, 2007
    • EU: June 29, 2007
    • AU: July 5, 2007
  • iOS
    • NA: July 27, 2009
    • JP: July 28, 2009
    • NA: April 3, 2010 (iPad)
    • JP: May 21, 2010 (iPad)
  • Zeebo
    • BR: August 11, 2009
  • PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
    • JP: September 8, 2011
    • NA: September 20, 2011
    • EU: September 21, 2011
  • Android
    • JP: January 23, 2013
    • WW: April 23, 2013 (Samsung)
  • PlayStation 4, Xbox One
    • WW: August 30, 2016
  • Nintendo Switch
    • WW: May 21, 2019
    • JP: May 23, 2019
  • Oculus Quest 2
    • WW: October 21, 2021
Genre(s)Survival horror, third-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Resident Evil 4[b] is a survival horror game by Capcom, originally released for the GameCube in 2005. Players control the special agent Leon S. Kennedy on a mission to rescue the US president's daughter, Ashley Graham, who has been kidnapped by a religious cult in rural Spain. Leon fights hordes of enemies infected by a mind-controlling parasite and reunites with the spy Ada Wong. In a departure from the fixed camera angles and slower gameplay of previous Resident Evil games, Resident Evil 4 features a dynamic camera system and action-oriented gameplay.

Development on Resident Evil 4 began for the PlayStation 2 in 1999. Four proposed versions were discarded; the first was directed by Hideki Kamiya, but series creator Shinji Mikami felt it was too great a departure from the previous games, so it was spun off as Devil May Cry (2001). Other versions were scrapped until Mikami took directorial duties for what became the final version. The game was announced as part of the Capcom Five, a collaboration between Capcom and Nintendo to create five exclusives for the GameCube.

Resident Evil 4 garnered acclaim for its story, gameplay, graphics, voice acting, and characters, and is cited as one of the best video games of all time, winning multiple Game of the Year awards in 2005. It was ported to numerous formats, and became a cross-platform hit, selling 12.3 million units by December 2022. It influenced the evolution of the survival horror and third-person genres, popularizing the "over-the-shoulder" third-person view used in games such as Gears of War, Dead Space, and The Last of Us. Its successor, Resident Evil 5, was released in 2009. A remake of Resident Evil 4 was released in 2023.[1]


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  1. ^ McWhertor, Michael (June 2, 2022). "Resident Evil 4 remake announced, coming March 2023". Polygon. Archived from the original on June 2, 2022. Retrieved June 2, 2022.

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