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Dead Rising is an action adventure game developed by QLOC and Capcom Production Studio 1, and published by Capcom. The game was released on August 8, 2006. It supports single-player mode and utilizes the MT Framework engine. The title is categorized under the hack and slash/beat 'em up and adventure genres.
The game is available on PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox One, and PlayStation 4, as well as Xbox 360. It holds a Mature rating from the ESRB. Critical reception includes a Metacritic score of 82 and a RAWG rating of 3.69. Additional review scores are listed as 85/100, 83/100, and 75. The game has sold 1,800,000 units.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, RAWG, IGDB. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Game data
Metacritic 82- Released
- 2006-08-08
- User rating
- 3.69 / 5
- Genres
- Action
- Platforms
- PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360
- ESRB
- Mature
via RAWG
Game details · IGDB
Frank West, a freelance photojournalist on the hunt for the scoop of a lifetime, pursues a juicy lead to a small suburban town only to find that it is being overrun by zombies! He escapes to the local shopping mall thinking it will be a bastion of safety, but it turns out to be anything but. It's a true struggle to survive the endless stream of enemies, but with full reign over an entire shopping center, Frank can utilize anything to fight off the flesh-hungry mob and search for the truth behind the horrendous epidemic.
- Released
- 2006
- Genres
- Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
- Platforms
- PlayStation 4, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox 360, Xbox One
- Game modes
- Single player
- Engine
- MT Framework
- Developer
- QLOC, Capcom Production Studio 1
- Publisher
- Capcom
Key facts
- Developer
- Capcom Production Studio 1
- Publisher
- Capcom
- Director
- Yoshinori Kawano
- Producer
- Keiji Inafune
- Programmer
- Shigeru Kato
- Artist
- Keiji Ueda
- Writers
- Yoshinori Kawano Makoto Ikehara
- Composers
- Hideki Okugawa Marika Suzuki
- Series
- Dead Rising
- Engine
- MT Framework , RE Engine ( Deluxe Remaster )
- Platforms
- Xbox 360 Remaster PlayStation 4 Windows Xbox One Deluxe Remaster PlayStation 5 Windows Xbox Series X/S
- Release
- August 8, 2006 Xbox 360 NA : August 8, 2006 EU : September 8, 2006 AU : September 14, 2006 JP : September 28, 2006 Remaster , September 13, 2016, Deluxe Remaster , September 19, 2024
- Genre
- Action-adventure
- Mode
- Single-player
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Genre
- survival horror
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Publisher
- Capcom
- Series
- Dead Rising
- Producer
- Keiji Inafune
- Developer
- Capcom
- Platform
- personal computer
- Game mode
- single-player video game
- Game engine
- MT Framework
- Distribution format
- digital distribution
- Official website
- deadrising.com/dead-rising-1
- Image
- E3 2006 Dead Rising booth.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Dead Rising
- publication date
- 2006-08-08
- distributed by
- App Store
- input device
- touchscreen
- operating system
- iOS
- language of work or name
- Russian
- units sold
- 1600000
- review score
- 83/100
- compatible with
- Steam Deck
- Commons category
- Dead Rising (video game)
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Encyclopedic overview
Dead Rising is a 2006 action-adventure game developed and published by Capcom originally for the Xbox 360. The game's story follows wartime photojournalist Frank West, who becomes trapped inside a shopping mall in the town of Willamette, Colorado, during a deadly zombie plague. West must uncover the truth behind the plague before a rescue helicopter arrives in three days to evacuate him.
The game is played from the third-person perspective and is open world. The open world is set in a large shopping mall. Frank must survive by scavenging weapons to fight zombies and hostile human enemies. Frank can also escort friendly human survivors back to the mall's safe house. The player has 72 in-game hours (6 hours in real time) to finish the main story. Story and side missions are also individually timed, expiring if not completed on time.
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