Dead Rising (video game)

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.

Dead Rising was released on August 8, 2006. 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 developed for the Wii, Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop, was released in February 2009. A mobile phone version for IPhone was developed in 2010. As part of its tenth anniversary, a remastered version of the game was released on September 13, 2016, for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One; along with remasters of Dead Rising 2 and Dead Rising 2: Off the Record, respectively. An upgraded "deluxe" remastered version, Dead Rising Deluxe Remaster, was released for PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S on September 19, 2024.