Resident Evil 5 is a game developed and published by Capcom. This third-person shooter video game is a major instalment in the Resident Evil series.

The game was announced in 2005—the same year its predecessor Resident Evil 4, was released. Mercenary Technology developed the PC version.

The plot features agents Chris Redfield and Sheva Alomar investigating a terrorist threat by the bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance in Kijuju, a fictional region of west Africa. Chris realizes 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 resembles that of the previous instalment, though it is the first time for the two-player cooperative gameplay to enter the series.

The Plot:

Five years past the events of  Resident Evil 4, Chris Redfield, now the agent of the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA), is dispatched to Kijuju in West Africa. Along with his new partner Sheva, Alomar was challenged with apprehending Ricardo Irving before he could sell a bio-organic weapon (BOW) on the black market.

When they returned, they found the locals infected by the parasite Las Plagas (those infected are called "Majini"), and the BSAA Alpha team was killed. However, the BSAA's delta team rescued Sheva and Chris, including Sheva's mentor, Captain.

Josh Stone. Chris sees a photograph of Jill Valentine, his old partner in Stone's data, who has been presumed dead after a confrontation with Albert Wesker.

Sheva, Chris and Delta Team close in on Irving, but he escapes with the aid of a hooded figure. Irving leaves behind documents that lead Chris and Sheva to marshy oilfields, where Irving's deal is to occur, but they discover that the papers are a diversion. When Chris and Sheva try to regroup with Delta Team, they find the team slaughtered by a BOW; Sheva cannot find Stone among the dead. Determined to learn if Jill is still alive, Chris does not report to headquarters.