Dead Rising 4: Special Edition (2017) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Dead Rising 4: Special Edition

BIG in features. BIG in content – The latest version of the Dead Rising 4 main game is included, in addition to: Capcom Heroes, All downloadable content, All bonus content Frank West returns! – The original…

5 December 2017

What Dead Rising 4: Special Edition is

Dead Rising 4: Special Edition is a hack and slash/beat 'em up game developed by Capcom Vancouver and released in 2017. It was published by Capcom. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Forge.

The premise, in the publisher's words

It’s the holiday season in Willamette, Colorado and a mysterious outbreak has overrun the Willamette Memorial Megaplex Mall and surrounding town with dangerous and deadly predators. Join Frank West as you explore a vast, open world sandbox filled with dangerous new zombies and a million ways to kill them as you seek to uncover the truth behind the outbreak – or die trying.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, comedy, horror and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Dead Rising series

Dead Rising 4: Special Edition is the 12th of 13 entries we hold in the Dead Rising series. The next entry was Dead Rising 4: Capcom Heroes in 2017.

See all 13 Dead Rising games in release order →

What it launched against

Dead Rising 4: Special Edition launched on 5 December 2017, within three weeks of Star Wars Battlefront II, Hello Neighbor, Yakuza Kiwami 2 and Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition. It arrived 4 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Star Wars Battlefront II, Hello Neighbor, Yakuza Kiwami 2, Horizon Zero Dawn: Complete Edition.

Dead Rising 4: Special Edition — frequently asked questions