More than half a decade has passed since the release of Dead Rising 4 and although its sequel was in development for a while, it was eventually canceled by Capcom and it is unknown if they plan to continue. with the franchise. Yet we know that Dead Rising 5 it happened to be in development at some point thanks to the portfolio of one of its developers.
Last week, the account of STiP0 on Twitter, he discovered the portfolio of Nick Sinkewicz, a Canadian developer who worked for Capcom Vancouver before the studio closed. Said studio was in charge of the Dead Rising sequels and thanks to Nick’s portfolio we can confirm that at some point they were working on Dead Rising 5.
Of course, this is nothing new, since Liam Robertson already pointed it out in a Did You Know Gaming video two years ago, but thanks to the discovery of Nick Sinkewicz’s portfolio, we can see some images and videos from the canceled Dead Rising 5. , Dead Rising 5 would have been called Dead Rising: Day of the Dead and would have taken place somewhere in Mexico.
Although fans were hoping for a return to the original Dead Rising formula, Liam Robertson explains that some of the Dead Rising 5 clips we see in Nick’s portfolio are from when Capcom wanted the game to be similar to Uncharted, while others date when they wanted to. to make it more similar to Dark Souls, as they even implemented the rolling dodge mechanic.
Dead Rising fans aren’t too disappointed that Dead Rising 5 was canceled given Capcom’s lack of vision for the project, with those calling for a return hoping for an experience closer to the first two titles in the series. Anyway, we don’t know if Capcom is working on a new Dead Rising, although it should be done by a new studio.