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Resident Evil 5

Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
Release Year: 2009
Platform: PS3/PS4/Switch/Win/Xbox 360/Xbox One

Genre: Survival Horror

Taxonomy: Black NPCs; Playable Black characters; narrative themes; voice acting/ motion capture; Anti-Blackness / regressive characterizations;

Chris Redfield, one of the few survivors of the incident, is now working as an agent for the Bioterrorism Security Assessment Alliance (BSAA). He heads to the Kijuju Autonomous Zone in an undisclosed African country and apprehend an arms dealer specializing in biological weapons.

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