Resident Evil 5 Split Screen Pc Keyboard And Controller Exclusive !!top!! Jun 2026

The situation took a dramatic turn for the worse in 2015 with the release of the Resident Evil 5: Gold Edition on Steam. In a move that puzzled and angered the community, Capcom transitioned the game from GFWL to Steamworks by "ripping out" the split-screen code entirely. The official explanation was that the "orphaned code from the PS3/Xbox 360 SKU simply does not work on a PC" because the PC code base "has no concept of multiple controllers".

Note the installation path of the re5dx9.exe or re5.exe file. The situation took a dramatic turn for the

When Resident Evil 5 launched in 2009, it was a divisive entry. Long-time survival horror purists lamented the shift toward action-heavy, co-op-centric gameplay. However, what critics couldn't deny was that RE5 —when played with a friend—was an absolute blast. The frantic "Sheva, shoot him!" moments, the desperate inventory management, and the high-five at the end of a chapter defined a generation of couch co-op. Note the installation path of the re5dx9