Dead Rising 5

Dead Rising 5 was supposed to be the ninth installment in the Dead Rising series and the sequel to Dead Rising 4. The game was confirmed to be in development in Spring 2018 by Capcom. The game was cancelled following staff lay-offs in early 2018 and the shutdown of Capcom Vancouver in late 2018, respectively.

Leaks and Rumors.
Rumors about Dead Rising 5 began to arise shortly after Dead Rising 4's release in December 2016. Potential leaks were shown on sites like 4Chan, telling that the game was gonna return to its origins (a good example would be Dead Rising and Dead Rising 2 and that it would feature a new protagonist named "Jack".

The time limit system would return, same with the infamous Psychopaths that Dead Rising 4 lacked. Photography would return and function like the previous games.

Dead Rising 5 would take place 25 years after the original Dead Rising and would ignore Dead Rising 4 completely, making up its own timeline. The game's setting would be a college town with 3 sectors, a college and a mall.

'KEEP IN MIND THAT THESE ARE JUST RUMORS. NONE OF THIS IS CONFIRMED BY CAPCOM AND IS ONLY RUMORS AND SPECULATION.'

Cancellation
Capcom Vancouver suffered lay-offs in early 2018 and the studio had suffered for a few years. In the end, Capcom shut down all operations and projects in September 2018. Capcom made a statement shortly before the shutdown.

"Capcom has been focused on increasing the efficiency and growth of its game development operations. To support this objective, new R&D facilities and annual hiring have been underway at the Osaka headquarters. In consideration of this process, as a result of reviewing titles in development at Capcom Vancouver, Capcom has decided to cancel the development projects at this studio and will concentrate development of major titles in Japan."

Dead Rising 5 had suffered developers being dragged away from the project until its eventual cancellation after Capcom Vancouver's shutdown where development on the game grinded to a halt. Dead Rising 5 was cancelled the very same day CV shut down.

The game's cancellation may also be a result of Dead Rising 4's low sales numbers, only reaching a little over 800.000 copies sold.