Resident Evil 4 , known in Japan as Biohazard 4 , is a survival horror third-person shooter video game developed by Production Studio 4 and published by multiple publishers , including Capcom , Ubisoft and Nintendo of Australia . Resident Evil 4 , known in Japan as Biohazard 4 , is a survival horror third-person shooter video game developed by Capcom 's Production Studio 4 and published by multiple publishers , including Capcom , Ubisoft , Nintendo Australia , Red Ant Enterprises and THQ Asia Pacific .