Near the end of last week, The Fatal Believer reported on a short video clip that was rumored to be a trailer for Dead Rising 2. There was a lot of buzz all over the internet about this. The quality of the video was also brought into question as being something just clipped together.
Well as of this morning, the rumor is placed to rest. It is in fact a video for Dead Rising 2, as Capcom made the official announcement this morning. As well as a few extra screen shots and a bit more on what is going on in this game. All of which listed below or shown below.
One thing that kind of is odd is that they are bringing it to the PS3 this time around. With no mention of porting the first one to that console as well. It is almost like they are expecting PS3 owners to have a XBox as well. Either that, or that is a future announcement they are planning as well. Just to add more Zombie action to the Capcom market. Time will tell I guess. But for now, we can all look forward to this sequel.
The video can be found in the Videos section or in the previous article.
Sequel to 1.5 million-plus seller announced for multiple gaming platforms
London – February 9, 2009 - Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today confirmed that Dead Rising™ 2 is in development for three different gaming platforms: the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment's PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) and the PC. The sequel to the 1.5 million-plus selling Dead Rising™, Dead Rising 2 will take the franchise to a new level of zombie-killing fun with tens of thousands of zombies, the all new gambling paradise of Fortune City to explore and conquer plus a host of new in-game objects that can all be used as deadly weapons to stave off the zombie assault.
Dead Rising 2 is set several years after the infamous zombie invasion of Willamette. Unfortunately, the zombie virus was not contained at the conclusion of Dead Rising, spreading unchecked throughout the United States and Dead Rising 2 depicts a country where zombie outbreaks continue to strike.
Dead Rising 2 is being developed in partnership with up and coming Canadian developer Blue Castle Games. A number of members from the original Dead Rising team will be working alongside Blue Castle Games throughout the development process, including Capcom's global head of research and development, Keiji Inafune, who as the game's Producer will play an active role in the project.
Released in 2006, Dead Rising won praise across the globe for its mix of intense zombie action and dark humor, garnering numerous awards including IGN's "Most Innovative Design for Xbox 360", Gamespot's "Best Action-Adventure Game" for 2006 and "Action Game of the Year" at the 2006 Spike TV Video Game Awards.
Further details concerning the story and gameplay of Dead Rising 2 will be made available shortly
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