Zombies Were People Too! 

Yesterday, because it was spent sleeping and I missed it; Capcom® confirmed that Dead Rising 2 is on the way out as the following press release from Capcom® states.

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 game play of Dead Rising 2 will be made available shortly.

We’re left looking at screen shots for a game that’s set to be a huge improvement over the first, a multiplatform release, it looks sexy as hell, and it’s going to be set in Las Vegas. It’s convenient that GTW is based here in Vegas anyways but populating the strip with hundreds of thousands of zombies is a gaming concept that’s been long over due. This is also going to give Blue Castle Games a chance to show what they can offer to the gaming market. Either way you cut it, this title looks to be a success. Viva Dead Rising!