Dead Rising 2 announced for Xbox 360 and PS3

[CoinReturn]

Naysayers owned! That leaked video was the real deal: I Know all of this has already been said but jeez guys, this fooled some of you? THE DEAD WALK AGAIN AS CAPCOM CONFIRMS DEAD RISING 2 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 humour, 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. ABOUT CAPCOM Capcom is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment for game consoles, PCs, handheld and wireless devices. Founded in 1983, the company has created hundreds of games, including best-selling franchises Resident Evil, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Devil May Cry. Capcom maintains operations in the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Tokyo Korea and Hong Kong, with corporate headquarters located in Osaka, Japan. More information about Capcom can be found on the company web site, www.capcom.com. ### Capcom, Mega Man, Resident Evil, and Devil May Cry are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Capcom Co., Ltd., in the U.S. or other countries. Dark Void and Street Fighter are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Capcom U.S.A., Inc. “All other marks are the property of their respective owners. ABOUT BLUE CASTLE GAMES Blue Castle Games is a full service 3rd party developer located in Vancouver, Canada. Formed in 2005, Blue Castle fulfilled a desire to start a company where creativity, experience and hard work come together to create outstanding games. Blue Castle’s highly experienced teams provide predictable development cycles, stable multiplatform development and the highest levels of quality. More information can be found on the company website, www.bluecastlegames.com.

[bassman]

Is that a large cell phone?

[CoinReturn]

One more shot:

[capncnut]

Holy f**kbeans! Let's hope they sort out the text display and shitty save system this time around.

[Danny]

sweet, but i still dont trust that trailer, for one thing theres "diarrhea in a backpack" in kanji plus the stuff in the trailer doesn't suit what we see here. still, awesome.

[capncnut]

sweet, but i still dont trust that trailer, for one thing theres "diarrhea in a backpack" in kanji plus the stuff in the trailer doesn't suit what we see here. Yeah, my sentiments too. That video was dogshit.

[Danny]

im just thinking, if thats official, then its representative of the final product, its not the same guys as the first one, and we all know what happened to silent hill when those dickwads in nottingham got hold of the psp rites...

[CoinReturn]

im just thinking, if thats official, then its representative of the final product, its not the same guys as the first one, and we all know what happened to silent hill when those dickwads in nottingham got hold of the psp rites... Dead Rising is a game that's going to be reaaaally hard to screw up, they've just got to make sure the quests are as fun as killing zombies. Anyway, quotes like this lead me to believe it's in the right hands. 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. Blue Castle also developed "The Bigs", which was an awesome arcade-style baseball game. Keep the faith alive!

[sammylou]

The save system sucked something awful and made the game rather difficult to play for me. I thought the camera aspect was pretty cool, I hope they bring that back or something else interesting like that.

[MikePizzoff]

Awesome news! I just hope it doesn't take place entirely in a casino/hotel... even if there are some stores in there, it still seems like an environment that will get old pretty quickly. The only thing I would like them to fix is, like Capn said, the damn text!!! I only had a problem with the save system at first... after a little bit of gameplay, I appreciated it because I realized it added to the challenge.

[slickwilly13]

So, where's Andy? *L*

[CoinReturn]

I forgot to mention it's coming to PC as well, for those who didn't read the press release. I happened to like the save system in the original, it helped keep that frantic feeling of being overwhelmed by making you decide which cases you felt were most important.

[MinionZombie]

Ah man - DR2 on PC?! God Mode ... cheats ... mods ... DAWN OF THE DEAD 1978 MALL MODIFICATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *jizz everywhere* Holy vagina this is awesome news - heck-fookin-yes! Also - another screenie: PROPER save system, more variety in terms of weapons and fighting styles, as well as location - just a casino would be a bit naff, we need some town around it as well. Also a proper gradation (if that's a word) of difficulty modes to suit more types of players ... also, PROPER shooting and aiming ... plus making things flow better, for movement to feel more free, and make it easier to pull off kick ass movies - and obviously keeping the freedom of how you want to play the game, which we had in the first Dead Rising.

[ProfessorChaos]

i wasn't even sure we'd hear any direct confirmation from capcom for a month or so at least. such good news, but the shitty part is waiting this one out. as i've already said, this is gonna be a day-1 purchase for me, possibly even pre-order, and i might even be inclined to pony up for a collector's edition...whoa, i need to calm down, i'm way to excited about this. anywho, this has officially made my motherfucking day. (those pics would work better if scaled down a bit)

[Andy]

So, where's Andy? *L* Right here, even if this is official, im still skeptical by the way, that video still looks like a crock of shit and i sincerely hope its not a reflection of the final product. God Mode ... cheats ... I Sincerely and honestly hope your disappointed, from the bottom of my heart. i really do.