The Dead Walk Again!
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 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.
