Dead Rising 2 Announced

by Christopher Kirkman · Published February 9, 2009 · Updated

Speculated and suspected for some time around the gaming blogospehere, Capcom officially announced a Dead Rising sequel this morning to a zombie loving landscape of gamers.

Set to release on the PS3, Xbox 360 and Windws PC platforms, Dead Rising 2 takes place several years after incidents at the Willamette Mall of the first outing and drops players into Fortune City, a gambling mecca in the US, one of several cities around the country where the undead shufflers have been popping up. Capcom promises a host of new in-game objects can be used as weapons to ward off the rotting wretches and enemies in the tens of thousands. I could go for some beatdowns using a slot machine handle or..umm.. you know? I can’t think of any other deadly weapons found in a casino, so I’ll just have to wait.

Capcom partners with Canadian developer Blue Castle Games, bringing on several original Dead Rising team members onto the project. More as the story rises from the depths.