Kelkee

Nice! Now if you can duct tape 2 shotguns together, there's going to be a lotta fun to be had.

DJ_Longfellow

Fall of this year...seems like long time. This game was announced a while ago. Although, it looks good.

alxreys

Dead Rising 2 to have online co-op (and a drug called Zombrex)

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Chuck Greene may know his "way around a zombie or two," as he says in this new trailer from Dead Rising 2, but he'll be facing down thousands at a time in Fortune City. Greene's daughter Katey will also be along for the ride -- she's bitten by one of the walking dead early on, and will require a daily dose of a drug called "Zombrex" during the game's 72-hour span "to stop [her] from joining the ever-growing zombie horde." Greene also comes across two supporting ladies -- one is a short-haired army jacket-wearing girl who goes on about conspiracies and "false accusations," and the other is a bombastic reporter who brings new meaning to the word "teaser."

Capcom has also announced details of the game's online co-op system. Players will be able to use an "in-game transceiver to call for assistance at any time," and when your buddy shows up, it's game on for tactics like luring zombies into a kill zone or racing around on skateboards (no really -- check the gallery below). That's in addition to the "Terror is Reality" minigame versus mode that we got to play a little while ago, which will pit up to four players against each other in a game show setting.

Dead Rising 2 will be out for Xbox 360, PS3, and PC in North America on August 31, and in Japan and Europe a few short, zombie-free days later.


Hands-on from Kotaku:

"While both Chuck Greenes will be able to keep all of the spoils of their anti-zombie rampages and earn experience towards leveling up, only the Chuck Greene who hosts the online play-through will be able to save the game's progress.

The game won't, developer Blue Castle Games told Kotaku, allow two players to play with one another on a single console and television."

chuckd21

CAPCOM® TEAMS UP WITH PLAYBOY MAGAZINE TO BRING SEXY BACK TO DEAD RISING® 2

The Magazines of Dead Rising 2 Get Saucy as Capcom Partners Up With The Legendary Publication to Bring The Bunnies Into the Game

June 11, 2010 – Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today confirmed that it has partnered with Playboy magazine to have content from the iconic publication featured in its forthcoming title Dead Rising® 2, scheduled for release later this year for the Xbox 360®, PlayStation®3 and PC platforms.
Players that discover the Playboy magazine in the game will receive a unique and special upgrade for Chuck Greene, the main character in Dead Rising 2. Furthermore, players will come across Playboy ads and billboards that will feature specially selected issues from the magazine’s 57-year history.

The new magazine system for Dead Rising 2, which will feature Playboy along with various other publications, is an evolution of the popular book system from the original Dead Rising game. Along with the special Playboy issue, there will be a variety of different themed magazines that Chuck will be able to pick up for bonuses to use to help fend off the zombie hordes along the way.

“The Sin City-type environment in Dead Rising 2, Fortune City, is a natural playground for the Playboy Bunnies,” said Seon King, Senior Director of Licensing for Capcom Entertainment, Inc. “We have integrated the Playboy brand throughout the game in ways that bring even more life to Fortune City and add to the user experience.”

alxreys

Dead Rising 2 Delayed In Both North America & Europe

Capcom's zombie paradise action title Dead Rising 2 was supposed to be out on August 31 in North America and September 3 in Europe. It'll now miss both those dates.

The Japanese publisher just let us know that the game will now be out on September 28 in the US and Canada, while Europeans have to wait a few days long, until October 1.

No reason was given for the delay, but we'll update you if we hear anything more.

MoviePage

That stinks, but on the (purely selfish) bright side, that gives me more time to finally play the first game beforehand.

chuckd21

I've never minded delays like this. Just means something is getting fixed.

discostu1337

Nice, releases 28 Days Later....

DRG

Unless they're delaying it to add the Playboy content...

Michael Corvin

They're going from two weeks before Halo to two weeks after? Wow, I'm no exec, but that doesn't sound like the wisest decision one could make regarding their release date.

pinata242

Might as well just make it Halloween, unless you think Rock Band 3 is a big competitor.

nickdawgy

Kind of sucks since it pushes it closer to the pile of games coming out from Oct-Dec.

Michael Corvin

Great gaming months ever!

pinata242

Matt

Word going around today that Case Zero may be hitting the XBLM next Thursday, the 8th. No word on price. It's weird how secretive Capcom has been about this thing.

A Joystiq preview a couple weeks ago mentioned that you can level up to Level 5 in Case Zero, and then take that experience, along with whatever money you've accumulated, with you into DR2. Nice feature.

cruzness

I'd love to check Case Zero out. Too bad it's a 360 exclusive

Deftones

I'd love to check it out if only i had my fucking xbox slim from gamestop you bastards!

Michael Corvin

A Thursday release? Odd.

The leveling up/transfer to DR2 aspect is cool, but I think I'm still going to wait a couple days on feedback to see if it's worth it or if it's simply a demo with a price tag.

Groucho

Case Zero is giving me a "Fable 2 Pub Games" vibe, if you remember that fiasco.

alxreys

Dead Rising 2's 'Zomboni' Might Be the Icing On the Cake

Dead Rising 2's 'Terror is Reality' multiplayer mode is getting a 'Zomboni' mini-game, wherein you drive a Zamboni around an ice rink in an effort to churn up as many zombies as you can before the buzzer sounds. Better get your 'brain coats' at the ready then.

A visit to Dead Rising 2's Tape It Or Die blog yields two new screens showing the Zomboni mode, which looks suitably bloody, with arterial red splattered all over the ice. Looks like running down shambling zombies will be genuinely cool, in more ways than one.

'Terror is Reality' is a multiplayer mode for Dead Rising 2 that includes numerous online challenges for up to four-players.

Dead Rising 2 is due for release on September 28th in the US and October 1st in the UK and Europe.

Michael Corvin

Even accounting for blood splatter on the ice, there aren't very many zombies there.

Groucho

Yay for tacking on multiplayer to a game that worked just fine as a single-player title.

chuckd21

Following last week’s news that Zombrex Dead Rising Sun, the full feature film based on Capcom’s popular video game, Dead Rising, will be distributed in Europe and North America, we are pleased to confirm more details on when and where fans can view Inafune-san’s directorial debut. Split into a number of episodes that will be distributed over a number of weeks, Zombrex Dead Rising Sun, will be made available as a free download exclusively on Xbox Live from August 4th, before going live on www.deadrisingsun.com a week later. As an added bonus, certain episodes will begin with interviews featuring Inafune-san where he will provide insight into the film making process. The full schedule is as follows.

August 4 - Eps: 1,2,3 - Xbox Live
August 11 - Eps: 1,2,3 - deadrisingsun.com
August 11 - Eps: 4,5 - Xbox Live
August 18 - Eps: 4,5 - deadrisingsun.com
August 18 - Eps: 6,7 - Xbox Live
August 18 - Eps: 6,7 - deadrisingsun.com
August 25 - Ep: 8 - Xbox Live
Sept 1 - Ep: 8 - deadrisingsun.com

pinata242

Cool, I'll check that out for sure.

chuckd21

We are happy to announce that Dead Rising fans will be able to pick up the North American exclusive, Dead Rising 2 –Zombrex Edition on day one of launch- September 28, 2010- for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 for $79.99. Enclosed in a two-disc Steelbook case with its own special pack front, the Dead Rising 2—Zombrex Edition will include cool collectible items and content that will dig deep into the Dead Rising 2 experience.

Available for both the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360, there are some variations between the two editions. For the full list of content, check out Capcom Unity at http://www.capcom-unity.com/jgonzo/b...north_america!