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Update : After many delays the release date for Dead Rising 2 has actually been brought foward ! Dead Rising is now set for an EU release date of the 24th of Sept 2010.
Here is the official announcement from Capcom.:
Capcom is pleased to confirm that the release date for Dead Rising 2 has been brought foward for the European and Australian markets.
From Friday the 24th of September Xbox 360 and PS3 gamers will be the first in the world to slice, smash, burn, shoot, kick, stab, chop, throw, explode, run down and ridicule the thousands of zombies that have infested Fortune City. The PC version of Dead Rising 2 is scheduled for release on September 28th.
The release dates for all platforms in North America and Japan remain unchanged at September the 28th and 30th respectively.
Here is our preview for Dead Rising 2
Several years have passed since the Wilamette incident, and Dead Rising 2 shifts the action from the everyday world of mid-West America to the glitz and glamour of Fortune City, America's latest and greatest entertainment playground. People flock to Fortune City from around the globe to escape from reality and the chance to win big and for some, this means competing in Terror is Reality.
Like millions of Americans, former national motocross champion, Chuck Greene, is gripped by the TV sensation that is Terror is Reality. Hosted by the flamboyant Tyrone King, Terror is Reality pits ordinary members of the public against an arena full of zombies with a simple challenge – kill more zombies than your opponents and stay alive with the winner collecting big money and the chance to come back and secure even greater prizes. So, what is it that has forced Chuck to come to Fortune City and risk his life in the modern day gladiatorial contest, is he trying to recapture the fame of his motocross days, does he have a reason to hate zombies, or is it simply the lure of big money?
With hundreds of zombies on screen at any one time, the original Dead Rising forced gamers to take everyday objects they found in the Mall and use them as weapons. In its sequel, Dead Rising 2, thousands of zombies now fill every square inch of Fortune City and Chuck is going to need to be even more resourceful and inventive. Cue combination weapons…
Players will be able to take two objects, a roll of tape and with a little inventiveness create an advanced zombie-killing combo weapon - a piece of wood and a lawnmower become a Portamower, the handheld mower that cuts zombies down to size in an instant, while a garden rake and car battery combine to create an electrified zombie prod. Using combination weapons to fend off hoards of the undead in fun and grotesque ways is only just the beginning as the more combo weapons a player uses, the more Prestige Points (PPs) they will rack up. Earn enough PPs and Chuck levels up which will help players along the way.
Ahead of the full game, Capcom will be releasing original downloadable content exclusively on Xbox Live, Dead Rising 2: CASE ZERO. The prologue will introduce the new protagonist, Chuck Greene and provide a link between the original game and the events that await players in the gambling paradise of Fortune City.
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