Dead Rising 2: set in Las Vegas-like city, screens revealed

After weeks of rumors of a Dead Rising sequel spreading around the internet like a zombie virus (including a leaked video of the game), Capcom has officially confirmed that Dead Rising 2 will be coming to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.

In Dead Rising 2, players will once again slaughter their way through thousands upon thousands of the living dead, using a plethora of weapons to butcher them. This time, however, instead of battling zombies in a shopping mall like the original Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2 takes place in a Las Vegas-inspired city loaded with casinos and flesh-eating blackjack dealers and zombified showgirls (check out the HD screens for proof of these two zombie types). Some other zombies we've spotted in the new screens just released are construction workers, ladies dressed up for clubbing, and police officers.

Providing the player with hundreds of weapons was a big part of the original game. In the new screens, Dead Rising 2's protagonist can be seen wielding a baseball bat, a giant-display cell phone, and an electric guitar.

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After weeks of rumors of a Dead Rising sequel spreading around the internet like a zombie virus (including a leaked video of the game), Capcom has officially confirmed that Dead Rising 2 will be coming to Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC.

In Dead Rising 2, players will once again slaughter their way through thousands upon thousands of the living dead, using a plethora of weapons to butcher them. This time, however, instead of battling zombies in a shopping mall like the original Dead Rising, Dead Rising 2 takes place in a Las Vegas-inspired city loaded with casinos and flesh-eating blackjack dealers and zombified showgirls (check out the HD screens for proof of these two zombie types). Some other zombies we've spotted in the new screens just released are construction workers, ladies dressed up for clubbing, and police officers.

Providing the player with hundreds of weapons was a big part of the original game. In the new screens, Dead Rising 2's protagonist can be seen wielding a baseball bat, a giant-display cell phone, and an electric guitar.

Dead Rising 2 is being handled by a different developer from the first game, Blue Castle Games (The BIGS, MLB 2K8). We should note that the Wii edition of the original game, Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop comes out February 24, 2009.

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