There is now officially going to be a sequel to Dead Rising. Xbox 360 exclusivity? Forget that! Sony has nabbed a piece of the party blubber on this one as Dead Rising 2 will be available for 360, PS3, and PC. I predict no one will really care about the PC release, though.

Dead Rising 2 will be a sequel in which the zombie virus from the first Dead Rising was contained very well and spread throughout the country. I wonder who from the Department of Homeland Security got fired for this mix up? Being able to contain a cliche zombie outbreak should be top on the list of "required skills" for applicants! There's just too many zombie outbreaks all over the place for this skill to go untested!

Capcom's press release mentions that they will bring the franchise to an all new level of "zombie killing fun" with tens of thousands of zombies. They also mention a new "gambling paradise" called Fortune City. Obviously, a casino of sorts and I really hope I can wield shot girls' as giant sledgehammers (you know, with augmented breasts and all) to beat the zombies to a pulp. There is the promise of a bunch of new in-game objects to be able to use as weapons, which (in my humblest of humble opinions) is the biggest appeal to this franchise. There are just so many zombie games out, so the "use anything to kill zombies" really makes this title stand out from the rest. I mean, the Resident Evils, House of the Dead 2 and 3 and soon to be Overkill, Dead Space (kind of zombie... alien life form takes over dead bodies... just like a zombie), so it is nice to see that I can use a gumball machine instead of spraying bullets.



A roulette table? That's wicked, bro! I still want to see juggernaut breasted women... although, looking at the screenshots, we will be able to slay all the scantily clad women who walk around and perform silly dances and such. Oh, casinos are so much fun!

I am somewhat excited with this announcement, even though I was not particularly a huge fan of the first Dead Rising. Every new "big title" game that comes out has slowly been raising the bar for everyone else, so I am hoping Capcom really delivers on its promise to bring this franchise to an all new level. From the screenshots, I must say, the graphics are looking on-par with today's current generation games!