Señores, se han acabado los rumores. Capcom nos acaba de anunciar mediante nota de prensa el desarrollo de Dead Rising 2, la secuela de este exitoso juego de Xbox 360 (vendió más de 1,5 millones de unidades) que, en esta ocasión llegará en versiones para PC, PlayStation 3 y, por supuesto, Xbox 360. El juego está siendo desarrollado por el estudio canadiense de Blue Castle Games en colaboración directa con Capcom, contando en el equipo con importantes miembros del original, así como la producción de uno de los pesos pesados de la compañía nipona, Keiji Inafune. Dead Rising 2 estará ambientado varios años después de la invasión de Willamette. Desafortunadamente (afortunadamente para nosotros), el virus que convertía a la gente en zombie no fue totalmente erradicado a la conclusión de Dead Rising, por lo que ahora éste se ha extendido por todos los Estados Unidos. Podéis acceder al comunicado de prensa (en inglés) pulsando en "Leer más".

Nota de prensa:

THE DEAD WALK AGAIN AS CAPCOM CONFIRMS DEAD RISINGTM 2

Sequel to 1.5 million-plus seller announced for multiple gaming platforms

London – February 9, 2009 - Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today confirmed that Dead Rising™ 2 is in development for three different gaming platforms: the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment’s PLAYSTATION®3 (PS3™) and the PC. The sequel to the 1.5 million-plus selling Dead Rising™, Dead Rising 2 will take the franchise to a new level of zombie-killing fun with tens of thousands of zombies, the all new gambling paradise of Fortune City to explore and conquer plus a host of new in-game objects that can all be used as deadly weapons to stave off the zombie assault.

Dead Rising 2 is set several years after the infamous zombie invasion of Willamette. Unfortunately, the zombie virus was not contained at the conclusion of Dead Rising, spreading unchecked throughout the United States and Dead Rising 2 depicts a country where zombie outbreaks continue to strike.

Dead Rising 2 is being developed in partnership with up and coming Canadian developer Blue Castle Games. A number of members from the original Dead Rising team will be working alongside Blue Castle Games throughout the development process, including Capcom’s global head of research and development, Keiji Inafune, who as the game’s Producer will play an active role in the project.

Released in 2006, Dead Rising won praise across the globe for its mix of intense zombie action and dark humour, garnering numerous awards including IGN’s “Most Innovative Design for Xbox 360”, Gamespot’s “Best Action-Adventure Game” for 2006 and “Action Game of the Year” at the 2006 Spike TV Video Game Awards.

Further details concerning the story and gameplay of Dead Rising 2 will be made available shortly.