Dead Rising 2 was given an August 31st release date at Microsoft's X10 press event on Thursday. The sequel to the Xbox 360 zombie survival horror game is going multi-platform this time around and will give Playstation 3 and PC owners a shot at fighting the zombie horde along with Xbox 360 owners.

Dead Rising 2 is set in a fictional Las Vegas type town called Fortune City. Players will guide motocross racer Chuck Greene through zombie filled casinos in a fight to survive. A new mechanic includes the ability to take two common items and combine them into a deadly weapon. A perfect example is in the trailer below. Combine a kayak paddle with chainsaws and, voila, chainsaw paddles!

Xbox 360 owners will get a special treat however as Dead Rising: Case Zero will be released prior to Dead Rising 2. Case Zero is a prologue to Dead Rising 2 and will act as a bridge between the events in Dead Rising 1 with photographer Frank West and the events five years later in Dead Rising 2. Deatils on the exact release date and price have not been revealed yet by Capcom.


Source: http://www.examiner.com/