Further Details for Dead Rising 2: Off The Record Announced

More info has been unveiled for the upcoming Dead Rising DLC "Off The Record". This piece of downloadable content brings back Frank West as the main player character as he tries to discover more about the events that lead to the outbreak at Fortune City.

The biggest part of this PAX reveal was the announcement of "Sandbox Mode". This lets the players traverse the game world without the anxiety/worry about time passing and losing missions. Offered as well will be new challenges. "Rumble in the Jungle", "Chop Suey", and "Silver Strip Smackdown" will be playable and will have online rankings as well.

Like the first Dead Rising Frank will have his camera and you will be able to once again earn Prestige Points. Remember, violence sells!

Key Features: 

• Fortune City, as you’ve never seen – Discover a very different view of Fortune City epidemic through the eyes and lens of photojournalist Frank West.
• A new story and new missions specific to Frank West.
• New environments, including the new attraction of Fortune City “Uranus Zone.”
• New enemies and Psychopaths increasingly psychotic!
• New weapons and combos crazy hilarious.
• New objects and vehicles.
• Have fun in your own way – The all-new Sandbox mode lets you explore Fortune City in freedom, and gives you the chance to reach the top of the rankings by playing one of the many challenges available.
• Frank West is back – The hero of the first Dead Rising returns to get the scoop on the epidemic of Fortune City.
• Say “Cheese” – Capture the unique moments, violent, scary and hilarious suitable for Dead Rising, earn prestige points and fill the new missions to Using the new features of the camera of Frank.
• A Better Experience – Many technical improvements, a revised and corrected and an update of certain characteristics create an experience more Dead Rising dynamic, fluid and enjoyable.

Dead Rising 2: Off The Record will be available October 11th.

Dead Rising 2: Case West Priced and Dated. Woo!

Today Capcom announced the release date and price for the next downloadable adventure in the Dead Rising series. Dead Rising 2: Case West the epilogue for Dead Rising 2 lets players join forces with everyone's favorite zombie killing photo journalist Frank West. Case West will be out on the 27th and will be priced at 800 microsoft points. Case West will be an exclusive to 360 like Case 0 and there is no word on if the game will later be made available for the Playstation 3.

Like most of you I am excited for this but the downside is that you will only be playing as Frank if you are doing coop. But if you are going it alone Chuck will magically have learned to take fancy pictures. Also, according to the picture you can go mad scientist on the zombies which I am certainly open to.

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2010 has been a year that should have been awesome with games like Star Wars The Force Unleashed II, Red Dead, Rock Band 3, Medal of Honor, and Dead Rising 2 (just to name a few). But the problem with high expectation is that it can often lead to failure. Some of the games out this year have fallen into that category but which one is the biggest? You decide.

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Dead Rising: Case West Announced

With the screaming success of Dead Rising Case Zero (500k downloads) Capcom has announced that another downloadable adventure is in the works. Dead Rising: Case West is about Chuck Greene working with the hero from the original Dead Rising Frank West and if anyone knows anything about zombies it's Mr. West. He's covered wars ya know. 

This DLC will be the epilogue for the main game and as long there are no boss battles on a tank I will be a happy zombie. This announcement came after Capcom purchased DR: C0/DR2 developer Blue Castle Games who will soon become Capcom Games Vancouver. Case West like Zero will be exclusive to the 360 and there is nothing yet of if it will be a permanent exclusive and there is no release date yet but Dead Rising 2 will hold people over until their beloved photojournalist returns. My only question now is if or when Isabella will return. In the meantime here's the teaser from TGS.

Dead Rising: Case Zero Downloaded Over 300,000 Times

Website GamerBytes is reporting that the downloadable prequel to Dead Rising 2 has now been downloaded over 300,000 times. This means that even if Microsoft is their alleged 30% cut of all profits then Capcom is still pocketing an approx $1.15 million. 

Capcom has sinced announced on their blog that these numbers are not "official" but serve as an early indication of success. Now the question remains is this going to be the gold standard for game demos? Or if Dead Rising 2 underperforms will the blame be placed on the $5 Demo that had just to much to offer?