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Out now · Fri 24 SeptPEGI 18

Dead Rising 2

UK release dateFriday, 24 September 2010Out 5852 days ago
Platforms
Xbox 360 · Xbox One
Genre
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure
IGDB rating
77/100 (235 ratings)
Modes
Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Online mode
Yes · Online co-op up to 2, online multiplayer up to 4

What it is

As Chuck Greene, you have 72 hours to save your infected daughter, clear your name and survive the hordes of hungry zombies before the military comes in and nukes the city. To ensure your survival, you can combine everyday objects to create numerous deadly combo weapons and slaughter the ravenous zombies. Dead Rising 2, it’s where Creativity Kills.

Five years after a devastating zombie outbreak, former motocross champion Chuck Greene arrives in the glittering casino town of Fortune City, Nevada, to compete in Terror Is Reality, a controversial game show in which contestants slaughter zombies for cash and fame. Chuck desperately needs the winnings to buy Zombrex, a daily medication that holds off the zombification of his young daughter Katey, who was bitten during a past outbreak. But disaster strikes when the show's zombies are deliberately released, plunging Fortune City into a full-blown epidemic. Chuck rescues Katey and reaches a sealed emergency shelter, promising to keep her supplied with Zombrex until the military arrives. When a news report suddenly frames him as the cause of the outbreak, Chuck must brave the zombie-infested city to save his daughter and clear his name.

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Our coverage

Nothing written yet. Once we’ve played it the review, first-10-hours guide, unlockables and UK buying advice will collect here. Meanwhile the News section has this week’s launch notes.

Details

Developer
Blue Castle Games
Publisher
Capcom
Themes
Action, Horror, Survival, Comedy, Sandbox, Open world
Perspective
Third person
Engine
Forge
Age rating
PEGI 18
Listed date
Sep 24, 2010

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UK release date and launch RRP as confirmed by the publisher. Store links may be affiliate links; they never change what we say about a game. Box art, screenshots, trailer and game facts via IGDB, refreshed 1 Oct.