Capcom held a “Save the Zombie” event in Tokyo today to promote Dead Rising 2. In addition to a screening of the upcoming, B-movie film based on the games — complete with exclusive alternate ending which will only be available as a DVD special feature — new information regarding the Xbox 360-exclusive downloadable title Dead Rising 2: Case Zero.
Set three years before the events of Dead Rising 2, Case Zero features Chuck Greene and his daughter trapped in Fortune City with 12 hours to find some Zombrex before the little girl turns. Inafune revealed that Case Zero‘s save data will be carried over into Dead Rising 2, allowing you to keep any experience rewards earned.
Case Zero still doesn’t have a release date, but it shouldn’t be long now. Inafune expects it to release in Japan a month before Dead Rising 2 but he would not pin down anything more specific. Since it’s acting as the Dead Rising 2 demo, you will be able to play a portion of Case Zero for free but have to cough up some cash to finish the job.
I’m down, especially if it means carrying stats over. Hell, I would have bought this anyway but it’s nice to know that I can get a head start on being a badass that fears no zombie.
New Dead Rising Details Shared at Zombie Event [andriasang]
Published: Jul 20, 2010 07:30 am