So it turns out that the footage that surfaced last week is the real deal (no surprises there, I mean, come on, why would you fake a shaky-cam effect).
Here's Joystiq's take on the announcement. As rumoured, it's being developed by Blue Castle, the gentlemen who previously brought us Baseball Game '08 and Baseball Game In Which You Sit At A Desk And Watch People Play Baseball. Game's coming on 360, PS3 and PC. Combined with the rumour of the first game getting a PSN release and the Wii getting Deadz Risingz Partyz, there's multiplatform glory all around. Friends!
And here are the facts:
- Set several years after Dead Rising
- Takes place in "Fortune City" (see: Vegas)
- New protagonist, presumably with no war-covering experience
- Turns out the zombie plague spread all across the USA after the first game
- Motorcycles
- Guitars
- Zorbing
- Hordes of shuffling undead
Now I just need to get around to finishing the first game. FUCK. Hopefully this'll be out by the end of the year.
Jam it back in, in the dark.