Countdown ends. Tape it or Die opens! And final Dead Rising 2 boxart!

The countdown has finally ended and Tape It or Die is open for business!   Join Johnny, Gretchen, Lance, and Wallace as they blog and tape their way to surviving the zombie infection!   Plenty of cool info here on the Dead Rising universe.  

And the final DR2 box art has arrived!  What do you guys think?

Sad news: Dead Rising 2 has been delayed from its August 31 date to September 28.

New Dead Rising 2 viral sites!

The zombie rights site CURE (Citizens for the Undead) and Tape It or Die are now open for business.  Seems we can expect more sites of this nature in the future.

Fun stuff all around.. Try calling for Johnny's Pipe's services!

Thanks to Luc for the heads up!

Dead Rising 2 at E3 "Cash Me if You Can" Trailer!

E3 Dead Rising 2 Case Zero trailer revealed!

This just in.. The Sounds play Capcom's E3 Dead Rising 2 party

Just got word that the Swedish New Wave band The Sounds will be playing Capcom's DR2 party at E3 this year.

Click below for the band's official site.

The Sounds

Hmm.. Playboy meets Dead Rising 2

Not sure how I feel about this news, but Playboy is teaming up with Capcom to bring content to Dead Rising 2.

Here's a bit of the press release for details:

CAPCOM^® TEAMS UP WITH PLAYBOY MAGAZINE TO BRING SEXY BACK TO DEAD RISING^® 2

The Magazines of Dead Rising 2 Get Saucy as Capcom Partners Up With The Legendary Publication to Bring The Bunnies Into the Game

June 11, 2010 – Capcom, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today confirmed that it has partnered with Playboy magazine to have content from the iconic publication featured in its forthcoming title Dead Rising^® 2, scheduled for release later this year for the Xbox 360^®, PlayStation^®3 and PC platforms.

Players that discover the Playboy magazine in the game will receive a unique and special upgrade for Chuck Greene, the main character in Dead Rising 2. Furthermore, players will come across Playboy ads and billboards that will feature specially selected issues from the magazine’s 57-year history. 

The new magazine system for Dead Rising 2, which will feature Playboy along with various other publications, is an evolution of the popular book system from the original Dead Rising game. Along with the special Playboy issue, there will be a variety of different themed magazines that Chuck will be able to pick up for bonuses to use to help fend off the zombie hordes along the way.   

“The Sin City-type environment in Dead Rising 2, Fortune City, is a natural playground for the Playboy Bunnies,” said Seon King, Senior Director of Licensing for Capcom Entertainment, Inc.  “We have integrated the Playboy brand throughout the game in ways that bring even more life to Fortune City and add to the user experience.”

E3 News Incoming

Things have been a bit slow on the ol' Dead Rising 2 front of late, but with E3 right around the corner (June 15-17), things are starting to pick up.

Luc just emailed to let me know the Capcom has just updated the Capcom Unity blog with their official E3 lineup.

Dead Rising 2 and.. wait for it.......Dead Rising 2: Case Zero will be on hand and playable at the show!

Capcom Unity E3 Lineup

Japanese Dead Rising 2 Teaser Site Up!

Capcom Japan has just put up a teaser page for Dead Rising 2-

Check it out!

http://www.capcom.co.jp/deadrising/2/index.html

Frank West writes on walls in Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing

Nintendo Tim over at Destroyed Controller has discovered a curious wall scribbling in Left 4 Dead 2: The Passing by none other than Dead Rising's shutterbug hero, Frank West.

Very interesting.  Could this mean something or is it just an Easter Egg?  

Read Full Story Here (Destroyed Controller)

Boss Fight

This vid is from youtube (user: aliasd0007) and it is about Chuck (and Chuck) going 2-on-2 against the two psychopaths Chrystal and Amber, otherwise known as TK's (Tyrone King's co-hostess twins) The two Chucks have to save new female character, Rebecca. Have a look.

Zombies in Paradise! Captivate 2010 Hawaii

Surf, Sun, Beaches...and Zombies?

It was literally a Dead Rising paradise at Capcom's Captivate 2010 media event which took place April 14th in Honolulu, Hawaii.    The embargo has just been lifted, so new info is flying in right now.  Updated with Co-op demo video!

Captivate 2010 Trailer

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero

Here is a piece of concept art from the upcoming Xbox 360 exclusive DLC set to be released sometime before Dead Rising 2.    Case Zero takes place in a town by the name of Still Creek and will provide around three hours of zombie slaying mayhem.   Still Creek's rustic desert setting seems like it'll be a nice change of pace from the first game's suburban Willamette Mall.

Co-op Demo Video

Zombie Drink Recipe (Must be 21 to enjoy!)

1/2 oz Bacardi® 151 rum
1 oz pineapple juice
1 oz orange juice
1/2 oz apricot brandy
1 tsp sugar
2 oz light rum
1 oz dark rum
1 oz lime juice

Blend all ingredients with ice except Bacardi 151 proof rum. Pour into a collins glass. Float Bacardi 151 proof rum on top. Garnish with a fruit slice, sprig of mint and a cherry.  Play Dead Rising.

24% (48 proof)

Serve in: Collins Glass

Dead2: The Dead Rising 2 Fansite

Hello Boys and ghouls!

I'd like to welcome our friend Matt and his awesome Dead Rising 2 fansite, Dead2 to our list of affiliates.   They have a great site and forum over there so please check 'em out..

The Dead Rising community is pretty close knit at the moment so we need all the help we can get!

Give the Gift of Life with Zombrex

Thank god.  My Zombrex infection suppression kit has finally arrived!   Itchy. Scratchy. Tasty.

These kits were given out to lucky patients during GDC 2010.   The kit consists of a Zombrex syringe "pen", bandaid, and a Heath and Safety poster. 

Clicky click click on the image for a supersized picture.

Remember-  stay tuned to http://www.zombrex.com

Co-op in DR 2?

Like Gears Of War, and Resident Evil 5, Dead Rising 2 will have co-op in single player. According to Game Informer (magazine not yet released), another person can join Chuck Greene in eradicating the zombie hordes. How will the 2nd player character look like? Is this even for real? Check out Capcom's annual Captivate in the following days, and read Game Informer, to see if its info is on the up and up for the concrete details.

- Keep on slaying

Zombrex site has gone live!

http://www.zombrex.com/

Just a teaser splash page at the moment, but things seem to be gearing up!

Dead Rising info @ Wondercon: Where is it?

Where is the beef -- er, I mean, where is the DR 2 info? Since yesterday, there has been scarce info about this game from Wondercon. How much scarce news? Only three tweets from twitter 'detailing' the trailer, gameplay, demo and news of multiplayer that you cannot only play as humans but also as zombies. So, I expect Capcom or some other outlet to post news tomorrow (I don't know why it was not posted already)

PS

Also something about Dead Rising: Case 0 being released for the iPhone.

- Keep on slaying

A Deadly Premonition you'll want to have

Dead Rising 2 news has slowed down to a trickle right now so I thought I'd give props to an Xbox 360 game I'm really enjoying right now, Deadly Premonition.

This awesome experience can be purchased right now for the low price of 19.99 at fine game retailers everywhere!

The always entertaining Jim Sterling over at Destructoid best sums up what Deadly Premonition's all about in his review found here.   Zach?!  Sssh.  We'll talk later...
 

In other Capcom news... Lost Planet 2 gets bundled in Japan

Microsoft and Capcom have announced that they will release a Lost Planet 2 themed Xbox 360 bundle alongside the game's May 20 release date.

Nothing too exciting here. With the usual cables and doodads, you'll receive a copy of the game, a 2GB Lost Planet 2 branded USB stick loaded with a "making of" movie and other premium content, and an Xbox media remote.

The system itself comes with a disappointingly paltry 60GB drive. Seems strange that Microsoft would choose to pair the system with such a small hard drive considering that the 250GB was just released March 11th (in Japan).

Hopefully Microsoft and Capcom will get a bit more creative should they choose to release a Dead Rising 2 bundle.

Welcome!

I'd like to extend a warm welcome to our new contributer, Luc.

Luc can be reached at jessiefan2@deadrisingparadise.com

Zombrex "Commercial"

This video from youtube via GameTrailers, shows how you can survive the zombie apocalypse. Introducing" Zombrex: Give the gift of Life"

I will let the vid speak for itself. Enjoy.

- Keep on slaying

Hello

Nice to be here. I will try my best to bring your DR 2 news. please tune to this site for more.

- Keep on slaying

Dead Rising 2 Splatters Microsoft's X10

Some very very cool Dead Rising 2 news surfaced at Microsoft's X10 event, held this year in San Francisco. Capcom officially announced the release date of Dead Rising 2 which is August 31st, 2010 (North America), Japan on September 2, and Europe September 3rd. Mark your calenders people!

Dead Rising 2 made another appearance in playable form, this time showcasing and elaborating on the weapon customization system shown in previously released screenshots.   A newly introduced aspect of this system is the ability Chuck has to "get ideas" for new weapon combinations by looking at certain items in the environment.

X10 Tools of the Trade Trailer

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero

Capcom also plans to release a prologue of sorts to Dead Rising 2 named Case Zero.  Case Zero will be a Xbox Live exclusive and will surface sometime before the retail release of DR2 .  It is intended to bridge the events of the first game to the second.  

Dawn of the De..... Dead Rising: The Movie! Directed by Keiji Inafune

This bit of news seems to have come out of nowhere. Keiji Inafune has directed his own Zombie flick based on the Dead Rising series!

The movie seems to be "loosely" based on the game, including first person segments ala the Doom film adaptation and plenty of the red stuff for you gorehounds out there.

Dead Rising: The Movie is rumored to be released later this year on Xbox Live, with a web release following.

New Dead Rising 2 Screenshots: Weapon Customization Feature

Capcom has released a few new screenshots highlighting Dead Rising 2's new weapon combining/customization feature.  Can't wait!

Paddlesaw

 

Is it just me or do the zombies look noticeably better in this build?

Dead Rising Now Available on Xbox Live's Games on Demand

Following up an earlier post, Dead Rising is now available for the Xbox 360 via Xbox Live's Games on Demand for 19.99.  Details can be found here. (Xbox Live Marketplace).

Frank West Covers Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom!

Capcom fighting games.  I have fond memories of feeding tokens to coin-ops such as Darkstalkers and Street Fighter II Turbo Hyper Ultimate Whatever edition at largely extinct places of yore known as "arcades".  Those days may be gone, but Capcom continues to churn out awesome fighting games for the home consoles.

Fresh from his zombie slaughtering days in Dead Rising, Frank West meets a new challenge in the recently released Tatsunoko vs. Capcom Ultimate All-Stars for the Nintendo Wii.  Frank joins a cast of 26 fighters, some hailing from Capcom properties as varied as Viewtiful Joe and Mega Man, and the others from the very popular animes by Tatsunoko Productions.

Frank has an arsenal at his disposal ranging from baseball bats, zombies, zombies in shopping carts, and of course our beloved zombie disorienting super weapon, the Servbot head.  He's covered wars, so he shouldn't have too much trouble here..... or will he?

For the memorabilia collectors out there, Gamestop offered a pre-order bonus which was a pack of 8 (12 in the full set) lenticular Tatsunoko vs. Capcom cards. Frank's featured on one of these, so you have a pretty good chance of nabbing him should you pick up a pack.

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom was released January 26th in the US.  The official website can be found here.

FIGHT!

Dead Rising 2 Catch Up Coverage

A Brief History of Dead Rising 2

A low resolution video surfaced February 6th, 2009 on Youtube apparently showing what seemed to be a trailer for a Dead Rising game.  Some questioned the video's authenticity which led to quite a bit of controversy over the intertubes. Capcom officially announced Dead Rising 2 three days later on February 9th confirming that the video was indeed a very clever viral promotion.  Dead Rising 2 will be available for the Xbox 360, Playstation 3, and PC. A release date has yet to be announced.

Capcom has passed the developer's reigns over to Blue Castle Games of Vancouver, Canada who have worked on projects such as The Bigs and Major League Baseball Front Office Manager. Several members from the original Dead Rising team are overseeing development and Keiji Inafune will again serve as the game's producer. Blue Castle Games was chosen in part because Inafune wanted Dead Rising 2 to be a "true penultimate western game design experience".  Blue Castle Games has also mentioned that the game will retain some of it's eastern sensibilities that made the original so unique.

Not much is known regarding the plot of Dead Rising 2 at this point.  The protagonist is Chuck Greene, a former motorcross champion who is apparently searching for his daughter, Katey, in the casino town of Fortune City. Chuck being a contestant in a zombie killing hit reality show called TIR (Terror is Reality) somehow plays a role in his quest to get Katey back.

This photo shows a zombie rights activist named Stacey Forsythe.  Surely we'll find out more about her character in the coming months.  Notice the vial of Zombrex underneath the picture.  Zombrex is apparently an injectable medication used to suppress the zombie infection and was first mentioned in the viral video.

Dead Rising 2 Coverage

Game Developer's Conference 2009

(From IGN) March 27, 2009 - Capcom has been very tight lipped about facets of Dead Rising 2, with much of the information about the zombie-killing action sequel released in one press release and a few screens. We were keeping our fingers crossed that there would be something -- anything -- released about the upcoming game at GDC and luckily, we managed to glean a few little nuggets from the show. During the Platform Independent Shader Development panel, Izmeth Siddeek, the character art lead from Blue Castle Games, detailed how the development team needed to focus on creating a large number of characters that had to be lit and shaded properly on screen, as well as a number of other design hurdles. Thanks to the program's shaders, the Blue Castle team was able to create unique eye and cloth shaders, as well as skin shading that looked natural and could be applied to numerous characters and zombies at one time.

However, it was mental mill Product Manager Laura Scholl that caused the most buzz. Mentioning a conversation that she'd had with Siddeek about the use of the program, she noted that Siddeek confirmed that Dead Rising 2 will frequently track at least 800 separate clothing textures to provide the sense of unique zombies onscreen. What's more, thanks to the elements that Blue Castle are using from mental mill to quickly mass produce characters for the game engine, players could experience as many as 6000 characters onscreen during multiplayer sessions.

Full Story via IGN

Capcom Captivate 2009

(From Gamespot) Capcom's Captivate 09 event featured a slew of games, but the highlight of the show was undoubtedly Dead Rising 2. The original game was one of the Xbox 360's early standouts and a knowing homage to American zombie movies, and it's hard to believe that the game is now almost three years old. Capcom R&D head and Dead Rising 2 producer Keiji Inafune has entrusted development of the sequel to Canadian studio Blue Castle Games, which was on hand at Captivate 09 to walk us through the game. Dan Brady, CEO and general manager of Blue Castle, gave us a tech demo that offered highlights of a few key features that will be in the sequel. Like in the game's predecessor, anything and everything can be used as a weapon, but the team is keen to up the ante with even more zombies and new weapons. Brady talked about maintaining the constant feeling of dread and being "out of your element."

Full Story via Gamespot

In another post I'll detail impressions from the Terror Is Reality Capcom event sponsored by Microsoft at Ebisu in Shibuya, Tokyo.

Dead Rising Coming to Xbox Live's Games on Demand

If you're one of those unlucky souls to have missed out on the original Dead Rising or are just too lazy to venture out to an actual store, the game will be available for download on Xbox Live's Games on Demand service starting January 26th.  The price has yet to be announced.

Available now on the Xbox Live Marketplace are tons of downloadable themes, picture packs, and keys to unlock stylish (or not so stylish) costumes to outfit your Frank with.

Link:  Xbox Live Marketplace Dead Rising

The Dead Have Risin....

Welcome to Dead Rising Paradise, a fan site focused exclusively on all things about the Dead Rising franchise published by Capcom Entertainment.

My aim with this site is to give the reader the most comprehensive information about the Dead Rising series in one rotting, bloody, and crazy zombie ridden place.  Of course you'll get your news, videos and screenshots here, but I also want to showcase things some readers may have missed, such as Dead Rising promotional items, international box art, etc.

From the Willamette Parkview Mall to the streets and casinos of Fortune City and everything in between, we'll have you covered.....

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