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SeriesDead Rising

Dead Rising 2

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First release
Sep 24, 2010
Publisher
Capcom
Engine
Forge
Genres
Hack and slash/Beat 'em up, Adventure · Sandbox, Open world, Action, Horror, Survival, Comedy
Platforms
PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, Xbox 360

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.

Also known as DR2

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Storyline
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.Read more

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.

Release dates
PlayStation 3
Sep 24, 2010
Xbox 360
Sep 24, 2010
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Sep 27, 2010
All 9 release dates
Linux
Sep 27, 2010
PlayStation 3
Sep 28, 2010
PlayStation 3
Sep 30, 2010
PlayStation 4
Sep 13, 2016
Xbox One
Sep 13, 2016
PlayStation 4
Sep 27, 2016
Game modes
Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Third person
Keywords
zombies, bloody, poker, crafting, death
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Steam users rate this Mostly Positive, 6,259 reviews in all languages, recorded 16 October 2026

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Multiplayer

  • Online multiplayerIGDB · 1 Nov
  • Online co-opIGDB · 1 Nov
  • Co-op campaignIGDB · 1 Nov
  • Drop-in, drop-out co-opIGDB · 1 Nov

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