Dead Rising 3 To Continue The DR 2 Storyline

Capcom’s David Reeves has revealed that the storyline surrounding Dead Rising 2 featuring leading protagonist Chuck Greene is likely to be continued in Dead Rising 3. Also, digital episodes will be released to fit the gaps between the events of the two games. In a recent interview with CVG, Reeves stated:

“Obviously, with all of that success on Dead Rising 2, it makes sense to move onto Dead Rising 3. I think that developer Blue Castle Games may extend it by bringing in new characters and new interactions, or bring back others from before.

The idea would be that we’ll bring digital content to bridge a link between DR2 and DR3. It’s a bit like an online game in that way – a continuous story. I don’t want to say episodic, but I think you’ll be find there’ll be scriptwriters coming in to continue the story.”

Shortly before Dead Rising 2’s release, Capcom brought out a prologue to DR 2 entitled ‘Case Zero.’ This introduced players to some of the new gameplay mechanics behind the game. Case Zero was received very well, as it was downloaded over 500,000 times. An epilogue, titled Dead Rising 2: Case West, was also announced by Capcom back in September, with original photographer protagonist Frank West returning to aid Chuck in clearing his name.

Unfortunately, Case West is yet to have a confirmed release date. But news of another Dead Rising game in the works is always welcome.