The big word on the street this morning is that Famitsu magazine apparently revealed Dead Rising 2‘s new multiplatform status.
“We’re finally putting out new Dead Rising and Lost Planet games,” Capcom’s Keiji Inafune is supposedly quoted as saying. “As a main principle we’re thinking about multiplatform, and expanding upon both slightly from the Xbox 360 version.”
A Capcom rep, however, has responded to the rumor by suggesting that a mistranslation has taken place: “Dead Rising was a huge success for us and is obviously the kind of game we’d like to continue to make.
“However, at the moment we have made no official announcement regarding a sequel. As the source is Famitsu, I can only suggest that it was a mistranslation.”
The above statement can be taken as: We haven’t got to break the news yet, so pretend you never heard anything and act all surprised when you tell you, okay?
Whether the quote is accurate or not, the idea that Dead Rising shall remain an Xbox 360 exclusive seems quite unlikely to me. Capcom is known to spread the love around, even after claiming exclusivity, and with Dead Rising already coming to the Wii, it would seem illogical for the sequel not to appear on more than one platform. PS3 fans can probably rest assured that they’ll also get to twot zombies in the face with frying pans eventually.
