Dead Rising 2 E3 Trailers

Sometimes I surprise myself with my tastes.  There are a lot of different bits of news flying around out of E3 (and it’s barely begun), including the rumoured announcement of another Halo title (take THAT dead horse!).  I’ve found myself drawn, however, to the new Dead Rising 2 trailer(s).  The original was a fantastic game, and apart from the tiny captioning ahead of it’s time, brilliant visually too.  Nothing brings the maniacal boy-giggle like bringing a sledgehammer down on a mall zombie for the first time.

It looks like Capcom is out to make gaming gold twice, and they know their audience (well let’s face it, they KNOW zombies).  Two chainsaws duct-taped to a motorcycle?  Bravo, good sirs and madams.  The new protagonist’s name is Chuck Greene, and DR2 will be set in a casino town.  Also of note is the fact that online multiplayer is going to be included with this game, unlike DR1 which was a strictly single player affair.  Hopes are high, people!  No word if we get to see poor tank-stranded Frank “I’ve covered wars, y’know” West again however.  Pity too, that dude had a badass last name.

Also, because I haven’t shut up about music games all friggin’ week: Guitar Hero 5‘s website has listed the artists to be included (no track names yet).  Note that Rammstein is included … now who had that idea? I’m interested to find out how many tracks will be once again doubling up with Rock Band offerings.  Hopefully not too many.