TGS 2010: Dead Rising 2: Case West

I can see it now. Mr. Greene meets Mr. West in a locked room. They shake hands and exchange summarized stories of zombie debauchery. Suddenly, zombies start to pound the door down. Chuck gets to the workbench with duct tape and the nearest household items to create something ludicrous yet deadly. Frank slots a fresh memory card into his camera and adjusts the shutter speed. The zombies burst into the confined safe room, screaming bloody murder. Chuck Greene unleashes just that on the mindless horde with Frank West watching his back, and shooting the whole scene to get bonus dramatic PP. Awesome.

Last week, Capcom teased us with some evidence of Frank fighting along side Chuck in a tale recounted by fictional denizen of Fortune City, Johnny Pipes. Now in the midst of a loaded first day at Tokyo Game Show, Capcom shows us their hand with Dead Rising 2: Case West. 

The downloadable 360 exclusive, Case West takes place after the events of Dead Rising 2. Capcom is totally getting ahead of themselves here, talking about a DLC epilogue before the actual game has even released. Talk about being proactive, I love it! 

I've yet to hear whether or not Frank West will be playable via co-op (keep your fingers crossed) but hopefully Capcom will allow the players to control the much requested star of the original Dead Rising.

In related news, Capcom has announced they have purchased Blue Castle Studios, the development team behind Dead Rising 2, and they will now be known as Capcom Games Studio Vancouver. I guess that means they did a helluva job on the upcoming zombiefest. Congrats on your assimilation, Blue Castle!