DEAD RISING

Dead Rising follows the harrowing adventures of Frank West, a frontline freelance photojournalist on a hunt for the scoop of a lifetime. The town he inhabits has become infested with bloodthirsty zombies and chaos reigns. But this is his chance to cover the biggest story of them all...

In the pursuit of the perfect photograph, Frank hitches a lift with a 'chopper and makes his way to the local shopping mall - the perfect place to snap away and a bastion of safety to boot - and requests that the pilot returns in three days to pick him up.

But what started as a safe haven to capture the story from soon becomes the perfect place to die. The mall becomes engulfed with swarms of the shuffling undead and Frank begins his struggle to survive. Yes, he still has a story to cover and accolades to earn, but now there is a new focus in his life - to stay alive. The only thing in his favour is the mall itself: a huge, sprawling complex of shops that offers Frank a number of different weapons to defend himself with.

Throughout the next 72 hours, he must battle thousands of zombies and make a number of decisions...Should he ignore other stranded townsfolk in need of assistance and focus on getting his photography story? Of does he just try to rescue as many survivors as possible? What will it be? Time stops for no man and Frank can't be in two places at once. The clock is ticking...

• Battle hundreds of zombies at any one time as the undead surround your every position - perfect targets to hack, drive and run through!
• Over 120 shops for Frank to pillage from, containing over 250 items that can be used as weapons. Get shopping...
• Missions come in the form of a collection of cases that Frank must solve. This case system is used to keep track of individual incidents in the game and though you can ignore many of them you also stand the risk of changing the outcome of your story - do you take the risk?
• Close to 100 townsfolk have also fled to the presumed safety of the shopping mall - will you bother saving them all? Some are defenceless, scared to death of their impending doom. Whilst others have been more positive and have holed themselves up inside one of the many shops. But be warned - some of the survivors trust no one and can bring more trouble to Frank that the thousands of zombies ever can...
• The Scoop Cue serves as a list of events that need your attention in the mall. Clues and hints come in over the radio in real time, adding more quests for Frank to attend to. This system puts pressure on you to multitask and will hone your decision-making skills throughout the game.
• Prestige Points allow for Frank to level up his skills and grow in strength and versatility. It also allows him to increase hi attack power, the length of his life bar, his speed and agility and the amount of weapons he can carry.
• The passing of time bring changes from day to night wihin the game. This affects not just the appearance on the environment, but also the actions that place within: at night zombies increase in number and their behaviour changes as they become more aggressive and fightening.