Dead Rising hits milestone, exec hints at sequel(s)

Capcom ships 1 million copies of its zombie-slaying action game worldwide; company exec says series can be used "for years to come."

Like the undead meatbags that mysteriously take over the town of Willamette in Capcom's action-oriented survival horror game, Dead Rising has swarmed stores across the globe. Capcom today revealed that it shipped more than 1 million copies of the game worldwide through 2006.

The Xbox 360-exclusive title, which won GameSpot's Best Action Adventure Game award for 2006, was released in August in North America and took just two weeks to ship 500,000 units. In breaking 1 million copies shipped, Dead Rising became Capcom's 41st game to eclipse the 1 million mark, claims the company.

The success of the game may be enough for Capcom to roll out a sequel or two. Mark Beaumont, executive vice president of Capcom, hinted that the dead may rise again. "Bringing out Dead Rising has allowed us to establish a new franchise that we can use for years to come," he told GamesIndustry.biz.

When asked about the possibility of a sequel, representatives from Capcom told GameSpot, "We have not made any announcements on another title."

For more information on the game, read GameSpot's previous coverage.

216 Comments

  • Xxkilershot74X

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 8:16 am PT

    maximax im not saying i hate the coop idea but it wouldnt interest me in dead rising anymore because i want it to be a lone wolf kinda thing

  • Xxkilershot74X

    Posted Sep 15, 2009 8:13 am PT

    Dead Rising 2 is going to be good because its just following the story line for all u thats played Dead Rising remember how a while b4 the end u find out carlito sent a bunch of zombie kids to america so its obiously going to take play in the city

  • OmegaCookie7

    Posted Nov 25, 2008 3:44 pm PT

    OMG! This would OWN ALL!

  • dreamcastdre

    Posted Nov 10, 2008 8:47 am PT

    One of the best 360 games to date. Can't wait for part 2.

  • cringle88

    Posted Aug 24, 2008 8:01 am PT

    This game is so sweet it did get repedative after a while but still an awsome exciting game to play. I Love the story line. I think the zombies outbreak should manifest in a theme park or in the middle of new york somewhere that has plenty to explore. two finger crossed that there will be a sequel that lives up to the first with little improvements where needed.

  • CaRD0N

    Posted Feb 24, 2008 5:28 pm PT

    It's looking doubtful but I'm yearning for Dead Rising II

  • maximaxi4eva2

    Posted Feb 3, 2008 12:15 am PT

    co-op would be the best!

  • aaronannie68

    Posted Jan 6, 2008 4:38 pm PT

    I would love it if they came out with a new dead rising release. A multi-player feature would make it interesting.

  • XXRandom-HeroXX

    Posted Nov 25, 2007 7:02 pm PT

    Huzzah!! I heard this ages ago but i thought it was a rumor, A sequel would be great, i just hope they add an OFFLINE multiplayer,, say,, split screen or System Link.
    And no time limit
    The ablity to use more items. i.e use hammer and nails to build a Barricade, only to realise your on the wrong side. Or build up a garden shed with Wheels with Slots on the side for Chainsaws, and u can paint anything, paint your shed or make an A-team van
    Byt more than anything.....it needs a Co-op option, if one person dies, they wake up in a safehouse(AKA security room)

  • gamer71892

    Posted Nov 15, 2007 7:23 pm PT

    it was a very fun and entertaining game...it also had a great storyline and plot. also it was very hard to read the text when people were talking.

  • gameguy666

    Posted Nov 10, 2007 8:20 am PT

    yeah that would be well gud frank shud get laid

  • juandavid018

    Posted Jul 28, 2007 9:48 am PT

    This game was perfect. I think Frank should get some ass in the sequel.

  • np1001

    Posted Jul 21, 2007 5:42 pm PT

    I love this game! I will SO buy the Sequel!

  • TAW_McCoda

    Posted Jul 16, 2007 8:43 am PT

    This game is sooo sweet. But if i had any thing to do with making it heres what i would fix. 1.) guns can be reloded (get more ammo instead of a new gun)

    2.) More variety of fire arms

    3.) can swith to First Person if you want

    4.) at night zombies will run after you but there just a litttle bit slower then you

    5.) NO OTIS or at least make it so you can jump and shoot while he's telling you someting stupid that you already know.

    6.) Head to head or co-op multiplayer without the need of xbox live or system link.

  • Snakebd

    Posted Jun 2, 2007 6:16 am PT

    if there is a sequal i hope that they only make it for the xbox360 like they did with the first one

  • adamclarke

    Posted Mar 4, 2007 9:06 am PT

    Feildmouse said :
    It will be owsome if they make a sequel but lets just hope they don't sell movie rights. Nothing ruins a game serize more than a bad spin off.

    You ever watch the original Dawn of the Dead?

  • ExodusNJ

    Posted Feb 19, 2007 1:29 pm PT

    Except for the people who payed double and triple retail price on Ebay LOL. Now BestBuy can't get rid of them.

  • bill283

    Posted Feb 14, 2007 9:02 am PT

    NOT PS3! NOBODY HAS A PS3!!!!

  • coolguy681

    Posted Jan 31, 2007 1:17 pm PT

    If they make a sequel they better have it on the PS3. PLZ Capcom.

  • Feildmouse

    Posted Jan 25, 2007 1:38 pm PT

    It will be owsome if they make a sequel but lets just hope they don't sell movie rights. Nothing ruins a game serize more than a bad spin off.

  • mega_swordman

    Posted Jan 21, 2007 2:03 am PT

    I concur, the aiming should be improved along with survivors being smarter. The ability to crouch would also be helpful, Cletus would be an easier, and less frusterating battle.

  • gRAYmatter05

    Posted Jan 15, 2007 7:57 am PT

    jimbo6923
    "Dead Rising is one of the best games I've ever played. It deserves a sequel but I just pray Capcom doesn't turn this into another Onimusha or Devil May Cry or (God forbid) Resident Evil... all those series started on such great notes and then gave way to at least one horrible spin off or sequel. As long as we don't see Dead Rising: Dead Aim or Dead Rising Outbreak I'll be happy."

    You're not suggesting that Resident Evil 4 was a terrible sequel, are you? If you are, you're sadly mistaken.

  • bamizhim

    Posted Jan 14, 2007 8:07 am PT

    yea good idea gunsmith the gun controls were horrible.but i really hope they make a second and maby even a third one

  • gunsmith1104

    Posted Jan 14, 2007 2:51 am PT

    I'd say that the best thing that they could change if they did end up making a sequel would be to make the gun controls better. Like for example, pulling the L-trigger to go into FPS so that you can use the left analog to move and right analog to aim with the right trigger to fire. when you let go of the left analog though, you could still use the right analog to go into camera mode and attack with x button still. They could even make you lose accuracy if you moved while in FPS, like splinter cell, but at least you could get yourself in better firing positions. The current system gets me frustrated.

  • frazzle00

    Posted Jan 13, 2007 3:16 pm PT

    Hopefully the sequel will have vastly improved NPC AI. Some basic pathfinding skills would be good .

  • Theclow

    Posted Jan 13, 2007 8:25 am PT

    It would be nice to see a bigger area to explore(The mall was big but they should go bigger), online multiplayer(Co-op zombie killing need I say more?), more stores(goes with out saying), and more weapons(No tennis racket?).
    Here's hoping DR2 includes all this and more!

  • fixer293

    Posted Jan 12, 2007 7:37 am PT

    A sequel is bound to happen, and I will have that as well.Dead Rising is gold man.

  • exocel

    Posted Jan 12, 2007 5:42 am PT

    i waited for ages for dead rising, but it got so repetitive so fast adn after youve spent the time getting the zombie genocider achievement you just get sick of it, it needed way more variety, possibly like a 4 player co-op mode or somethi' over live.
    heres hoping a sequel is set in a giant area, alan wake style.

  • Hydrolix

    Posted Jan 11, 2007 3:01 pm PT

    The end of the first game was a total setup for a sequel. Dead Reckoning would be a cool title I think.

  • kavadias1981

    Posted Jan 11, 2007 2:43 pm PT

    They do a sequel with more depth than the first one then I may consider buying a 360.

  • master_shan99

    Posted Jan 11, 2007 2:31 pm PT

    Looking forward to kick those Zombie freaks about once or twice again. BRING THEM ON!!!111 >_

  • JLCrogue

    Posted Jan 11, 2007 11:15 am PT

    Dead Rising 2 FTW!!!!!!!!!111shiftplusoneonelolw00t!!!

  • SemiMaster

    Posted Jan 11, 2007 10:55 am PT

    If they can make it an even BIGGER place to explore, that would be awesome. The mall was nice, but I'd kill for a full Grand Theft Auto size city with cars you can steal and run zombies over with...

    Seriously Dead Rising on a GTA scale would be epic.

  • jimbo6923

    Posted Jan 11, 2007 10:39 am PT

    Dead Rising is one of the best games I've ever played. It deserves a sequel but I just pray Capcom doesn't turn this into another Onimusha or Devil May Cry or (God forbid) Resident Evil... all those series started on such great notes and then gave way to at least one horrible spin off or sequel. As long as we don't see Dead Rising: Dead Aim or Dead Rising Outbreak I'll be happy.

  • majestikk

    Posted Jan 11, 2007 10:08 am PT

    I played that game to death when it shipped last August... and man I can't wait for another sequel. I wonder what setting they're going to use this time, the mall set-up was rich, and it had a little bit of everything.

    I'd love to see maybe one of these setups for the next Dead Rising. Maybe you guys have also have good ideas.

    A) Being trapped in a small suburban town being overrun with zombies.
    B) Traversing through an infested city, underground subways, buildings, hospitals, police stations
    C) Trapped in an underground army base a la Day of the Dead.

    Anyone think they'll have you as Frank West taking pictures again following the storyline, or perhaps maybe Capcom will introduce another Character with another set of features?

    Any ideas on cool characters?

  • LiquidZ08

    Posted Jan 11, 2007 9:42 am PT

    "The shall rise again!" Almost sounds like they are from the south (Southern United states).

  • waleedarshad

    Posted Jan 11, 2007 8:20 am PT

    who knows dead rising might come to ps3

  • Doesetsu

    Posted Jan 11, 2007 7:26 am PT

    Hopefully they actually get the game good enough so that I will play it next time around. I mean sure I OWN it but that doesn't meant I play it. I don't like the idea of every time I get a hankering for some zombie slaying knowing that I am going to want to kill the janitor more than anything else in the game. The biggest challenge of dead rising....Trying to read the text.

  • TraXxX

    Posted Jan 11, 2007 6:33 am PT

    I wish Dead Rising had online co-op mode. That would be sick.

  • damned_beast

    Posted Jan 11, 2007 6:25 am PT

    awesome sequels would be great

  • BlackdogGT

    Posted Jan 11, 2007 5:57 am PT

    Fix those minor problems, Capcom.. you'll have an easy TWO million for the sequel..

  • LosDaddie

    Posted Jan 11, 2007 5:42 am PT

    With Dead Rising and SFII doing so great on the x360, it's practically a given that Devil May Cry 4 will head to the x360.

    Capcom knows that x360 gamers will buy a good product.

  • limelight022

    Posted Jan 11, 2007 4:12 am PT

    Get ready for "Invasion of the sequels."

  • -HCMF-

    Posted Jan 11, 2007 4:03 am PT

    I'm down. Great game - stupid mindless fun.

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