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Clearing up some confusion over how exactly gamers will get a hold of the Dead Rising 2 prologue, Case Zero, announced at yesterday's X10 event, developer Blue Castle Games explained to Joystiq that the term "add-on" used by Microsoft was, well, dead wrong. "It's not an add-on, because it's set before [Dead Rising 2] and you won't need [either] retail game in order to play it," the devs told us. As for pricing, they could only say that, "it won't be free, but we'll make it accessible for a lot of players."

When we asked about a possible Dead Rising 2 demo -- whether it be single- or multiplayer -- they replied, "We think the prologue is going to give gamers a good sense of how the game is going to play. We haven't announced a release date for it yet, but it's definitely before the retail game." They added, "It's not like it's a chunk of the main game -- it is unique content, so even if you want to look at it as a 'demo,' it's not. It's a unique experience."

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Exklusiv auf Xbox 360 wird es Dead Rising 2: Case Zero auf Xbox Live geben: Noch vor der Veröffentlichung des Spiels soll dieser Prolog den Spieler mit dem Hauptcharakter Chuck Greene und seiner Tochter bekanntmachen, die in der Wüstenstadt Small Creek von Zombies überrannt werden.

Dead Rising 2: Case Zero handelt zwei Jahre nach den Ereignissen in Willamette und drei Jahre vor der Action in Dead Rising 2 und soll die Lücke zwischen den beiden Titeln schließen. Der Spieler soll hier einen Vorgeschmack auf die neue Spielmechanik erhalten, indem er Combo-Waffen entwirft, Überlebende rettet und sich durchgeknallten Psychos stellt.

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Set three years before the events of Dead Rising 2, Case Zero tells the prologue story of hero Chuck Greene and his daughter, who has been bitten by a zombie. Arriving at a gas station, his car is stolen and Chuck must inject his little girl with the Zombrex vaccine every 12 hours to prevent the infection from taking hold.

Dead Rising Producer, Keiji Inafune has told Andriasang that Dead Rising: Case Zero will double as the demo for Dead Rising 2, with a portion of the XBLA game playable for free. If you want to see the game through to its conclusion however, you'll have to fork out ¥500, which is the equivalent of approximately 600 Microsoft Points. Expect a price therefore of 560 Microsoft Points if Capcom is feeling generous, or 800 Points if not.

Case Zero - which will last around 3-5 hours - is set to shamble onto XBLA a month before the release of Dead Rising 2. You'll also be able to import your save into the main game, carrying over your character stats to start Chuck off with a boost.

Dead Rising 2 is due for release on September 28th, 2010 in the US with the UK and European release following on October 1st, 2010.