Dead Rising 2 is the third canon game within the Dead Rising series.

Like its predecessors, Dead

Rising 2 is a survival horror game which features an open world environment and dark humor.

The game was released to PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC, unlike Dead Rising and Dead Rising 2:
Case Zero, making it available to a larger audience. It was first released in North America on
September 24, 2010. It was re-released with the Dead Rising Collection in Europe.

The game was widely popular upon its release. On February 2, 2011, Capcom stated that over 2.2
million copies of the game had been sold worldwide.[3][4] The game's popularity prompted a call
for Dead Rising 3.