With new enemies, a new setting, and more cooperative play, is this standalone bit of DLC worth investigating? Find out in our Dead Rising 2: Case West Review Pod!
If you picked up Dead Rising 2: Case West and seem to be having a problem with the "Handy Man" Achievement, which requires building all the new weapons in the DLC, it may not necessarily be that you're missing something. XBLA Fans, in its "DR2: Case West Weapons Combo Guide," notes that the "Handy Man" requires that players build only the seven new weapons in the game. Apparently, if you build any other weapons before those seven, you'll have to move the save file to another device or delete it.
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Capcom's XBLA-exclusive Dead Rising 2 epilogue, Case West, is available now on the Xbox Live Marketplace. The standalone DLC has Chuck Greene teaming up with everyone's favorite photojournalist, Frank West, for 800 Microsoft Points ($10).
The previous standalone downloadable game, Case Zero, debuted at $5. For an extra $5 on top of the expected time-crunching, item-combining gameplay, Case West adds a new setting, co-op gameplay and the return of faaaantastic photography. It'll certainly be interesting to see how Case West's sales do in comparison to Case Zero, the latter of which was deemed the "most dynamic sales weapon" Capcom shortly before surpassing 600,000 downloads.
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No memes about covering wars, you know, in this new trailer for Dead Rising 2: Case West. Just the return of Dead Rising's intrepid photog and a hint at the story behind his team-up with the sequel's motocross-racing protagonist. More »
Be sure to finish any games you receive as holiday gifts immediately upon receipt. Capcom is calling for your attention in Fortune City on December 27. That's when the XBLA-exclusive Dead Rising 2 epilogue, Case West, will slide down the virtual chimney and appear under the Xbox Live Marketplace-shaped tree. It's priced at 800 Microsoft Points.
This release date information comes courtesy of Capcom Europe, so we're only absolutely certain it's accurate for Europe. This might be the rare occasion in which release dates differ between that region and North America -- though we doubt it.
