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Dead Rising 2 Will Not Be Shown at E3 Due to Swine Flu

May 20, 2009 in Industry News comments 9

Capcom's hotly anticipated zombie-filled sequel game, Dead Rising 2, has now been reported by Kotaku that it will not be shown at this year's E3. Originally planned to be one of the major games at the conference, Dead Rising 2 would have been one of the highlights of Capcom's showings. However, due to a swine flu outbreak in Osaka, where Capcom Japan is located, members of the company are heeding the Japanese government's suggestions and will not travel to the expo during the first week of June.

While Dead Rising 2 is being developed in Canada, Capcom has stated that will not show the game, partly because of this swine flu outbreak, and partly because of the current state the game is in.

This is the first case in which a Japanese-based game publisher has canceled one of their E3 showings this year due to swine flu.

Akira_EX via kotaku.com »
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  • 3
    TurMoiL911 May 21, 09
    This is probably a messed-up response, but ...

    People are just overreacting to this whole swine flu (we're actually supposed to call it H1N1 virus, by the way) outbreak. It's no worse than every other flu strain we get ever year. Just as long you have adequate medical treatment in your country.
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      RabidChinaGirl May 21, 09
      That's not messed up at all because it's true. People overreact to this kind of thing. Didn't Egypt slaughter like, 3k pigs because they were afraid of H1N1 (swine flu)? That's like... killing monkeys as a means of controlling AIDS/HIV. The U.S. pig farmers are suffering too 'cause people seem to forget that despite it's name, YOU GET IT FROM OTHER PEOPLE.

      SARS and the bird flu were more fatal, tbh.
    • 0
      Slumpy monkey May 21, 09
      Its not the same as every other flu strain, this one is way more deadly than normal flu.

      Not saying it hasn't been overacted ,which it has. Like Egypt that's fricking stupid, who do they think they are? Madagascar? But the threat IS genuine and this just isn't randomly made, this choice was made by the recommendation from the Japanese government.
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        TurMoiL911 May 21, 09
        The current H1N1 strain of the virus isn't deadlier, it's just immune to the current vaccines. Even if you were infected, you would have the same probability of survival if you didn't have the vaccine for the regular flu.

        Most deaths due to this outbreak occured in Mexico, and I don't normally think top-tier medical coverage when I think of Mexico. The first death in the U.S. was a two-year-old kid, not somebody I would consider to have the best immune system to combat the flu.
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    Miss Razz May 21, 09
    Aww poo. Dead Rising 2 was one of the main games I was looking forward to seeing more of at E3. >_>
    • 0
      Daweii May 21, 09
      They will probably just put up the trailer they were going to show at E3 on the internet over the week regardless. Hell IGN and that lot probably already have it ready for E3.
  • 0
    CraigAAG May 21, 09
    That sucks. Dead Rising 2 would have been awesome to see at E3. I am sure we will get more info about it soon though.
  • 0
    Aussie Legend May 21, 09
    Oh my god...

    This pisses me off, its one of my most looked forward to games
  • 1
    Fallen Royalty May 21, 09
    OMG SWINE FLU
    NO DEADLIER THAN NORMAL FLU
    BARELY KILLED ANYONE
    INFLATED BY THE RATINGS-HUNGRY DRAMA WHORES AT CNN AND FOX NEWS
    BIIIIIG EFFIN DEAL

    Srs bsns. We can't offend the, like, hundred Mexican families who lost someone to the flu by... Showcasing a new video game about zombies? WTF?

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