Dead Rising 2: release date announced

Just a quick one: Capcom is reported to have set the release date for its eagerly-awaited zombie sequel Dead Rising 2 for August 31st. That's the day that Xbox 360, PC and PlayStation 3 versions of the game are going on sale.

The news was broken by GameInformer, and, as such, will refer to the US release of the game. We'd expect the UK roll-out to follow on 3rd September, but that bit's guesswork on our part.

Expect the UK and US releases to be very close together, though.