Village Gamer

Today at the Tokyo Game Show, Microsoft showcased a first look at Crimson Dragon, the flight-based shooter from the creator of the critically acclaimed Panzer Dragoon series, and unveiled new gameplay for Dead Rising 3, the next blockbuster installment of Capcom’s award-winning zombie action series, coming exclusively to Xbox One on November 22. At the show,  Microsoft and Capcom Vancouver enticed fans with a first look at co-op multiplayer and Super-combo weapons, a brand-new addition to the celebrated franchise.

In Dead Rising 3’s online co-op mode, you can take on the zombie horde with a friend over Xbox Live, with the ability to hop in or out of each other’s game at any time. When playing in a friend’s game, you’ll not only help them advance, but also contribute to your story progression and earn experience points that carry back into your own game. Any mission you finish in a friend’s game will also register as “complete” in yours, so you’ll never have to go back and replay a co-op mission to advance your single-player story, unless you want to experience it again.

Co-op players will assume the role of Dick, a wise-cracking trucker who sees the main character Nick Ramos as his best chance at getting out of the overrun city of Los Perdidos, and plays a key role in the Dead Rising 3 story.

In addition to showcasing co-op, Capcom revealed Super-combo Weapons – a new tier of Combo Weapons that requires at least three components (and oftentimes multiple steps and blueprints) to craft, and features unique abilities that let you decimate crowds of zombies with devastating effect. Examples include the Ultimate Powershout, a deadly concussive horn made of traffic cones; the Ultimate Grim Reaper, a flaming scythe made of a katana sword, a scythe, a gas canister and a mask; and the Massive Bomb, a mini-nuke that obliterates every zombie in your vicinity – along with your clothes.

Not only are Super-combo Weapons ultra-powerful, but they can also be customized into a wide range of different variants with unique abilities. For example, the fan-favorite “Freedom Bear” from Dead Rising 2, a life-size stuffed bear turret armed with twin machine guns, can be customized into eight different variants in Dead Rising 3 with modifications like grenade launchers, a push cart and a boombox lure to confuse the zombies. With hundreds of Combo and Super-combo Weapons, “Dead Rising 3” takes customization to the next level in the ultimate zombie sandbox and gives you and your friends a virtually limitless number of ways to fight back against the undead horde.

In other Xbox One news, Microsoft Studios, in partnership with Grounding and Land Ho! today unleashed new footage of Crimson Dragon for the first time at Tokyo Game Show. Created and directed by acclaimed developer Yukio Futatsugi (creator of Panzer Dragoon), the flight-based shooter features action-packed gameplay and a vibrant new user interface. Launching exclusively for Xbox One on November 22, Crimson Dragon enables you to harness a powerful dragon and take to the skies in this thrilling shooter where humanity has been driven to the brink of extinction on a planet ruled by dragons. It’s up to you and your friends to control the winged beasts as you battle for supremacy.