Report: Dead Rising 3 in the works

Dead Rising 3 will bring the Zombie Apocalypse to the fictional Californian town of Los Perdidos. After the deteriorating corpses shamble in, the town is locked down and put under martial law. But a group of survivors, led by Rick, attempt to escape.

This news comes a day after Capcom teased that a new installment of the franchise could be on its way.

The report comes from Siliconera, who have also posted what is believed to be concept art for Rick, the protagonist of Dead Rising 3:

An auto-mechanic by trade, Rick's plan is to fix a plane and escape Los Perdidos before a bomb detonates and destroys the city. Restoring the plane is said to be a major objective in the game.

Another piece of information is that Dead Rising 3, in the grand tradition of classic zombie movies, will not be without sociological subtext, dealing with the underlying issue of illegal immigration. A character called Red, for instance, leads a group of 'illegals', a term used to denote infected people who haven't been identified and registered by the government.

If accurate, what do you think about Dead Rising's new character and new location? Let us know in the comments below.