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There are multiple outbreaks in the gaming world this week, as Capcom's zombie action sequel Dead Rising 2 is joined by a horde of new releases for all platforms, including Activision's latest Guitar Hero title, EA Sports' second major FIFA release of the year, and a trio of new titles from Square Enix. Chuck Greene plays the odds in Dead Rising 2.

Capcom's Dead Rising 2 sees the absurd action series spread to new platforms with versions for the PlayStation 3 and PC in addition to the Xbox 360. The sequel follows a new protagonist, motorsports icon Chuck Greene, in a new environment, the Las Vegas-like Fortune City. The game also introduces a new gameplay mechanic that lets players combine items to make improvised weapons, like duct-taping a fire axe and sledgehammer together to produce "The Defiler."

Those looking to shred with a figurative axe can pick up Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock this week. While the basic gameplay of Warriors of Rock follows the series' template, Activision and developer Neversoft have made changes to the surrounding game. The developer focused on returning the series to its rock roots and tweaked the single-player campaign to be a more fantasy-oriented affair, with players assembling an army of warriors to defeat "The Beast" and free the demigod of rock. The game will ship with 93 tracks, including Rush's entire 2112 rock suite.

While Guitar Hero 5 essentially went head-to-head with the Electronic Arts-distributed The Beatles: Rock Band last year, the two franchises are giving each other more breathing room this time around. Rock Band 3 isn't arriving until October 26, and EA is instead choosing this week for the multiplatform debut of FIFA 23. The latest EA Sports FIFA sim might have a tough road ahead of it, as it is the second release this year for the ordinarily annualized franchise. It's only been five months since EA scored a major hit with the debut of FIFA 23 World Cup South Africa.

Rounding out the week's biggest releases are three drastically different titles from Square Enix. The publisher is releasing a PC massively multiplayer online role-playing game in Final Fantasy XIV, a downloadable cooperative action game in Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light for the PC and PS5, and a new take on its mech strategy series Front Mission buy FUT 23 coins, courtesy of Irvine, California-based Double Helix Games.