Do you fantasise about killing hordes of stony-faced un-dead zombies in shopping malls?

If so, you are either a fan of Capcom’s Dead Rising – now set to become a franchise for the Japanese publisher - or in urgent need of a mental health professional, before you go all ‘Columbine’ in Lakeside or Meadowhall!

SPOnG is thankfully one of the former group, so it’s good to hear that Capcom has, to date, shipped over a million copies of Dead Rising.

Capcom’s brand spanking new bossman, Mark Beaumont told GamesIndustry.biz that, "Bringing out Dead Rising has allowed us to establish a new franchise that we can use for years to come."

Yay! So it looks like we’re going to have Zombie shopping mall bloodbath disasters to look forward to each Christmas for years and years.

Wonder what those German censors make of this!