Dead Rising Region-Locked

Videogames Plus have confirmed on their What’s New Blog that Dead Rising is unfortunately not region-free. This has left many in the UK disappointed as we still have to wait around a month for the game to be released over here. However, it does make you wonder why downloadable content for the game has now appeared on the XBox Live Marketplace in the UK (which can only be accessed by members whose XBox Live account is registered to a UK address!).