Lost Planet

With the PC version of Lost Planet just around the corner (the 26th of June to be exact), Gamespot recently interviewed Producer Jun Takeuchi about the PC version and the challenges of bringing it to both XP and Vista, both DX9 and DX10. You can read it here. And if you missed the candid interview I did with Takeuchi-san back in January, you can still read it here.

—Brian

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Last week I mentioned that the Battleground map, which originally was only available to people who bought the Collector’s Edition of Lost Planet, would be out today.

Well, I just confirmed, and the map is up and available to anyone who doesn’t have it yet. So if you’re playing LP online, be sure to tell everyone you meet in matches to go download it. The map really is awesome, but I know sometimes it was hard to get full games going on it. That should hopefully be no problem now. Woo-hoo!!

If you don’t know what it looks like yet, check this out.

—Brian

Those of you who forked over the extra $10 to get the extra swank Collector’s Edition of Lost Planet back in January have already seen how cool the Battleground multiplayer map is. But since that map was exclusive to Collector’s Edition owners, it probably hasn’t seen as much love as the original maps that shipped with the game. Well, that’s about to change. Because on June 7 Battleground will become a free download for everyone. Don’t forget, there are already 2 map packs out, 2 maps each, 400 MS points each.

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Last week I brought to you the first clan report from community member chaser74. For his second clan report, chaser talks with Distrustful HBI about his HeadBusters Inc. clan.

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As of about 15 minutes ago, our Data Post section of our LP Community website received a major upgrade.

Now, you can see the top 25 medal earners in each game type, leaderboards for country, weekly and monthly stats, a scrolling weekly point leader ranking, and you can even enter your own gamertag and get up-to-the-minute stats like medals earned, overall, monthly and weekly point totals, and your overall, monthly and weekly ranking.

So check it out and let me know what you think!

—Brian

I am going to be posting periodic Lost Planet clan activity updates from one of our dedicated community members, chaser74.

Click through to read the first clan report.

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Before you go download the PC demo for Lost Planet on the 15th, you’ll want to read this, straight from the horse’s Kramer’s mouth. It tells you everything you’ll need to know before you download the demo and blast away.

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So you’ve heard the news, seen the screenshots (most of which were taken with yours truly at the helm), and tweaked out your PC so you’re ready to play Lost Planet with your mighty mouse and keyboard.

The full PC version will be out at the end of June for just under $40, but starting next Tuesday, May 15 at 6PM PST, you’ll be able download the demo straight to you computer to test drive.

The demo will let you play through 2 levels: the Akrid hive and the pirate fortress. If you played the Xbox 360 demo for the game, it’s the same two levels. You can play with mouse and keyboard, or plug in an Xbox 360 controller if that feels more natural for you.

It’ll run on both XP and Vista, and both DX9- and DX10-compatible video cards, with some special graphical enhancements done just for the PC version (not to mention it looks sweet at ultra-high res). And the full version will feature 16-player multiplayer over the Internet or LAN when it comes out.

See the full press release HERE.

I can’t wait to hear what you guys think of it!




-Brian

In case you haven’t heard yet, the next two downloadable maps for Lost Planet are coming this Friday, April 6. Just like the first map pack, this pack of 2 maps will be available for 400 MS points.

You may have seen some video of the first map, Hive Complex. This map puts you on a cool island with waterfalls, rope bridges, and mine shafts inside a mountain to explore.

The second map is Trial Point, based on the Capcom building in Osaka, Japan. You can even see the city outside the windows!

Hopefully I’ll see you online this weekend playing the new maps!


—Brian

We’re currently conducting a survey to gather your opinions on Lost Planet multiplayer. This data will directly feed into the direction of Lost Planet going forward, so I hope you can take a minute and help us out.

—Brian