I trust you’ve already checked out other coverage of our recent MVP Summit at Microsoft. Well, I’ve finally had a chance to catch up a bit with my other work and get around to posting my pictures from the event.

So I flew down on Thursday afternoon with Alicia and Phil. We checked into our hotel, and then swung by MS to check in with the Community team there. They were busy setting up the two rooms we would be using the following day.

After that we had some time so we headed over to the Redmond Town Center. We popped our heads into the EB Games there, and then stuffed our faces (after a noon flight with no lunch) at Claimjumper’s.

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Last week I mentioned a little event we were doing up at Microsoft. Well, the event has now come and gone…

We got to hang out with a great bunch of guys and talk all things “Lost Planet.” Thursday night we had a great sort of round-table discussion in the hotel lobby while we waited for the rest of the crew to roll in. Friday morning we headed over to MS to finish setting up (the MS Community team did most of the work) and run through our agenda for the day before the arrival of the MVPs. I took the crew through the single-player mode with the first 4 stages during a Q&A session about the game. Then it was time to take a tour of the Xbox facilities, including the XOC (Xbox Operations Center) before heading to the on-site Microsoft Cafe. After a hearty lunch, we moved into a different room for some multiplayer action.

I’ll have a full report and lots o’ pictures tomorrow. I forgot to bring the cable for my digital camera to work today, so you’ll just have to wait.

In the meantime, check out the coverage done by our guests at the event…

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Okay, so it’s been a while since my last post. I’ve been out sick this week. So sue me.

A couple of things…

I’m heading up to Redmond this afternoon for a Lost Planet event we’re doing at Microsoft. I’ll be taking plenty of pictures and have a full report for you guys and gals next week.

Also, check back here soon, as I have some VERY big news to share with you in the coming day(s).

—Brian

Although I was a little late in rallying the troops yesterday, we had three intense rounds of Lost Planet multiplayer to end the day with a bang. Here’s the low-down on what went down.

Round 1:
I set up the first round as a Team / Rockets match, so Team Elimination with the starting weapon being the rocket launcher. I assume if you are reading this, you’ve already played through the demo that’s been on Marketplace since May a at least a few times, so you know about the rocket launcher that you dig out of the snow outside of the first hangar in the first stage. We had 7 people for this round, 4-on-3, and I was on the team with only 3 players.

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We sent out some playable versions of LP to certain press outlets, and it looks like coverage is starting to surface on Lost Planet.

If you haven’t already, check out the Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Preview on Gamespot, IGN’s Lost Planet Hands-On, and Team Xbox has their own Lost Planet Hands-on Preview. They all played through the first four stages or so, and they all have their own unique take on the game. Some even have new screenshots and videos, so look out for those too.

—Brian

Last week I mentioned the After Hours event Gamespot held in San Francisco over the weekend. Unfortunately I wasn’t feeling very well so I couldn’t make it up there. But I handed off my digital camera to a recent addition to the Capcom team, Tony. He was kind enough to do this great write-up of the event, which I will post here along with the pictures he took.

Note that all the pictures here are thumbnails, so click on them to view the full size versions.

So, I have the unique pleasure of writing this little mini-blog because our resident blogger, who you are all already familiar with, missed out on going to the GameSpot After Hours event with us this past Saturday. Okay, so it wasn’t really his fault. Brian works extremely hard around here and we don’t blame him for needing a little R&R.

So what’s up, everyone? I’m Tony, fresh out of college and the newest addition to the marketing team here at Capcom. I’m into almost all types of video games with the exception of sports games. I especially like RPGs and RTS games, but my forte is first person shooters. I also like coffee ice cream, Everybody Loves Raymond re-runs and long walks on the beach.

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In my post on Friday, I mentioned that we were going to do some multiplayer testing with Japan.

Well, we did. And yes, it was awesome.

But before the test with Japan, we squeezed in a few multiplayer rounds on the office LAN during the day.

We have been playing the heck out of the multiplayer demo made for the Leipzig convention, which we used at the Dallas Gamestop show and at the Gamespot After Hours event this weekend (pictures and report coming very soon). This version has a single map and supports 4 game types.

Last Friday, after getting some more Xbox 360 test kits into the building, we went crazy with some multiplayer sessions.

My own system was in the back of the building with a few others, where they were set up for the testing with Japan scheduled for later.

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