Lost Planet Colonies

Kotaku Japan (via Google Translate) is reporting that Marcus and Dom from Gears of War are appearing in the Xbox 360 version of Lost Planet 2.

Console Monster writes: As we approach the time where you can count the days till Christmas on one hand, the Xbox Live Marketplace is packed full of some brand new treats. From a new game demo to new tracks from Guitar Hero 5 and Rock Band – including a free Christmas track, there is something for everyone on the Xbox Live Marketplace this Christmas. Here is the full Xbox Live Marketplace update for Tuesday 22nd December 2009: Game Demos MX vs. ATV REFLEX – Demo Price: Free (Gold Exclusive offer) Size: 814 MB Playable with either MX or ATV. 6 tutorial lessons, 1 National event, 1 Freestyle event. Games on Demand Lost Planet Colonies Price: £19.99 Size: 7 GB This game supports English, French, Italian, German, Spanish, and Korean. Download the manual for this game by locating the game on http://marketplace.xbox.com and selecting See Game Manual. LOST PLANET has been enhanced with new maps and gameplay modes. Re-visit the great online action! There are no refunds for this item. For more information, see www.xbox.com/live/accounts...

The grand jury will hear the charges against Andrew Fitzgerald Holloway, the 21-year-old Rhode Islander. He is accused of sex crimes against a 13-year-old Bedford County girl, who he met while playing the Xbox game Lost Planet. Holloway is charged with three counts of unlawful carnal knowledge and two counts of using a computer to solicit sex acts. After they met on Lost Planet, it is believed that the pair formed a relationship which lasted six months before Holloway decided to fly to the girl's area on February 3rd of last year. That very evening, the girl was reported missing by her parents.

Capcom sent PS3Center an e-mail earlier saying that the official press release for the title will be due out Wednesday and a few more details may just slip out in it. PlayStation owners especially should keep an ear out - it's likely to be revealed whether or not the game will be coming to the PS3 then as well.

With news over the weekend that the Lost Planet film would be backed by a huge $150-$200 million budget, Capcom has also announced that a sequel to the game is in development. Capcom made the announcement via the Weekly Famitsu, a popular Japanese gaming magazine. The sequel will be due out for the PS3 and 360 in 2009, with some exclusive content for the Xbox 360 version.

A lot of people feel that Capcom's conference to reveal their plans for the Lost Planet movie was a huge waste of time, but Corporate Officer/VP of Strategic Planning & Business Development for Capcom Christian Svennson explains why it was an important conference to have.

Joystiq has put two and two together and is guessing that a Lost Planet movie may be showing up at E3.

IGN writes: As one of AX's most distinguished guests of honor, voice actor/screenwriter David Hayter was the focus of some the convention's most interesting and crowd drawing panels. On Friday, Hayter hosted an open Q&A panel with an audience of several thousand enthusiastic fans. While a majority of the questions were related to the Metal Gear Solid game franchise and countless requests to recite lines as Snake, Hayter did make mention of two new projects he is engaged in: an unannounced action/adventure film that he will likely direct, and a screenplay for the film adaptation of Capcom's Lost Planet. As of June, Hayter was engaged in preliminary talks to draft the latest game-to-film, however, when we spoke to him at an press exclusive panel this afternoon, it would seem that Lost Planet is closer to fruition than previously thought. It's not entirely confirmed yet, said Hayter. But we are just closing the deal with Warner Bros. for me to adapt Lost Planet. Unfortunately, due to Hayter's contractual agreements, we were unable to obtain more specific information about the film. However, we did get a chance to probe into Hayter's approach to adapting games to film, having now been slated to write the adaptation for Lost Planet, and a treatment for the potential adaptation of Metal Gear Solid.

Don't confuse this week's new release of Lost Planet Extreme Condition: Colonies Edition as just a regular re-released Xbox 360 Platinum Hits game priced at $29.99. Lost Planet's Colonies Edition features many character, weapon and multiplayer gameplay extras. Capcom also wants you to know that Dead Rising's Frank West can be found in the game, complete (or incomplete) with Capcom-colored tiddy-whities. See a bunch of newly released character and weapon screenshots from Capcom here.

See what's coming this week in the US for the Xbox 360, PLAYSTATION 3, Wii, Nintendo DS and Sony PSP. Highlights include Lost Planet: Colonies Edition (Xbox 360) and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars (PS3/Xbox 360).