GameSpy writes: "Capcom had us over to its offices to show off quite a few titles, including Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition. We got to spend some hands-on time with the new version, including the brightest point, Akrid Hunter mode. We're excited to see the sheer volume of new content on this re-release, but we're also concerned on a few points. Namely, while Colonies contains the original game and some extras, saves from the original won't carry over and owners of the original and Colonies won't be able to play online together.
In The Frozen Wastes of the North
To start with, there are tons of bits in Colonies. Single player gets Score Attack, Boss rush, and "Off Limit" (essentially, super-powered) modes. Multiplayer gets even more choices: Akrid Hunter, VS Annihilator, CounterGrab, Point Snatcher, Akrid Egg Battle, and Egg Bandit. The biggest winner of the lot is Akrid Hunter, which casts a select few players as mighty Akrid and the rest as puny humans."
Spiffy
-Tons of new stuff
-PC versus 360 play
-wacky Akrid Hunter mode
-no Steam hang-ups
Iffy
-Tenuous value
-doesn't play nice with original
-Live features?
The entire Lost Planet series plus Resident Evil: Code Veronica X get Xbox One backward compatibility today.
Gamervision: "With about a quarter of the United States population buried in snow, there is an inordinate number of gamers at home right now. In between shoveling sessions, these gamers just might be looking for the perfect game to play to get their minds off the bitter cold barrage of frozen hell that continues to close schools and offices across the northeast. Fortunately, we at Gamervision have assembled a list of the perfect games to keep you warm during this winter lockdown, and we are perfectly qualified to do so; we're all wearing hawaiian shirts."
8 - Dante's Inferno
Hell may not be the most inviting place. In fact, by design, it's kind of the least inviting. It is, however, quite warm, and Dante's Inferno promises 8-10 hours of Stygian action, complete with plenty of searing flames. Ahhh, searing flames. Besides, if some recent reviews are any indication, people might need an excuse to play this game, anyway, so this one's as good as any.
Looks like my one snowday just turned into two. Hmmm, Wave Race 64 IS on virtual console.....
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.
Well that's different.
What extra characters will the other versions feature, I wonder.
Not too odd. Remember the PS3 release of Lost Planet included Mega Man and Frank West among others.
Granted they were Capcom characters, but still, Marcus and Dom probably fit the style of the game a bit better.
For the PS3 version it'll likely be Sony owned characters. If Resistance or Killzone had better known characters I'd guess they would be likely. Kratos is always possible, but he doesn't seem like he'd fit the universe.