Everyone’s favorite Resident Evil villain found a way into another series. Capcom is putting Albert Wesker in Lost Planet 2.

A slide from Microsoft’s Xbox 360 Invitational 2009 conference in Korea says yes.

Microsoft has a holiday bundle or value pack as it says on the box just for Japan.

The pack includes Dead Rising, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition – Colonies Edition and Devil May Cry 4 for $39.99.

Capcom just got around to confirming the PlayStation 3 version of Lost Planet 2 for Japan. SCEA President, Jack Tretton, mentioned this last week, but hey who’s counting.

Capcom updated the Japanese Lost Planet page and gave Lost Planet 2 a release window. The mecha in marshlands shooting game is slated to come out this winter in Japan.

The cat was mostly out of the bag on Monday when Capcom announced Lost Planet 2 with a trailer distributed on Xbox Live. There was one tiny detail Capcom left out, though. Which console(s) is Lost Planet 2 coming out for?
 
The Xbox 360 is obviously on the list and the press release sent out [...]

Capcom teased an announcement over Xbox Live and all the hype was for Lost Planet 2. Instead of blowing up Akrid in tundra the “Snow” Pirates head to a swamp / jungle base. Mecha, or as Capcom calls them Vital Suits, are still part of the game. New for Lost Planet 2 is a cover [...]

Capcom who is partially financing the Lost Planet film adaptation isn’t skimping on the budget. Toshihiro Tokumaru, Head of Capcom’s Character Contents Business, explains the “project will cost somewhere between 150 million and 200 million dollars to make.” Just for comparisons sake the planned budget is bigger than Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within and [...]

I already own Lost Planet and I’m on the fence about buying the expanded version. Akrid Hunting in Lost Planet: Colonies Edition makes it very tempting. The concept is simple: people and people in giant robots versus giant, insect-like aliens on tundra. Sure, you get to fire rounds at the Akrid in Lost Planet, but [...]