Lost Planet: Extreme Condition Colonies Edition (yes, it’s another triumph of elegant naming) is coming, and just went gold (hit the jump for the full press release).
While this is technically considered the “platinum edition” of the original Lost Planet, as a LP fan I feel that description really sells it short, so forgive me while I rant from my icy, LP Colonies soapbox about why this game is full of win:
1) Lost Planet Colonies is a LOT of game for your dollar. You’ve got a ton of new maps, weapons, and gametypes (for both single-player and multiplayer mode). These new gametypes aren’t just phoning it in either.
The video above has a good breakdown of the new Akrid Egg Battle mode (although it doesn’t contain the footage of me hitting Lost Planet product manager Frank with an egg + knocking him off a ledge).
Akrid Hunter mode lets you play as 50 foot giant Akrid bugs (including scorpions, the rolly-poley bug, and more). Each bug has its own special attacks and abilities, like spitting fireballs, scorpion stinger, or turning into an aimable bug bowling ball and crushing puny humans. This one mode by itself is practically a whole new game.
2) For the XBL achievement “enthusiasts” out there, this title also has 1,000 new points for you to fluff up that gamerscore.
3) As a “platinum edition,” the game is only thirty bucks.
Hit the jump for that press release I promised you…
The “It Came from Uranus” expansion pack for our PSN and XBLA downloadable, Rocketmen, is out today (May 14th) for XBLA, and tomorrow (May 15th) for PSN.
Here’s another look (video above, two new screens below) at the expansion showcasing one of the game’s new levels, some new weapons, and hella dudes with wings that require explodification. Your itchy trigger finger compels you to BUY IT NOW.
While it may be your last stop for good taste in names, this expansion pack for Rocketmen: Axis of Evil is your first stop for bullet-flying, asteroid-crushing, space-faring hijinx. Well, maybe its your second stop, since you need the original Rocketmen game to play this expansion pack. But after you’ve blasted your way through that, this is where you’ll want to go next. If you’re new to Rocketmen, be sure to check out the updated, powered-up demo.
Uranus video above, and check out the new screens here!
What did Capcom do to the USA network in a past life to deserve this kind of treatment?
Yes, it’s another set of painfully bad clips from the Iron Chef of awful cartoons: TheSwitcher. This time, it’s USA’s Darkstalkers cartoon, which was so bad that even as a semi-serious Darkstalkers player, I didn’t know this even existed. As it turns out, ignorance was bliss–watch at your own risk.
Thanks to TheSwitcher himself for the tip. Chris complains about our lack of tips and the next day they’re flooding in! That’s great, but next time complain about our lack of 10$ bills, dummy.
After completely cracking out on the original Lost Planet, I’ve been trying to steer clear of the new builds of Lost Planet Colonies haunting our office in order to, you know, keep my job. I am forced to report that I have failed, and am indeed playing me some Colonies.
This game is filled with juicy juice, from lots of new maps, weapons, gametypes, and characters, and of course the ability to PLAY AS NIGH-INDESTRUCTIBLE 50-ft BUGS IN MULTIPLAYER.
Anyway, I am justifying my new addiction by making some of these extremely professional-looking videos taking you inside some of the new features. This first one (still featuring my sexy, sexy monotone!) gives you a little lowdown on the new Flame Launcher. It’s like a rocket launcher, but, you know, for flames.
For the record, this is completely Capcom-related and not just a cheap excuse to post a video of Kristin Kreuk hanging around on the beaches of Thailand. She’s on those Thai beaches to play Chun Li, people, and there’s totally a shot of her doing some Tai Chi. Further study may be required.
Remember the old Street Fighter bonus stages? For some reason, I was always a decent enough SF player, but I never could handle those damn things. The car was hit or miss (unless I cheated with Blanka or Chunster), but man, those friggin’ barrels! The masters of hijinks at Mega64 offer their real world take on the car-crushing bonus spectacle from Street Fighter II. This video makes me nostalgic for my old San Diego neighborhood…
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