University’s really taken a toll on the amount of time I have for gaming, but hopefully I should have a few breaks within the next few weeks. My real big break will probably be after the end of April, during which I’ll have even more time to worry about games.

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http://kotaku.com/5480455/your-lost-planet-2-preorder-bonus-has-changed

And the better news? Capcom has also announced split screen multiplayer for Lost Planet 2, a feature that doesn’t show up enough in today’s multiplayer shooters.

OH F*** YEAH!!!! SPLIT SCREEN BABY!!!!

http://www.lostplanet2game.com/

Just a FYI.

It’s coming this May 18 for both the PS3 and 360 simultaneously in North America, and May 20 for Japan.

Also, Gears of War in Lost Planet? LOL!

Enjoy!

http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/27577
http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/27580
http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/27581
http://gamevideos.1up.com/video/id/27583

http://kotaku.com/5432200/capcom-delays-major-games

God damn it, Capcom. Now I have to wait longer for Lost Planet 2?

http://www.capcom.co.jp/community/lostplanet/xbox/

Looks like the Japanese side has put up a place where people can register clans. Basically allows people to mail other clan members using the web interface, though the system is still in development as you can probably tell.

A regular solo play on the Lost Planet 2 PS3 demo, which came out on September 24, 2009 at TGS 2009. The video is also available in 720p60 with 5.1 audio (AC3), at the following links:

Part 1: YouTube | Megaupload (687 MB)
Part 2: YouTube | Megaupload (905 MB)
Part 3: YouTube | Megaupload (870 MB)

Please be advised that you will need a high-end computer, or maybe a PS3 to play these. Otherwise, please enjoy the YouTube videos!

All videos were recorded using the Hauppauge HD-PVR, and captured at 720p60 with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. Of course, you won’t hear the 5.1 audio unless you check out the transport stream files I uploaded for your convenience.

So it’s been maybe a month already since the 360 demo came out, so let’s see how the PS3 demo fares:

• First off, the demo starts up at the beginning of the game, sans the story. We get three sections, all of which are through akrid, but feature the new jungle areas in general.
• Some of your favorites are back, but as usual are not too hard to kill.
• It appears they’ve tuned up the difficulty of the Salamander AI, and he’s now quite a bit tougher to beat. Same goes for trying to survive in his insides; more akrid are spawning at a time.
• The opening menu and the Salamander battle now feature orchestrated music! I wonder which orchestra they hired, but damn do they have a budget…

The framerate has drastically improved, even sometimes reaching 60 fps! I don’t know whether that’s a result of a month in the development lifecycle being very meaningful, or if the power of MT Framework is utilizing the 6 CPU cores on the PS3 efficiently. Seeing my previous benchmarks for RE:5 when switching from a dual-core to a quad-core CPU, this is probably not too farfetched of a possibility…

That said, an update to the 360 demo would help give me an understanding of whether this performance boost carried over to the 360 as a result of improvements in MT Framework 2.0, or if the PS3 will end up being the victor.

As seen on the Capcom website. Also posted at Capcom-Unity.