As part of today's Capcom announcement explosion, it has been revealed that Lost Planet 2 will be collaborating with Microsoft to incorporate characters from Gears of War. The strange meeting of minds will see Marcus and Dom from the brawny shooter series appear as playable beefcakes in Capcom's alien-exploding sequel. Isn't that nice?
As you know, a release date has also been revealed, with Lost Planet 2 scheduled to hit worldwide consoles on May 18. It'll release for both Xbox 360 and PS3, although it's fair to say that the PS3 version probably won't be welcoming Gears of War characters so wholeheartedly. Perhaps the PS3 will get its own unique characters, but nothing's been said so far.
In any case, there's some fun stuff for you. Isn't that nice?
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8:40 AM on 01.26.2010
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I reckon we'd see Sev and Rico from KZ2 on the PS3 side. The space pirates are practically Helghast already...
Maybe Nomad and Sykes from Crysis.
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I'm brittish, you muppet! <-- That could be Jim's catch fraze.
Wait, what?
Cross promoting a game that Microsoft WANTS to sell more of in a game that WILL sell is brilliant.
It's like advertising feminine health care products during the Superbowl. It's the only way to get men to notice.
You guys. So funny!
THAT AIN'T GOOD BABY.
Capcom fail....
Gears characters wouldn't even fit the art style in LP2. This is just stupid.
and frank west in the original fit perfectly??
its not about how well the characters fit in the universe...they are fun unlockables for people who think they are fun. If you don't like it you don't have to use the character skins.
I never saw him in the original, was that something exclusive to the Colonies edition or did I just never unlock it?
Regardless, at least Frank West has a normal body build that fits with the character design. Gears characters, however, have abnormal muscular builds that don't fit at all. It just seems pointless to me, and I hope to god this wasn't a reason for them pushing it back.
...And the game will still not sell well. I love how Capcom is just doing a bunch of fan service lately and not giving a shit that it will sell poorly.
Oh Capcom, you so crazy.
I have Wesker to play as.
That is all.
Either way, it still looked pretty badass, and since it's just an optional skin why should it be such a bad thing? It's not like Marcus and Dom are -Actually- in the game in some bizarre time-space debacle that took 'em over to whatever the hell the name of the planet in Lost Planet 2 is.
...At least, I sure hope that's not how it's going down.