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How One Fistfight Influenced A Lifetime Of Video Games

1:40AM May 17, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

“I was all bloody,” Keiji Inafune said recently. The game developer, best known for titles like Dead Rising and Mega-Man, was recalling a time before he made video, the time he was in junior high school, growing up in one of Japan’s toughest areas and getting punched. More »


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Once Upon A Time Capcom Only Made Sequels

7:00PM May 9, 2011 | Brian Ashcraft

Former Capcom developer Keiji Inafune said recently at Ritsumeikan University that there was a time his old studio had a rule that 70 or 80 percent of games were sequels and the rest new games. New games weren’t usually approved—something Inafune hinted to Kotaku in 2006 when he said Capcom rejected both Dead Rising and Lost Planet. ใƒ•ใ‚กใƒŸ้€š] More »


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Metal Gear Solid 4, Lost Planet, Yakuza Shown In PSP2 Form

8:00PM January 27, 2011 | Michael McWhertor

The PSP2—or the NGP, as its currently codenamed—may be powerful enough to play PlayStation 3 games. At today’s coming out party for the next-generation PlayStation Portable, Sony and friends showed just that. More »


In Real Life

Capcom Founder Would Like You To Guzzle This

2:00PM May 4, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

Osaka-based game developer Capcom is known for… developing games. The company’s boss now has side business, though. Let’s drink to that. No, literally. More »


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Lost Planet 2, Chillin’ On A Street Corner

6:00AM April 19, 2010 | Owen Good

E.D.N. III is thawing out in Lost Planet 2, and so are the game’s cases, encased in ice blocks on Massachusetts Ave. in Boston. As seen by Kotaku reader Edward D. More »


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Japan Getting Lost Planet 2 Xbox 360 Bundle

9:00PM April 1, 2010 | Brian Ashcraft

On May 20, sci-fi action game Lost Planet 2 will be released in Japan. Know what that calls for? More »


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Lost Planet 2 Action Figures Suit Up For A Giant Bug Hunt

6:00PM January 28, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Japanese toy manufacturer Kotobukiya announced yesterday the release of a line of figures based on Capcom’s Lost Planet 2. No giant bugs, sadly, but there are Vital Suits. More »


Lost Planet 2′s CES Screens Stick To The Formula

11:30PM January 8, 2010 | Luke Plunkett

Perhaps mistaken that the Consumer Electronics Show going down in Las Vegas this week is all about giant bugs and robot suits, Capcom have released some new screenshots for upcoming shooter Lost Planet 2. More »


Lost Planet 2 Screens Show The Belly Of The Beast

1:00AM November 28, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

You know, Capcom, you should quit trying to sell Monster Hunter in the West. Just stick with Lost Planet. It does the giant monster thing, only with guns and robots, which is all people really want. More »


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Lost Planet Movie Has Nothing To Do With Lost Planet Games

2:30PM September 17, 2009 | Luke Plunkett

So, Capcom, David Hayter and producer Avi Arad are making a Lost Planet movie. If it followed the plot of the games, there’d be robot suits, and there’d be giant bugs. But then, it’s not following the plot of the games! More »