Capcom's cool-as-ice (get it? It's because it's arctic.) Xbox 360 title Lost Planet: Extreme Condition has netted one million downloads apiece worldwide; the multiplayer demo has also caused almost 300,000 hours of online battling since its launch on November 23.For an original IP, Lost Planet has enormous hype. whose momentum was no doubt helped by the success of Dead Rising, Capcom's other Xbox 360 title. Shooting bugs is incredibly fun, and it's the longest-lasting demo on our Xbox 360 hard drive. The demo's success, however, could be a double-edge sword, in that some gamers may be too satisfied with the free trial or burnt out with the game before its release.
Will the game live up to the hype with consistently good pacing and all those fixes Capcom has promised? We'll find out with Lost Planet hits store shelves January 12.
