Capcom's Lost Planet: Extreme Condition And Dead Rising Ship Over Two Million Units Worldwide
Posted by: Aaron Lockard on January 17, 2007 3:18:30 PM
50 Billion Zombies and One Million Snow Pirates Can't Be Wrong
Capcom today announced that both Lost Planet: Extreme Condition and
Dead Rising for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from
Microsoft have each shipped over one million units worldwide. These
numbers make Capcom the most successful Japanese software publisher
producing games for the Xbox 360. Lost Planet has shipped one million
units worldwide following its December 21 release in Japan and
subsequent January 12 release in Europe and North America, while Dead
Rising has done the same since its release last summer.
Dead
Rising is an action horror game that follows the harrowing tale of
Frank West, an overly zealous freelance photojournalist in pursuit of
the story of a lifetime, a small suburban town, called Willamette,
completely overrun by zombies. He seeks refuge in the local shopping
mall, but soon learns it is far from the safe haven he had thought.
Dead Rising takes place over 72 hours, during which Frank must unravel
the mystery behind the catastrophe and survive the dangerous swarm of
enemies that lie in wait. The unprecedented level of freedom provides
players with a vast array of gameplay possibilities to do anything and
everything they've wanted to do in a mall. Hundreds of unique objects
can be used as weapons to fend off the hordes of zombies - everything
from golf clubs and baseball bats to cash registers and stuffed
animals. With the population of the town of Willamette being a little
over 50,000 people, this means that potentially over 50 billion zombies
have been unleashed on Xbox 360s around the globe.
Combining a
gripping single player campaign and intense multiplayer modes with
support for up to 16 players via the Xbox Live online game service,
Lost Planet is an epic gaming masterpiece. Taking full advantage of the
unprecedented power of Xbox 360, Lost Planet contains an unrivalled
level of detail as advanced light sourcing is used to ensure a
realistic presentation that enhances every explosion, smoke and
particle effect. Enormous world maps unfold as players battle hostile
creatures in blistering weather conditions across vast snow fields and
deserted cities either on foot or in armed Vital Suits.