Apart from Capcom's official announcement at last year's E3, and the subsequent revelation that David Hayter will be hopping on board, not much has been known or heard about the movie adaptation of Lost Planet (PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, and PC). Thanks to Jun Takeuchi, we're learning more about the project, and what do you know, it won't be following the game's storylines after all.

Appearing at Famitsu's "Midnight Live 360", Capcom producer for Lost Planet 2, Jun Takeuchi,  indicated that the 4-player coop exhibited at this year's E3 will be coming to Xbox Live as well. Well, it's not exactly written on stone and in clear black and white. He did only say, "soon, I guess," after all.

Capcom is planning to release a downloadable demo for Lost Planet 2 during or soon after E3 09. This was revealed by producer Jun Takeuchi during Capcom's Captivate09 event in Monaco. A playable version of the game is also being readied for those who will attend E3.

Looks like we should enjoy the latest RE game (or previous others too) for all that it's worth - it's going to be a looong wait for the next one. Considering that Capcom producer Jun Takeuchi previously said that the next installment in the Resident Evil franchise would be a reboot, the next installment may be a ways off. RE5 producer Masachika Kawata honestly stated that the next installment for RE may be quite a ways off, any time within four to eight years!

How many Resident Evil games have there been now? Around eight in the main series and countless others in spin-offs, yeah? Better prepare yourself. Capcom says that all of that was only just "act one" of the Resident Evil saga.

Details after the link.

Microsoft's gotten itself into another noisy controversy the past week. They've taken quite a beating, with devs calling them a "dumb PC", and activists hounding them for once again banning an XBL user for identifying in her profile information that she's a lesbian. To say that the Xbox 360 blog's week was "interesting" is a grave understatement. Let's get this green carpet rolling, then! We present you the biggest Xbox 360 news this week!

Originally posted on Feb 27, 2009 at 05:25PM

Resident Evil 5 may mark the end of an era. Producer Jun Takeuchi says that the game is "the last of its kind" and that "a reboot is in order" for Resident Evil 6. Completely new gameplay, or completely new story? Will we at least finally be able to shoot while mobile?

Last month, Capcom announced that they'll be releasing a sequel to Lost Planet, and they're making good on that promise. They just announced that they'll be releasing Lost Planet 2 as an Xbox Live title. Watch a trailer after the link.

Resident Evil 5 senior producer Jun Takeuchi has revealed that they're taking the matter of mandatory game installs seriously with RE5. Will Chris Redfield follow the footsteps of Dante and Nero or not? There's still no final word, however, it seems that Capcom was traumatized by how DMC4's mandatory install (a mere 20 minutes!) was received by the gamers. Meanwhile, Takeuchi has hinted that a demo for the game may be going live soon for the PS3 and Xbox 360.

EGM sat down with Jun Takeuchi, Yasuhiro Anpo, and Kota Suzuki from the development team of Resident Evil 5 (PS3, Xbox 360) and talked about the gameplay details from the upcoming Capcom title. Get all the goods - from horror effects, story tidbits, multiplayer game modes, DLC, to re-play bonuses.