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Brian Dunn (of Capcom) has recently announced on his blog that they are going to release an update for Lost Planet and along with the update they are going to release two new maps “Radar Field” and “Island 902″ costing 400 MSP. The update is slated to come out March 9th so its safe to assume that the maps will come out on the 9th as well.

The update is as follows:

Lost Planet Updates:

-In the pre-game lobby, a country flag icon will be shown next to the Gamertag of each player. This will be especially helpful for determining location of the match host.
-In the pre-game lobby, an icon will be added next to each players Gamertag, indicating connection strength, speed and rating.
-In Team Elimination, Post Grab and Fugitive modes, an indicator will be added next to the Gamertag of the person who is speaking.
-At the post-match Results screen, an indicator will be added next to the Gamertag of the person who is speaking.
-At the post-match Results screen, Gamertags of the players who have left the session will be darkened.

Bug Fixes:

-Sometimes in Fugitive mode there would be multiple Fugitives instead of just one—Fixed
-Occasionally, if an error occurred on the lobby screen, another lobby screen would be displayed on top of it—Fixed
-Sometimes when there was a long delay/lag, the game would hang at the transition screen going from the lobby to the game and then reboot—Fixed
-Sometimes when there was a long delay/lag, depending on the console, certain players in the match would become invisible for the duration of the match—Fixed
-Sometimes post-match Results screens would show players who did not participate in the match—Fixed
-Starting a taunt animation during a reload shortened the reload time as an exploit—Fixed

Brian also mentions that there are additional maps in the works as seen in the video, so you can bet that they are going to be releasing new maps on a regular basis to keep fans of the game interested. Lost Planet has been dropping down the charts of the most played Xbox 360 games for a while but maybe these new maps can help boost it above such stiff competitors as Crackdown and Madden 07.

[via: Brian Dunn]

-Brandon “Hoosierdaddy812″ Petesch-