Lost Planet 2 To Get MP Demo Next Month

Capcom has announced that it will release a multiplayer demo next month for its upcoming action-adventure Lost Planet 2. The demo, which will be available on April 21st for Xbox 360 and April 22nd for PS3, will feature the ‘Turbulent Jungle’ map from the online versus mode, support upto 16 players and will be fitted with full chat support and stat tracking. The news comes via Capcom-Unity which goes as follows:

Prepare to be blown away by the latest Lost Planet 2 demo coming your way next week on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. Get ready to hop in a vital suit, grab some weapons and battle with 16 players in real time. Featuring the “Turbulent Jungle” map from the online versus mode, the new Lost Planet 2 demo will include full chat support and stat tracking. While the demo will be available publicly on April 21 for Xbox 360 and April 22 for PlayStation 3, Capcom’s most avid fans will get a sneak preview of this demo beginning March 31 via community-distributed voucher codes for early access. Keep an eye out for the availability of early access codes coming your way right here on Capcom-Unity!

And that’s not all. Capcom also announced that Lost Planet 2 will now release on May 11th, 2010, a whole week earlier than previously announced. Hmm, when was the last time we heard that? Oh, right, never have.

Lost Planet 2 is scheduled to arrive for the Xbox 360 and PS3, while the PC edition is slated to release sometime in Fall of 2010.

Screenshots from the upcoming demo: