SAN MATEO, Calif — April 13, 2007 — Capcom®, a leading worldwide developer and publisher of video games, today announced that Lost Planet™: Extreme Condition, the riveting sci-fi action shooter, is being developed for PC. The game is currently available on the Xbox 360™ video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and has already shipped more than one million units worldwide. Lost Planet for PC is rated T for Teen by the Entertainment Software Ratings Board (ESRB) and will be available in June for a suggested retail price of $39.99.

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U.S. NVIDIA and Capcom Ltd. announced the Windows version "Lost planet extreme condition".

"Lost planet extreme condition" is an action shooting put on the market with Xbox 360 in 2006. It is said that it is popular in not only Japan but also Europe and America, and ships one million or more all over the world in total.

When the Windows version is developed, NVIDIA offers Capcom GPU of the GeForce 8 series as a development platform, and offers technical knowhow. As a result, it is said that the use for DirectX 10, the lighting, and the effect of the shadow improved. Moreover, the resolution that exceeds 2,560×1,600 dots is supported.

Whether "At present, it is not possible to confirm it" of the person in charge of NVIDIA to be to correspond to DirectX of the version before DirectX 10, and operate by OS other than Windows Vista or not?However, to see the highest visual assumed by this work, the video card and Windows Vista for DirectX 10 equipped with the GeForce 8 series etc. are sure to be needed.

The sale time is put on the market in North America and Europe in June, and put on the market one by one in various places afterwards. The sale in Japan is assumed to be undecided now.