By HUNK from Resident Evil is headed to Lost Planet 3 as a pre-order bonus in North America. He’ll be one of five additional characters available for the game’s multiplayer mode, should you pre-order Lost Planet 3 from GameStop or EB Games. Here’s a look at what the pre-order exclusives are:
Grace Peyton — The woman behind the man. Beautiful but also tough and resilient, Grace keeps the family together whilst the earth falls into chaos and Jim is working millions of miles from home.
Phil Braddock — Braddock is the head of the NEVEC crew and runs the operations at Coronis base on E.D.N. III. He stays calm despite the extreme pressures of the mission and keeps his team focused.
Jenette Diaz, the Lost Contractor — Jim’s predecessor and an accomplished utility rig pilot who joined the Coronis crew on their maiden voyage to E.D.N. III. She mysteriously went missing a year and a half into their mission.
LP1 Gale Holden — Returning in his Lost Planet 1 look, Gale is the father of the main character of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition and a pivotal character in the Lost Planet universe.
Bonus character: HUNK – From the world of Resident Evil, HUNK is Umbrella Corporation’s most trusted hit man and leader of the Umbrella Security Service’s Alpha Team. If anyone can survive the brutally inhospitable conditions of E.D.N.III, he can.
Rig Upgrades:
Pressurized Claw — Using a bank of hydraulic actuators it increases your utility rig’s claw strength and crushing power by 25%.
Tungsten Carbide Drill — It has an ultimate tensile strength nearly twice that of a standard issue utility rig drill. It delivers 25% more damage to Akrid enemies.
Meanwhile, pre-ordering Lost Planet 3 from Amazon or Best Buy will get you additional weapons, which you can read up on at Capcom’s community website.
Lost Planet 3 will reach North America on June 25th. Europe will get the game on June 28th.
