Capcom has announced that Lost Planet: Extreme Condition: Colonies Edition for the Xbox 360 and Windows-based PCs is now shipping to stores across North America as part of the Xbox 360 Platinum Hits Program.

The Platinum Hits release of Lost Planet: Extreme Condition: Colonies Edition hots many new features not available in the previous edition. In addition to a host of new environments and weapons, there will be four new playable characters added to online mode for players to battle it out online, along with a horde of new online multiplayer modes, including Akrid Hunter and Egg Bandit modes.

Lost Planet: Extreme Condition: Colonies Edition is one of the first games to allow cross platform connectivity from Xbox LIVE to Games for Windows LIVE, allowing console and Windows-based PC users to battle it out on the same online battlefield.