After the Earth's conditions become too hostile for humans due to war, global warming and pollution, a fictional interstellar megacorporation named Neo-Venus Construction (NEVEC) plans to colonize E.D.N.

III is inhabited by an aggressive and territorial insectoid alien species named the Akrid, which come in all shapes and sizes and generate their own precious thermal energy.

150 years after a great war was fought in which the humans lost to the Akrid, the plot of the game revolves around Wayne Holden, a "snow pirate" who attempts to overthrow the ruthless NEVEC, who still vie for control over E.D.N.

III, and help colonization efforts for the remainder of the human race by destroying the Akrid, all the while attempting to survive both betrayals and the extreme conditions of the planet.

Lost Planet received mixed reviews on the PlayStation 3[3] and PC,[4] but more positive reception for the Xbox 360 version which was the original lead platform.

Troopers is a spin-off game of the Lost Planet series, it is developed by Capcom and released only in Japan for Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation 3 on November 22, 2012.

[17][18] While all versions of the game received a mixed reception,[19][20][21] Famitsu offered praise in their review for the renewed story focus.

At the conference, Capcom announced that they would follow the tradition of basing the main character of their game after a real person.

Capcom decided to base the main character Wayne after the famous Korean star, Byung Hun Lee.

One of the main focuses of Lost Planet was to make a game that could be a commercial success in both North America and Japan.

III military personnel continue to seek out a nomadic existence as "snow pirates", harvesting T-ENG from fallen Akrid.

[31] On July 15, at the 2008 E3 Expo, Capcom announced their partnership with Warner Brothers to make the film based on this game.

[32] Father and son producing team Avi and Ari Arad (The Incredible Hulk and Iron Man) also having been tapped to work on the project, and although no cast have yet been signed on, the film was initially set for release sometime in 2013.

[32] In 2010, Hayter told MTV that he penned a few drafts of the screenplay adaptation of the Capcom game, but he declared that they "had some internal issues between a couple of the companies, which I think has caused a delay there", indicating that the project had stalled.

[33] In 2014, Hayter revealed that plans for the film simply faded after the studio hit a "financial crash" around the time he submitted his draft.