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Gears characters playable in Lost Planet 2

Fenix and Santiago already signed up.

News by Ellie Gibson Contributor

Updated on 26 Jan 2010

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A couple of familiar faces from the Gears of War series are set to star in the next Lost Planet game.

That's judging by a trailer shown at a Capcom event in Japan, as seen by Kotaku.

Both Marcus Fenix and Dominic Santiago made an appearance in the trailer. Word is they will be exclusive downloadable characters for the Xbox 360 version of the game, and they won't play any role in the story mode.

Last night, Epic's Cliff Bleszinksi Twittered that some "kick ass news" was coming "very soon" - could this be what he was on about? Probably.

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