I’m excited to announce that our Lost Planet 2 KILL BIG launch event and celebrity tournament will be happening on May 6th, 2010 at 8PM PDT in Los Angeles and you folks, the community, are invited! The event will be hosted by the awesome Olivia Munn from G4’s Attack of the Show!

If you can’t make it, don’t worry, we can fly you down!

What?! How?

Remember that little contest we had in which we asked you to submit your best tips and tricks for Lost Planet 2? You have until Thursday to submit them! Four winners will be chosen and flown to LA for the event to compete in a celebrity Lost Planet 2 multiplayer tournament! Read here for information on how to enter.

In addition, don’t forget to download the Lost Planet 2 multiplayer demo, as Capcom, in partnership with Music for Relief, has promised in return to donate $25,000 to charity if the demo hits 1.5 million downloads!

Snow and I will be there, so be sure to say hi!

Hit the jump for the full press release!

Capcom is happy to announce that Olivia Munn will be hosting the Lost Planet 2 “Kill Big for Charity” launch event and celebrity tournament in Los Angeles on May 6. The combined celebrity and community tournament is the final chapter in Capcom’s month long “Kill Big for Charity” campaign where community members were called into action to support a good cause and download the newest Lost Planet 2 multiplayer demo on Xbox Live and the PlayStation Network. Capcom, in partnership with Music for Relief, has promised in return to donate $25,000 to charity if the demo hits 1.5 million downloads. The tournament on May 6 th, comprised of celebrities, press, community and super-fans will compete in a variety of Lost Planet 2 multiplayer modes. The victorious team will then get the honor of choosing the charity from a list of Music for Relief partnerships.

Community members can compete for a seat in the celebrity tournament and a trip to Los Angeles to attend the launch party by submitting their best tips and tricks for beating the new Lost Planet 2 multiplayer demo by this Thursday to Capcom Unity at www.capcom-unity.com/snow_infernus/blog/… Four lucky community members and Lost Planet 2 super-fans will be awarded spots in the celebrity tournament.

Lost Planet fans and Capcom community living in the Los Angeles area are encouraged to attend the event on May 6 th from 8pm to midnight!

The “Kill Big for Charity” program, which kicked off earlier this month, is a robust charity and community program which includes a donation to Music for Relief for each demo downloaded via Xbox LIVE® or PlayStation Network. Capcom has created a charity fund of $20,000 as a donation for the first one million Lost Planet 2 multiplayer demos downloaded on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 from March 31 through midnight PT May 5. If the demo surpasses the million mark across both platforms, an additional $5,000 will be donated when an extra 500,000 downloads is achieved. With the multiplayer demo now released wide to the public, Capcom is encouraging gamers to download the demo to help continue towards the goal of one million downloads.